Name mismatch in court clearance letter for police ticket

[formywife 9]

Hi All

My N-400 application is pending and I am scheduled for interview on 1st week of March. Today I was reviewing my all documents and I have realized that my 1st name is spelled differently in the court clearance letter. I dont have the original ticket with me but I do have a scanned one and its not much clear, still I can read the name and the name is same as in the court clearance letter. My 1st name ends with "e" letter and its mentioned as "c" on both ticket and on court clearance letter. I am pretty stupid and did a dumb mistake for not reviewing the court letter and police ticket correctly at that time.

I did not mention about it because I thought I dont have to as I was cleared from court and also I didnt pay any fine for it but after reading some posts on this website, looks like I should have mentioned it on N-400. I will definitely mention about it in my interview. Will this create issue in interview? Do I have to go to court to correct my name? Even if I go to court they may not change my name in letter as it is different in the ticket.

Please suggest me what is the best way to handle this situation. I have already waited more than 5 months and I really want to be US citizen asap and dont want to mess the process just because of one letter "c" . My wife is waiting to join me for more than a year in back home and I really hate to make her wait further more. Hopefully she will be able to join me soon after I become US citizen.

Please suggest. I will really appreciate your comments and feedback on this matter.

Thank you

Edited February 16, 2013 by formywife

[jkelly07 120]

hi,is it a traffic ticket is not over 500 dollars i would not worry ever y one gets traffic tickets.but tell the truth, you paid the ticket you have the receipt bring it with you to the interview,the officer just missed spelled your first name hornest mistake,

[NickD 203]

Been a long time since I have received a traffic ticket, that cop that wrote it out couldn't write, couldn't spell, didn't know the correct time, but when I went in to pay it, didn't make a damn bit of difference to the judge with all those errors on that ticket, still had to pay that fine.

When I was drafted into military service was given a battery of aptitude tests, the guys that received the lowest scores were assigned to MP duty, military police, even lower scores than kitchen helpers that spend their tour of duty sweeping floors. Those are the guys when they get out get jobs working for the police departments. You can explain this to your IO.