Arrest documents

[soundedguy 8]

It kinda bothers when one post questions hoping for alot of responses and experiences thoughts and don't get them. I'm getting prepared in mailing off my documents and want people with experience and thoughts to give me advice.

This is the letter I got from the DA and court and have them certified. I need useful advices, thoughts, experiences please guys.

[together4evr 360]

The attachments are too blurry to give you advice

And what advice are you looking for

or what questions do you want answered?

[soundedguy 8]

The attachments are too blurry to give you advice

And what advice are you looking for

or what questions do you want answered?

I would like to hear from experience about what to expect during my interview, how to prepare, possibility of a denial among other. I don't know how to fix the blurry part, it's very clear from my end.

Thanks for responding.

[together4evr 360]

Well, can you type out exactly what they say because we need to know what the charges are and if it says they were dismissed or completed or what happened so people can tell you what to expect.

Good Luck

[MariamNasir 2]

My Question is...why were you arrested? Is it something that was dismissed or never charged against you? If so I would seriously invest time in getting this expunged from your record. I'm blindly commenting but that is what I would suggest. If you were charged what was it for and give us details so that we can comment appropriately.

May God Help you!

[soundedguy 8]

Yes, I was arrested for domestic violence battery after my wife falsely accused me of pulling her hair. The DA didn't press no charges and I didn't go to court. I have just expunged the arrest off my record.

The letter I attached were official letter from the DA saying no charges were filed against me and certified disposition from the court showing arrest only.

Thanks you guys for responding.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Yes, I was arrested for domestic violence battery after my wife falsely accused me of pulling her hair. The DA didn't press no charges and I didn't go to court. I have just expunged the arrest off my record.

The letter I attached were official letter from the DA saying no charges were filed against me and certified disposition from the court showing arrest only.

Thanks you guys for responding.

Have these handy in case it is brought up during your interview.

[together4evr 360]

I hope you get some experienced responses but I doubt it because people are not honest about domestic violence accusations. I have never read anything on VJ about the outcome of an interview after an arrest of DV.

The things that matter in DV cases are the punishments and if you pled no contest or guilty or not guilty

If you pled no contest then it is the same as guilty plea

If you paid a fine it is a guilty plea

If you went to classes then it is a guilty plea

If you got a conditional discharge then it is a guilty plea

If you got probation then it is a guilty plea

But since I cannot read the forms you attached then I do not know what the charges were or what the consequences were.

I hope you will tell us the details and the outcome so that others will learn from your experiences.

If you have a no contest or a guilty plea or a punishment then it is a DV guilty in the eyes of immigraton.

Expungement will help for future job applications but immigration will always see it

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

I can see the data just fine. OP was arrested for DV. He was not charged to court, per DAY.

[soundedguy 8]

Yes I understand that expungement don't work for immigration. There was no charge filed against me less any guilty plea or so. Only thing until expungement was my arrest record. I'm worried

[together4evr 360]

I was able to read the forms when i double clicked them. Sorry.

But now that I read them... where is the original court record.

If this is all you have and the judge did not tell you to take classes or counseling then you will be ok.

Did you have to pay a fine?

Did you have to take classess or counseling?

Did they say you were on probation?

Did they say it is dismissed

Immigration will want to see your entire file. They will want to see more documentation then the 2 pieces of paper that state you have no charges.

You will need to get certified court records of your complete file. Where I live it costs money for them to give you a complete copy of your file.

I would not submit it until the CO asked for it all. Then you will at least have it with you just in case.

[soundedguy 8]

There was no judge whatsoever. I didn't appear in court nor before judge. The district attorney declined to file for charges.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

There was no judge whatsoever. I didn't appear in court nor before judge. The district attorney declined to file for charges.

These documents are sufficient. You didn't have charges pressed against you, therefore no court record. The letter from the DA is clear that you were not charged.

How the interview goes depends on your file. You will no doubt be asked about it so be prepared to explain what happened. Try not to get too heated about it.

[soundedguy 8]

These documents are sufficient. You didn't have charges pressed against you, therefore no court record. The letter from the DA is clear that you were not charged.

How the interview goes depends on your file. You will no doubt be asked about it so be prepared to explain what happened. Try not to get too heated about it.

I appreciate your response. It's easy being told to be calm but hard to actually be. I will try to be very confident during my interview. I'm adding enough good moral character evidences as I'm enrolled in college studying computer science and would be graduating in december, grades are very good and i'm including my grades, letter from my church that me and wife both attend church since 2009, me and wife every year paid over $10k in taxes and a letter from my wife taking blame and responsibility of the incident. I'm hoping that these would be able to convince them of my good moral character.

I will be including a copy of the police report with the certified letter from DA and court with my application. My question again is do IO's go through the application before the interview or they do it only on the interview day?I have been told that including those documents with my application would save me alot of time. How true is that?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

I appreciate your response. It's easy being told to be calm but hard to actually be. I will try to be very confident during my interview. I'm adding enough good moral character evidences as I'm enrolled in college studying computer science and would be graduating in december, grades are very good and i'm including my grades, letter from my church that me and wife both attend church since 2009, me and wife every year paid over $10k in taxes and a letter from my wife taking blame and responsibility of the incident. I'm hoping that these would be able to convince them of my good moral character.

I will be including a copy of the police report with the certified letter from DA and court with my application. My question again is do IO's go through the application before the interview or they do it only on the interview day?I have been told that including those documents with my application would save me alot of time. How true is that?

I would send a copy with your application, certainly doesn't hurt.

I'm a little worried about this letter from your wife. What exactly does it say? I'd be wary to use a letter from your wife because it looks like you bullied her into writing a letter for you. Given your arrest for domestic violence you want to avoid anything that could be seen like you are exerting pressure on your wife. If the letter is simply an outline of events "this is what happened. I got angry and called the police. We are seeing a counselor together/ourselves", rather than "it was all my fault. He is totally innocent etc etc" then it'd be fine. But still, I wouldn't include any letter from her personally.