Yes, I have worked in a jail or prison, and now I am a cop......

[punkydawg 1]

Greetings!

My new life in the USA is going great! It's time for me to file my N-400 application from a marriage based green card.

In the wonderful "Additional Information" section I have to answer "yes" to the questions:

"Were you ever a worker.....in....a jail or prison" and "were you ever a member of....police unit."

The explanation is not a problem, while I have been here I have worked for the Department of Corrections, a Sheriff's Office and now a city Police Department. I'm sure this won't affect my eligibility for citizenship, but what I need to know is what evidence they're going to want.

I have paystubs, W-2s and my current commission card, and my state certificate of completing Police Academy.

Thanks in advance...

[Shub 78]

Greetings!

My new life in the USA is going great! It's time for me to file my N-400 application from a marriage based green card.

In the wonderful "Additional Information" section I have to answer "yes" to the questions:

"Were you ever a worker.....in....a jail or prison" and "were you ever a member of....police unit."

The explanation is not a problem, while I have been here I have worked for the Department of Corrections, a Sheriff's Office and now a city Police Department. I'm sure this won't affect my eligibility for citizenship, but what I need to know is what evidence they're going to want.

I have paystubs, W-2s and my current commission card, and my state certificate of completing Police Academy.

Thanks in advance...

I can't help you with the evidence they're going to want, but just to tell you about the background for those new questions in the new form, it's because they want to know if, prior to living in the US, you were ever involved in that kind of work, in case you lived in a country where human rights abuse is an issue. I don't know if you were in that line of work before immigrating to the US, but I can't see this being a problem if you worked those jobs in the US, or in the UK if that's where you come from.

Also, if you don't feel like dealing with those questions, grab the last version of the form, which does not have those questions, and submit that. You can use it until May 5th.

[milimelo 4,583]

You're fine with the evidence you plan to send in or bring to the interview.

I think they're more concerned if you were in the police unit or jail in a foreign country...

[punkydawg 1]

03/22/12 version of N-400 located here: https://cliniclegal.org/sites/default/files/n-400.pdf

I appreciate the help. I have a plan A and a plan B!

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