N400 Interview (Stop Sign)

[kobe2016 0]

Last Sep I got a ticket for stop sign. I am fighting the case in court and next due date is in May 2017. I did not mention this in my N 400 application in Feb. I have interview next week and if they ask my about traiffic violation what should i reply. Thanks in advance

[Tusabe 14]

I personally haven't seen the application for citizenship but if it asks about a traffic violation and you answer no you gave false information because running a stop sign is yes indeed considered a traffic violation

But they know everything

[Hypnos 6,579]

You tell them the truth, exactly as you just told a bunch of strangers on the Internet.

You also lied by omission on your original N-400 submission, which is technically perjury and not smart.

Edited November 27, 2016 by Hypnos

[ptm897 41]

Relax, don't worry, just be honest at the interview and tell the officer you need to update the question that asks if you have ever been arrested, cited, fined etc.. .and just let them know about the stop sign violation. That seems like an awfully long time to wait for another court date for traffic, next May 2017 and this happened in September 2015? or September 2016? I've never known a traffic court hearing to be delayed or scheduled that far in advance before? Were you arrested for this stop sign violation? Meaning handcuffs, fingerprinted and brought to the police station or simply given a written ticket at the scene and allowed to drive away afterward??

So I guess my question is, you said it was a stop sign violation, but did this incident escalate to the point that you were arrested by the officer for not cooperating or arguing with the officer at the time.

I have interviewed countless people during my years in Citizenship and when I would ask them if they had ever been arrested before, so many people either feign ignorance and say No because they were not found guilty or they really had no idea that arrested means, handcuffs and or taken to the police station, fingerprinted, etc... I've argued round and round with people that say in their country arrested is only arrested if they were found guilty.