Received interview notice with letter about convictions

[danielb2017 14]

Yesterday I received my letter of notice of interview - which is on October 2nd.

 

Along with the letter was a white sheet with 

"Notice to applicant: If you have ever been arrested or detained for any reason you must bring the following to your interview"
 
*An original or court certified copy of the complete arrest record and/ OR disposition file for each incident. (Eg. Dismissal order, conviction record or acquittal order)

 

I sent my lawyer a court certified copy of the only conviction I have, a drink driving charge from 2010 (€250 FINE and mandatory 2 year driving ban) is this what they are looking for??

 

Any help or advice greatly appreciated, my lawyer has decided to be unhelpful ever since they got paid.

 

Timeline below

 

JUNE 15 2017 : Everything was received by USCIS
JUNE 23 2017 : Received BIO appointment
JULY 13 2017  : Attended BIO appointment
JULY 13 2017 : Received Request for initial evidence for 1-130A (Dated July 07) / Yellow paper

AUGUST 09 2017  : Response to USCIS request for evidence was received.  Our national benefits center will begin working on your case again (From CaseTracker app - did not receive notice in mail)
AUGUST 14 2017 : Received a purple letter saying that :
        The version of the form I-693 is no longer in use....... >>

• if you receive an interview notice please bring the updated I-693 with you
• If your case don't require an interview you will receive an RFE

AUGUST 23 2017 : Online Case status changed to "Case is ready to be scheduled for interview.
AUGUST 31 2017 : Interview date set for October 2nd. 

[EMBELL_17 90]

On 9/1/2017 at 10:59 AM, danielb2017 said:

Yesterday I received my letter of notice of interview - which is on October 2nd.

 

Along with the letter was a white sheet with 

"Notice to applicant: If you have ever been arrested or detained for any reason you must bring the following to your interview"
 
*An original or court certified copy of the complete arrest record and/ OR disposition file for each incident. (Eg. Dismissal order, conviction record or acquittal order)

 

I sent my lawyer a court certified copy of the only conviction I have, a drink driving charge from 2010 (€250 FINE and mandatory 2 year driving ban) is this what they are looking for??

 

Any help or advice greatly appreciated, my lawyer has decided to be unhelpful ever since they got paid.

Hi Daniel, I am an attorney and although not an immigration one, I can offer some assistance (not advice). What is the document you sent to the lawyer? What is it entitled? If it is court-certified and documents the charge and disposition, it is good enough. The disposition shows what the outcome of the case was. Obviously, bring EVERYTHING you can to the interview. But if all they are asking for is court certified copy of the record/disposition, you should be okay with any one of those documents.

[danielb2017 14]

2 hours ago, EMBELL_17 said:

Hi Daniel, I am an attorney and although not an immigration one, I can offer some assistance (not advice). What is the document you sent to the lawyer? What is it entitled? If it is court-certified and documents the charge and disposition, it is good enough. The disposition shows what the outcome of the case was. Obviously, bring EVERYTHING you can to the interview. But if all they are asking for is court certified copy of the record/disposition, you should be okay with any one of those documents.

 

It is the court record from my conviction. 

It is court certified and is the record I received from the court when I requested the documentation from the record office. 

 

It has what happened, (arrest - when, where, why, by who) and it has the penalty and conviction imposed. 

 

Do do I need a police certificate too as I still can't get clarity on this? I left my birth certificate in the states when I was here (before I came and decided to stay) and I couldn't get one when I was back in Ireland. 

My lawyer is being an absolute nightmare and is not being transparent or clear with anything and I have 4 weeks to get everything in order. 

 

I also sent them the the letter which I got from the court (at their request) and now they are saying that I need to bring it to the interview 🤔 ----

 

 

[danielb2017 14]

3 minutes ago, danielb2017 said:

 

It is the court record from my conviction. 

It is court certified and is the record I received from the court when I requested the documentation from the record office. 

 

It has what happened, (arrest - when, where, why, by who) and it has the penalty and conviction imposed. 

 

Do do I need a police certificate too as I still can't get clarity on this? I left my birth certificate in the states when I was here (before I came and decided to stay) and I couldn't get one when I was back in Ireland. 

My lawyer is being an absolute nightmare and is not being transparent or clear with anything and I have 4 weeks to get everything in order. 

 

I also sent them the the letter which I got from the court (at their request) and now they are saying that I need to bring it to the interview 🤔 ----

 

 

Are they asking for a police certificate is what I am trying to ask haha. 

I don't really understand what they want for the complete arrest record? 

[EMBELL_17 90]

34 minutes ago, danielb2017 said:

Are they asking for a police certificate is what I am trying to ask haha. 

I don't really understand what they want for the complete arrest record? 

You don't need the arrest record if you have the court certified record. They qualify what they are asking for with AND/OR. Therefore, you only need to bring one or the other.