Wilerao59

Hi Ryan,

is that mean that no need to show any tax returns at all during the interview as long as the petitioner's income above the poverty line? someone said that had to find co-sponsor if no tax returns to show even though the current income is well above property guildines. i'm very confused. help pls

No need to stress out at all. When it comes to I-864, then consular officers weigh more to the current income than past ones. Many people don't work as being students or something else, nor there is any requirement for having worked for the last 3 years. Having said that there is no need to submit ANYTHING from the last 3 years since you guys have nothing anyway. Ok. Just submit last 6 months' paystubs AND if possible an employment letter stating the occupation of your husband, his salary, since when he has started this job and whether or not this job be permanent. Trust me, you guys would be more than fine as I have already said that consular officers are told to weigh more of the current job than past ones. Good luck.

Thanks a lot for your prompt reply.

One more question if you wouldn't mine. My wife has traveled to the states, after staying along with me for quite a while. However, she still has Residency visa from my current country stamped on her passport. Would this affect the domicile requirement. Knowing that the address used in the application, is a US mailing address. Do you think they would even care about domicile requirement if my wife is physically in the states.

Regards,

No. No problem.

still no response,havent recieved the rfe,no email,no call fron uscis.what should i do?is infopass helpful

I do not think you should assume anything as of now. Sometimes this "RFE" alarm in USCIS system in context to N-400 is false alarm; rather they put you in for Oath. Thus, do not think of anything as of now. If you don't hear anything in 10 days or two weeks then you should visit to local USCIS office as it might be a RFE or an oath letter, and sometimes mails do get lost/misplaced.

The date when your divorce went thru or marriage ended or when you got divorced is the date when judge signed your divorce judgement. So just disregard when a divorce case is filed or when a divorce judgement is entered because all is matter is when the divorce was signed by the judge.

As for the criminal situation then you don't need arrest or police report; rather dismissal record. However, you should take arrest or police record with you to the interview because some officers do ask to read the whole situation. Everything should be certified copies.

The list of documents/stuffs for N-400 written by you looks fine.

If you need to become a US citizen as soon as possible for your "dream" job then you should have filed the naturalization application under the expedited category. And if you don't qualify for that expedited category then do not cry on the fact that your application is well under its timeline. Do you expect US govt. to fulfill everyone's wish just because we have this and that compelling need to become a US citizen as soon as possible? Don't you think it will be selfish and unfair to other applicants who are patiently waiting for their turn despite of having compelling reason to be a US citizen as soon as possible? In my opinion, people just shouldn't think of just ME, ME, ME....

No.. I filed to remove the condition after the divorce and i even attached a copy of the divorce decree when filed to remove the condition.. They were aware of the divorce at that time but thy still approveed my 10 year green card because i entered the marriage in good faith.. But i dont know why they need a copy of the divorce now.. The didnt ask for it when removed the condition..

You are actually don't know what you are talking about and you are confusing yourself and other people as well. Let me quote your own statements- You wrote in above posting that USCIS didn't ask for your divorce decree at the time of removing the condition on your temporary green card. You said this-"The didnt ask for it when removed the condition..", but then you have very clearly also stated that you did submit/attach the copy of your divorce decree with the application/petition to remove the condition. Here is what you said-"i even attached a copy of the divorce decree when filed to remove the condition". So tell us, which one is true- did you submit the divorce decree with your petition to remove the condition on your green card or you did not? Besides, it doesn't matter now because now you have applied for citizenship and its a different application, so you need to submit the certified copy of your divorce decree again. If you say that you did submit it with your naturalization application then it might have lost somewhere while processing or officer might have overlooked it or officer wants to have a certified one which you did not submit it before. You have to know the difference of certified divorce decree or without certification. USCIS always wants to have certified document. So if this officer wants to have CERTIFIED divorce decree then you can not say that you were not asked a CERTIFIED divorce decree at the time of removing the condition nor you can say that when they accepted a regular divorce decree without certification at the time removing the condition then why they are asking for a certified one. Just don't go into too much "mind boggling" things. Just submit the CERTIFIED copy of your divorce decree and then wait to hear from them for at least 3 months. You can not say that your priority date is this and that or that you were interviewed on this and that because each case is different and unique. Priority date is just an approximate, not a guarantee one. However, you are free to file a lawsuit against USCIS AFTER 120 days of your interview, but your timeline for this lawsuit will not start from the date you were interviewed because you were asked to submit a document thru RFE. This 120 days timeline starts when everything was fine at the interview and nothing was asked to submit and USCIS sits on the case for 120 days without asking anything but if USCIS has asked something then this timeline becomes mute.

By the way, I hope you understand the difference between a divorce DECREE and divorce PETITION. Many times you have talked about USCIS having asked for divorce PETITION. Divorce petition is different than divorce decree. Sometimes USCIS does ask for divorce petition/complaint/pleadings to see when divorce was filed and on what ground and what were other terms of divorce than accepting a short summary of divorce judgement. They do ask for divorce papers when they need to dig more into someone's marriage to fret out possible immigration fraud. So we are not clear at this point as to whether you were asked for divorce decree or divorce petition. Nevertheless, you just chill out, wait, relax at least until March before raising your blood pressure.

Thank you all for your replies.. I alreday contacted our congressman joe wilson his office send an inquiry few days ago to USCIS but havent heard back from them yet.. Will wait few more days if nothing happened i will contact the senator ... Hopefully i hear something today...

Contacting Congressman wouldn't do much, trust me, particularly at this stage of your application. USCIS would take time to respond to your Congressman, and by then you might already get your oath letter in the mail. And even if congressman would receive a response from USCIS, the response would be still be typical by saying that the case is still pending and processing. Trust me, your congressman would get this response from USCIS.

It is NOT true AT ALL that applications with divorce take longer than other cases. All cases/applications are processed without making choosing/selecting one on another. Secondly, USCIS always like to know the civil status of all applicants no matter which application applicants file for such as whether applicant/beneficiary is single, married or divorced. On naturalization certificate, USCIS does indicate someone's status. And again, officer wants to see the divorce decree because he/she forgot to the see something in it at the time of interview or might have not seen divorce decree in itself inside the file as sometimes documents do get lost. But it's totally wrong to assume that applications of divorced-people take longer.

I think it matters.. Why they didnt ask for evidence before the interview if they werent sure of something.. Or they did review the case before the interview and didnt need anything but it was something that i said or did during the interview that set the officer off.. Thats why i am confused.. The officer didnt seem to know my full story during the interview

You can make anything matter to you but its not anyone's concern. As I said earlier that officers normally don't review applications before the interview, in 98% of the times, but there are two percent of officers who do review applications before the interview. When I talk about these two percentage of officers who review application prior to the interview then I'm talking about them reviewing the application just a few minutes ago the interview or that day or a day before which is obviously not enough time to send out mail in demanding missing/requested documents. They certainly don't review an application a week prior to interview so to say that they should send out the request ahead of time.

Officers don't need to know the whole story of any applicant; rather the relating information concerning to the application. Sometimes demeanor of an applicant at the interview MAY affect the outcome of the interview which is same like you are going to an interview for a job. If someone is so nervous, gives not clear answer, looks fishy then obviously officers have every right to make further inquiry into information. That's why personal interview is required for N-400 and even for green card interviews on cases based on marriage; otherwise USCIS could have made a decision based on documents submitted alone.

I already sent divorce papers with my n400 but the officer requested a copy of the divorce petition couple days after interview by mail.. i wonder why ..nobody ever asked me for that ..well i got my conditional green card through marriage but i removed condition after the divorce and they were aware of the divorce at that time but they still approved my 10 years green card.. So why now they need the petition for divorce.. Doesn't make sense

I think you either have no knowledge whatsoever as to how USCIS process applications/petitions or you are just confused based on your own opinions. Let me clear you many things here. Each application/petition is handled/adjudicated based on its own merit. That's why USCIS does ask for the copy of green card even though they are the one that issued to applicants and have full record in their system. Similarly, they ask for many documents, such as divorce decree, birth certificate and many more, which were previously submitted by applicants to USCIS on different applications/petitions such as I-130, I-485, I-765, etc....So even though all these applications/petitions are filed with USCIS and they are the one handled all these ones and have full record of it, yet still they ask to submit the same document again with new application/petition. Why? Because each application/petition is adjudicated based on its own merit.

Secondly, you should also know that most often USCIS does lose documents (and many times even the whole file/application) even though how tightly applicants attach all those forms/documents altogether. Why? Because applications go into many hands and between many different departments during the processing. Each department/section has its own job which you don't want to know it at this time. And during all these processing, papers/documents/forms must need to be separated or untangled so that each and every document could be scanned as well as put it in the manual file. USCIS doesn't keep the papers/documents/forms/applications in the file as you might think of; rather they have to make two holes in the top of each paper to keep it in the file. Also, they need to scan each paper as well. And if you see the desktop of these workers then you would know how messy they are. That's why it's a high percentage of losing papers which is why sometimes adjudication officers do ask for those documents which were already submitted with the applications. And on many times, officers just overlook those documents to find it in the file/application. I hope it does make sense to you now.

Hi guys.. I have a quick question and i would really appreciate if some one knows the answer and let me know

Do immigrations officers review your n 400 case before the interview? Or do they wait till the interview to review the case and ask for evidence..

Does it matter if immigration officers review N-400 before the interview or at the interview?? Most officers review applications at the time of interview because they are so busy in handling cases from morning to evening. And very few officers review applications ahead of interview. Nevertheless, each file/application contains a interim report which is prepared by different department as to what is the case about (pretty much history of the case) and what documents are in the file and what should be asked for. This report is made while applications are being processed at different stage, and the it does help the adjudication officer and anyone who would ever reopen the case. The short answer to your question is- most officers don't review an application before the interview.

Wilerao .. sorry, but you are wrong. Yes, I can fully expect that EVERY USCIS officer and in fact EVERY PERSON should be kind, professional and humble. I refuse to expect or accept rudeness and crassness in anyone. I don't read where VenusAngel made "so many statements" which would lead anyone to believe her marriage to be false, and it is not up to you to define the terms of their marriage or relationship with family.

First of all, I'm not here to argue with you or anyone else; rather to express my opinions like everyone else regardless of you or anyone to be agreed with my opinions or not. This is a open public forum wherein everyone is welcome to express their opinions so long it's done in a civilized way which was exactly I did. If you don't like my opinions or don't agree with me then it's perfectly fine and okay but you to say that its not up to me to define the terms of OP's marriage or relationship then I think I should remind you that any kind of information on any public forum is open for judgement. Information are there to form a judgement. That's another fact that some might not like those kinds of judgements, but then they shouldn't come on a public forum to spill their information. We, viewers and members, do provide OUR OWN opinions ("judgements") whenever someone posts something on this kinds of public forum. Thus, you can not tell people what they should do and shouldn't so long everything is a civilized way.

Remind you, I didn't define the terms of OP's marriage or relationship; rather I expressed my opinions based on what information she provided over here about her interview experiences. Her situation certainly doesn't seem to be norm, which is why officer was more curious or suspicious about her marriage and relationship which made him to ask so many questions. Perhaps, OP's situation seems normal to YOU but it's certainly not a norm. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong in filing tax returns separately but when it comes to immigration matters then its a very important document, and officer just wanted to know why they filed separately instead of jointly. That's all. Also OP's extensive trips outside the US despite of husband is being dependent on his parents was another bummer even though there is nothing wrong in that. As I said that she would get approval soon once supervisor would review her application because there is nothing could make OP's application to be denied based on what she said about her interview experience. But you can not say that officer was unprofessional or not courteous. He was supposed to ask questions relating to the application which exactly he did....sometimes they do press in a hard way that doesn't mean they weren't courteous. And if OP believes that officer was not courteous and professional then she is free to file a complaint against the officer right away. I'm sure she wouldn't have complained about all this if her application would have been approved. This is a life, and there is never a thing like perfection or by-the-law, especially when it comes to USCIS. Been there, done that. Some officers are nicer than others, so does everything in the life.

At last, I think you should read initial posting of OP wholly to know whether or not she made "so many" statements or not. Plus, officer had not suspected her marriage/relationship nor he had asked so many questions from her if there seemed to be norm. Anyway, you are entitled to your views as I'm to mine. I'm not here to rubber-stamp someone nor to form a hullar-club; rather I'm here to express my opinions in a honest way so that OP could understand and be informative of why officer thought what he thoughts and what could happen next which could help her than badmouthing OP to feel myself better.

Hi All,

Just an update:

Received my letter in the mail today. Oath Ceremony is scheduled for January 29 2013 in Central Islip on 8:30 AM.

I do however have a question regarding traveling. We are planning to take a trip in the mid of February, how can I get travel documents to travel during this time?

I know if I expedite the passport application, it will take 2-3 weeks, and this will not be adequate time. Please advise.

Didn't I tell you that trust me on receiving the notice in the mail very soon???? So, here you go....You have got Oath notice.

By the way, it doesn't take 2-3 weeks to get your US passport expediteously. If you want to get the US passport within one day then you MUST need to make an appointment now with one of the regional passport offices, whether in NYC or surrounding locations like PA or CT, wherein they can give you earlier appointment. One of my friends from NYC went to Philly and another friend went to CT to get the same day passport since they couldn't get the appointment in the passport office in NYC. They would give the US passport same day, within 2-3 hours, but you will need to pay extra along with taking appointment, brining proof of your up-coming travel. So go ahead and make the appointment right away even though you have not take the oath yet.

So,Okay,I moved to the U.S and I was 15 yrs old,I received my green card 6/29/2008. By logic,to become a USC I'd have to apply around 4 months before completing the 5 yr period they set to become a U.S citizen. However, at the end of June 2012,I came back to my country (Brazil) after my HS graduation,to take care of my grandmother and study,I came and I had applied for a Travel document that allows me to stay away for 2 years without losing my Green Card. I'm staying here for a little more than 6 months,seeing that I'm only returning to the US on 1/24/2013. I will be completing 5 years with my green card on 6/29/2013... My question is...Am I going to be able to become a U.S citizen? i am really confused,My mother said things are fine because I have the Travel document,but I dont know...Thank a lot Guys.

I can absolutely guarantee you that you will not encounter any problem at all when it comes to staying outside the US for a little more than 6 months. USCIS doesn't deny entry nor any application for immigration benefit just because of one or two occurrence of such; rather they weigh the totality of whole situation or trips over the years. CBP also rarely asks a LPR as to why such a long stay outside the US. And even if they do, they do have discretionary authority to let it go which they do almost 99.99% of the times. As I said many times on this forum that I see so many people of being naturalized despite of multiple longer than 6 months stays outside the US. I've got to see just one case wherein an application is denied because one single stay outside the US for longer than 6 months. So long you could give a satisfactory answer to reasoning your such longer stay outside the US, you will be perfectly fine, trust me. If I were you, I wouldn't say about studying as the reasoning to stay that long outside the US; rather taking care of grandma would do the trick.

I assume you are in the pic of you in your avatar. Don't know if you are a female or a male in there, but whoever this female in there is indeed very gorgeous.

You will receive Oath Notice very soon. It's just because of holidays they haven't conducted Oath here in NYC; otherwise Oath is conducted frequently in NYC and you will be accommodated given the facts that maximum of 300 people could take Oath in one ceremony in NYC. So just wait for a week or 10 days to receive the Oath letter. They may also call you to appear for the Oath ceremony as many of my friends got the call just a day before. Even my wife received the Oath notice just 4 days before the Oath ceremony. Given the capacity of Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn in conducting the oath for up to 300 people, it won't take long for them to squeeze you somewhere in there, believe me.

Procedure after your interview is a supervisor in your field office will review the documents and your application. This can be done in five minutes or five months. But who is being judged? You or your IO? But doesn't make any bottom line difference, if your IO didn't comply with their rules, you still end up paying the price.

The above stated statements are so true and correct. Whenever there is an issue or seems an issue then a supervisory review is mandatory which could take either five minutes or five months, depending upon when IO gives the file to the supervisor to review or when supervisor pays attention and gets time to review it. It's just a guessing game in which I was myself struck many years ago when I was being naturalized. My application needed a supervisory review and it took them 3 months just to see a little irrelevant "issue" to review. I strongly believe that IO either forgot to give my file to the supervisor or purposely didn't give my file to the supervisor on time because officer wasn't friendly or nice with me at all. Officer even called me three times after the interview in one week just to admit something that never happened. She was totally weird and strange with me during the entire time interview occurred. Tried to intimidate me, but I sticked to my truth and didn't get intimidated at all. I got oath letter only when I kept calling to USCIS on their toll free number and requested them to status check. I believe that my file could have not touched at all if I had not bugged them over the phone to do status check.

Having said this, nobody can tell when you guys would hear from USCIS. It's just a guessing game.

Thanks all.

Could you also answer the following ? They took my Biometrics on 12/21/2012. Currently, I am waiting for interview date.

1. What sort of letter should I expect to receive ? Inline for interview letter with no interview date OR interview letter with an interview date ?

2. How long does it usually take to receive the next notification after the biometrics ?

3. At what stage we have to return our green card ? Is it during the oath ceremony or at the interview ?

Sometime fingerprints couldn't be read by FBI system. In that case, applicants could be asked to take their fingerprints one more time. So it could be possible you could be asked to take your fingerprints again unless you call them on their toll free number to ask if your background checks including criminal background are cleared or not. They do tell over the phone about it.

Your green card will be taken away only after the oath when you become a naturalized citizen. You could get any letter from USCIS which could be a notice to take your fingerprints again or yellow letter or RFE (request for evidence) even if you have sent everything that was required but USCIS is known to lose documents or it could be an interview letter itself. Nobody could say for sure what could you receive. Normally, it should be an interview letter after the fingerprinting but then again it is highly unpredictable because each person's case is different and each person's file moves differently. I don't expect you to receive anything for at least few weeks since you were fingerprinted only a week ago, but then who knows.......

I would also add that traveling outside the US is not safe if applicant is obtaining any kind of cash welfare from the govt, not medicaid or food stamps rather something cash assistance. Every time a LPR enters into the US, he or she asks the officer the permission to enter again and that person is subject to many laws and one of them is public burden. So if someone is receiving cash assistance kinda welfare then their entry will be denied even if that person is holding a green card. Just to remember. Otherwise, nothing to worry.

@Wilera059: Thank you for your very thorough and informative reply. It is exactly what I needed today as I am increasingly getting more anxious by the day.

I submitted my application first week of December and I have the biometrics appointment already on Jan. 8.

I only included in my application the certified true copy of the police clearance showing that I have not been charged with anything under my name. For the additional documentation that you mentioned, can I just bring the certified copy of the police or court dismissal along with the police report / arrest complaint during the interview?

Another question: Since I have a reentry permit, after my biometrics, can I go on a trip abroad and come back on a short notice for my interview? It is my understanding that trips abroad during the naturalization application process are totally fine.

Regarding the lawyer, I think I am OK handling this on my own. You are correct: I will just have to present all the documents, and I have all of them with me.

"For the additional documentation that you mentioned, can I just bring the certified copy of the police or court dismissal along with the police report / arrest complaint during the interview?"

Did I read correctly when you talk about bringing the certified copy of the Police record or Court Dismissal along with the Police Report? If so then these are the documents I'm talking about that would do the trick and would save you thousands of dollars if you choose to hire an attorney.

Since I have a reentry permit, after my biometrics, can I go on a trip abroad and come back on a short notice for my interview?

With or without re-entry permit, you can go on a trip abroad at any time during the process of your naturalization interview. I'm sure you know so well that staying outside of US for continuing 6 months without re-entry permit could cause a bit problem at the airport but not for naturalization application because your application certainly be decided within 6 months which means you must be coming back before the 6 months. Just remember that until you take oath, you are still a LPR and all the rules/conditions of being a LPR still apply to you to keep your residency. In short, you can go on a trip without a problem so long you won't miss any notices/mails from USCIS. One more thing, there is a very high possibility that you might get a Yellow letter from USCIS, but you need to disregard that because USCIS does send that letter to applicants sometimes whenever an issue is disclosed on an application. That letter is nothing just a reminder to let the applicants know what could be asked to them at the interview.

Your lawyer definitely got you a good deal and that's a good thing. The next step would be preparing yourself on how you would defend yourself during the interview. I believe USCIS could access the police record and see what we give as statement. If you told the officer you slapped him then that's something you should prepare very well to defend during interview. If you didn't admit to the slap before the officer and tell the IO you didn't slap him then no cause for alarm. I also have no idea if an IO would deny your application for admitting slapping. Hopefully some VJ family member can help us on this.

An interview for immigration benefit is not like you are defending yourself in a criminal court against criminal charge. In an interview you don't defend yourself; rather you prove your statements made on the application or prove your eligibility for the benefit. Secondly, even if people go with your "wording" of preparing on how to "defend" during the interview then there is NOTHING anyone could do except collecting and providing documents relating to issues. All these "defending" tactic come in the picture when USCIS either denies or places someone on deportation proceedings. Thereby, collecting documents relating to the issues is the only "defend" one could do at this point. That's why even an attorney's help is not required at this time. Attorneys can not make all these past go away magically so to say their help is needed. Besides, all these so-called issues are not issues at all. I can bet on this.

One more thing, in this kind of criminal situation, it doesn't matter to USCIS who slaps to who and why; instead all USCIS is cared for arrest and dismissal. Thousands of people get arrested everyday and even criminally charged, but that doesn't mean it gets proved that they did commit the crime they are charged for. If there is no conviction then there is nothing to worry about. That's why if a dismissal is submitted then USCIS has no other choice except to grant the application. Sometimes USCIS does make mistake by denying the case but that denial get overturned in immigration courts.

And yes, there are certain crimes which fall under aggrievated felony which are considered deportable offenses and the crime mentioned above doesn't fall under that category.

Folks...

The waiting was worth it...

CRIS states "On December 28, 2012, we placed your application in the oath scheduling que. We will send a notice when the ceremony is scheduled. If you move prior to the scheduled ceremony, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283."

Cleared...

Thanks for all the help...

Didn't I tell you to chill out, relax, don't worry and everything will be alright? You were worried like a hell and so much into guessing game. Anyway, congratulation....

For the arrest that happened in the hotel then you MUST need to have a dismissal, either by the Police or the Court even though criminal charges were not formally filed. You should also get the Police report/arrest complaint along with dismissal. Make sure to get certified copy of these documents. That means you are going back to them and ask them to provide you the certified copy. A certified copy carries a stamp of the document-issued authority or court. Arrest would certainly be shown in your background check, so USCIS would know about it anyway. Thus, you must disclose it on your application and must submit documentation (dismissal) about it along with your application.

As for the seven months' trip outside the U.S. then it's not a problem. Only time it causes a problem when there is multiple trip longer than 6 months outside the U.S. Thus, don't even worry about it at all. Just make sure to bring with you to the interview some documentations to prove that you did not abandon your residency in the US such as tax documents, mails, ID, etc...

As for owing to IRS then its not a problem at all so long you could present a payment arrangement from IRS. Millions of people owe money to IRS and they do get naturalized but USCIS wants to make sure that applicants do have a payment arrangement than just being on default and purposely avoiding their tax obligations to Uncle Sam.

You may hire an attorney, but trust me attorney will not do anything because there is no issue at all. Attorney can not arrange documents for you on above issues. You have to arrange these documents by yourself anyway. So long you would have these documents, USCIS would not deny your application. But if you will not have these documents then even hiring an attorney wouldn't stop denying of your application.

I assure you that you will NOT have any problem whatsoever. I've seen far worse cases being approved so long documentations are there. Your arrest is nothing. Your 7 months' single trip outside the trip is nothing while I've seen people being naturalized by two 9 months trips outside the US without any re-entry permit. And USCIS can not deny naturalization application if someone owes to IRS but they do want to see that payments are being made.

If you still want to hire an attorney then its your call. Just to know that your case can not and will not be approved by the officer; rather it would need supervisory approval because whenever there is an issue then supervisor approval is mandatory.

I honestly can't remember why they sent it back. I believe it was due to the fact that i was already approved for the 10 GC. I filed on my own and even gave reason why i was filing.

You have nothing to worry. The conditional status on your GC was removed before you were divorced which is why USCIS sent back all the paperwork to you because there was nothing for them to intervene at that point as far as laws go. Just file for US Citizenship and don't worry about anything.

you know what, i did my whole process by myself, since my first green card until now, i did send them some papers that i got in the court that said the case was dismissed, i thought it was enough,but was not!! even my IO was ready to close the process,she told me i was approved and going to receive a letter for the oath in few weeks, but her supervisor was the one who ask for more documents.

It's not about whether or not you did your whole case by yourself or if you did send "some papers"; rather its about collecting such an important documents and be ready to produce when its required. It doesn't matter if you did submit some papers previously because each application is adjudicated based on its own merit. When you know that you were involved in a criminal situation then you should have at least the required paperwork with you from the get-go than trying to obtain only now or talking about submitting some in the past. You should have either police report or charging paper along with dismissal order from the court which must be certified. Anyway, your case and your life but when you put all these on a public forum then be ready to get all kinds of opinions.