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Wow! I had NO idea this question would lead to 750 responses and counting. My wife has since long gone and come back, now getting her citizenship in 4 days. 

Wow! I had NO idea this question would lead to 750 responses and counting. My wife has since long gone and come back, now getting her citizenship in 4 days. 

Wow! I had NO idea this question would lead to 750 responses and counting. My wife has since long gone and come back, now getting her citizenship in 4 days. 

UPDATE: My wife woke up this morning, receiving a letter stating that she has been approved, the request for additional information (arrest record) CANCELLED and her swearing in letter has been sent out to her.

Talk about a wild, anxious 20 hours!

I mean, I sent them tons of photos (more than they needed), each with explanations, letters of explanations for other things, documentation of business plans, evidence of joint purchases and so on. They did not ask for these things, but it showed overwhelming proof our marriage was all around solid and that my wife was also of great moral character, which she really is.

Thank you all for your responses and I apologize for completely missing that part of the documentation process.     

Yes, I am, but I see that SusieQQQ included a some information that shows I made a HUGE oversight. I saw that portion on the documents, but I completely missed the part where they ALSO wanted the arrest report. I think my mind went ahead of me thinking they want you to be honest and ADMIT that you were arrested (hence the question), but PROVIDE proof of the outcome. It only seemed logical to me, but I now see I completely gaffed on that.

Forgive me for this status. I see my mind just got ahead of me and I find it rather curious they never sent back a request for MORE information, rather than wait for the interview to do this.

I added that part NOT to say that educated, middle and upper class cannot be violent (I know better), but to point out that she has never seen the inside of a jail and her family's status in her country would see her being in a foreign jail as unthinkable. Of course, for me, it was highly embarrassing as it was for her family to have found out as I felt embarrassed to know she had to endure such humiliation because of my daughter.  

Thank you for your well wishes and my daughter has spiraled even more out of control, but she is on her own but wrecking lives all over the place. It's been a massive undertaking reigning her in and it hurts, but in relation to this status, the officer knows none of this to make good judgment and just sees and arrest. AS my wife pointed out, if the case was dismissed, how and when can she prove to an immigration officer what a judge ruled on other than through a piece of paper that provides no detail to the nature of what really happened? The interesting thing is, now that I think of it, we not only submitted the disposition; we also submitted a letter of explanation  to do just that so that they would have some context. Apparently, that may not have been enough or maybe in the long run, it may.

I forgot to mention that this situation happened way back in early 2016. It was not recent. Since then, we have had a baby, a rather blissful marriage, been to Guyana 2 times and the Virgin Islands (where I am from), 4 times, moved to a house in Florida and building a business together. Very productive marriage life. 

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.
  

UPDATE: My wife woke up this morning, receiving a letter stating that she has been approved, the request for additional information (arrest record) CANCELLED and her swearing in letter has been sent out to her.

Talk about a wild, anxious 20 hours!

I mean, I sent them tons of photos (more than they needed), each with explanations, letters of explanations for other things, documentation of business plans, evidence of joint purchases and so on. They did not ask for these things, but it showed overwhelming proof our marriage was all around solid and that my wife was also of great moral character, which she really is.

Thank you all for your responses and I apologize for completely missing that part of the documentation process.     

Hi guys, my wife just came back from her Citizenship hearing and after all the smooth sailing we have had from visa process to now, we finally hit a "determination" wall. 

My wife was arrested a few years back because my daughter (her estranged step-daughter) called the cops on her and fabricated a domestic violence case against her. The fight was actually between my daughters and my wife was breaking them up. That one daughter (she has progressive mental illness) went to the precinct and said my wife scratched her and the next thing you know, cops were at the door arresting my wife who spent a night in jail. This is a woman from a upper class family in her country, highly college educated, never seen a jail before so you must know the embarrassment I feel.

Anyway, the case was never prosecuted and it was thrown out AND sealed and we got a disposition stating such, which my wife has used to travel in and out of the U.S 6 times already. We also submitted the ORIGINAL of that disposition with the paperwork, admitting to the arrest by showing proof of the outcome.

Well today, we must have gotten a special officer because he sees the admission of arrest AND the disposition, but he wanted more - he wanted the actual arrest report, partially denied her ("could not make a determination at the moment") and sent her home, telling her to wait for documentation from him on how to submit that.

The arrest happened in New York and we moved to Florida 3 months ago and now it has been HELL trying to get in touch with a competent person in New York to help with this. In fact, all we are getting are voicemails, dead ends and transfers to dead ends. Lawyers are charing $1,500 for the attempt to get it when I've done multiple paperwork for individuals and can do it in my sleep for me to need a lawyer.

The bright side is, he actually signed off on everything telling because she passed everything else with ease, but he cannot yet set a swear in date because he wants THAT arrest record.

Thoughts/advice?  

 

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.
  

Hi guys, my wife just came back from her Citizenship hearing and after all the smooth sailing we have had from visa process to now, we finally hit a "determination" wall. 

My wife was arrested a few years back because my daughter (her estranged step-daughter) called the cops on her and fabricated a domestic violence case against her. The fight was actually between my daughters and my wife was breaking them up. That one daughter (she has progressive mental illness) went to the precinct and said my wife scratched her and the next thing you know, cops were at the door arresting my wife who spent a night in jail. This is a woman from a upper class family in her country, highly college educated, never seen a jail before so you must know the embarrassment I feel.

Anyway, the case was never prosecuted and it was thrown out AND sealed and we got a disposition stating such, which my wife has used to travel in and out of the U.S 6 times already. We also submitted the ORIGINAL of that disposition with the paperwork, admitting to the arrest by showing proof of the outcome.

Well today, we must have gotten a special officer because he sees the admission of arrest AND the disposition, but he wanted more - he wanted the actual arrest report, partially denied her ("could not make a determination at the moment") and sent her home, telling her to wait for documentation from him on how to submit that.

The arrest happened in New York and we moved to Florida 3 months ago and now it has been HELL trying to get in touch with a competent person in New York to help with this. In fact, all we are getting are voicemails, dead ends and transfers to dead ends. Lawyers are charing $1,500 for the attempt to get it when I've done multiple paperwork for individuals and can do it in my sleep for me to need a lawyer.

The bright side is, he actually signed off on everything telling because she passed everything else with ease, but he cannot yet set a swear in date because he wants THAT arrest record.

Thoughts/advice?  

 

UPDATE: My wife woke up this morning, receiving a letter stating that she has been approved, the request for additional information (arrest record) CANCELLED and her swearing in letter has been sent out to her.

Talk about a wild, anxious 20 hours!

I mean, I sent them tons of photos (more than they needed), each with explanations, letters of explanations for other things, documentation of business plans, evidence of joint purchases and so on. They did not ask for these things, but it showed overwhelming proof our marriage was all around solid and that my wife was also of great moral character, which she really is.

Thank you all for your responses and I apologize for completely missing that part of the documentation process.     

UPDATE: My wife woke up this morning, receiving a letter stating that she has been approved, the request for additional information (arrest record) CANCELLED and her swearing in letter has been sent out to her.

Talk about a wild, anxious 20 hours!

I mean, I sent them tons of photos (more than they needed), each with explanations, letters of explanations for other things, documentation of business plans, evidence of joint purchases and so on. They did not ask for these things, but it showed overwhelming proof our marriage was all around solid and that my wife was also of great moral character, which she really is.

Thank you all for your responses and I apologize for completely missing that part of the documentation process.     

UPDATE: My wife woke up this morning, receiving a letter stating that she has been approved, the request for additional information (arrest record) CANCELLED and her swearing in letter has been sent out to her.

Talk about a wild, anxious 20 hours!

I mean, I sent them tons of photos (more than they needed), each with explanations, letters of explanations for other things, documentation of business plans, evidence of joint purchases and so on. They did not ask for these things, but it showed overwhelming proof our marriage was all around solid and that my wife was also of great moral character, which she really is.

Thank you all for your responses and I apologize for completely missing that part of the documentation process.     

UPDATE: My wife woke up this morning, receiving a letter stating that she has been approved, the request for additional information (arrest record) CANCELLED and her swearing in letter has been sent out to her.

Talk about a wild, anxious 20 hours!

I mean, I sent them tons of photos (more than they needed), each with explanations, letters of explanations for other things, documentation of business plans, evidence of joint purchases and so on. They did not ask for these things, but it showed overwhelming proof our marriage was all around solid and that my wife was also of great moral character, which she really is.

Thank you all for your responses and I apologize for completely missing that part of the documentation process.     

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.
  

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.
  

Yes, I am, but I see that SusieQQQ included a some information that shows I made a HUGE oversight. I saw that portion on the documents, but I completely missed the part where they ALSO wanted the arrest report. I think my mind went ahead of me thinking they want you to be honest and ADMIT that you were arrested (hence the question), but PROVIDE proof of the outcome. It only seemed logical to me, but I now see I completely gaffed on that.

Forgive me for this status. I see my mind just got ahead of me and I find it rather curious they never sent back a request for MORE information, rather than wait for the interview to do this.

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.
  

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.
  

Hi guys, my wife just came back from her Citizenship hearing and after all the smooth sailing we have had from visa process to now, we finally hit a "determination" wall. 

My wife was arrested a few years back because my daughter (her estranged step-daughter) called the cops on her and fabricated a domestic violence case against her. The fight was actually between my daughters and my wife was breaking them up. That one daughter (she has progressive mental illness) went to the precinct and said my wife scratched her and the next thing you know, cops were at the door arresting my wife who spent a night in jail. This is a woman from a upper class family in her country, highly college educated, never seen a jail before so you must know the embarrassment I feel.

Anyway, the case was never prosecuted and it was thrown out AND sealed and we got a disposition stating such, which my wife has used to travel in and out of the U.S 6 times already. We also submitted the ORIGINAL of that disposition with the paperwork, admitting to the arrest by showing proof of the outcome.

Well today, we must have gotten a special officer because he sees the admission of arrest AND the disposition, but he wanted more - he wanted the actual arrest report, partially denied her ("could not make a determination at the moment") and sent her home, telling her to wait for documentation from him on how to submit that.

The arrest happened in New York and we moved to Florida 3 months ago and now it has been HELL trying to get in touch with a competent person in New York to help with this. In fact, all we are getting are voicemails, dead ends and transfers to dead ends. Lawyers are charing $1,500 for the attempt to get it when I've done multiple paperwork for individuals and can do it in my sleep for me to need a lawyer.

The bright side is, he actually signed off on everything telling because she passed everything else with ease, but he cannot yet set a swear in date because he wants THAT arrest record.

Thoughts/advice?  

 

Thank you. 

This was in early 2016. 

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.
  

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.
  

UPDATE: We tracked down the lawyer who represented my wife for her release and it seems he MIGHT be able to get a copy of that arrest record to my wife upon her proving she is who she is. Keeping our fingers crossed.