Giaigols

Thank you for all the very informative responses, I feel better!

Hello,

It has been almost 8 months since I filed the N-400 so I'm expecting the interview letter any day now. As my interview date approaches, I'm getting a little bit anxious about one aspect.

I filed the N-400 after being a permanent resident for 6 years, since I obtained an EB2 green card (E26 category) in 2013. The problem is, I left my petitioning employer (tech megacorp) 2 months after receiving the green card (and 6 months after the I-485 was initially filed by the company). I truly had a wonderful experience at this company, I stayed for almost 5 years as they petitioned me from J1 internship, to H1B visa, to EB2 green card.

However, 2 months after I obtained the green card, my boss, who was also the manager at the company who basically sponsored all my immigration visas over the years (including the green card), decided to leave the company to start his own tech business, as it is very customary in the tech scene. While doing so, he asked a few top performers of the team if they wanted to join him, and I was among them. I decided to accept since it was a very unique career growth opportunity.

It's important to notice that, even if I changed employer, my title, role and tasks have been the same as my former job (software engineer). 6 years later, I'm still at this company, so I've basically been working for more than 10 years for the same boss, who is also the one who sponsored my green card in the megacorp.

I am planning to bring evidence of this in the N-400 interview (bring the resume of my boss, offer letters, ...), and am wondering if I can get in trouble because my green card petition could be interpreted as fraudulent (which it wasn't, I really was in good faith and truly had no intention of ever leaving my former employer before this other opportunity suddenly came up)?  

Other than that, my application is completely clean, I just have a couple minor traffic tickets for which I already obtained a certified court disposition.

Thanks

Hello,

I'm getting ready to file my N400 online, however in the section "Review application", when I click on "View draft case snapshot", which is supposed to show me the N400 form filled that I would like to review, I always get a message saying:

"Could not download case snapshot."

I tried with different browsers (Chrome, Safari), including incognito mode, and it seems to be a server error.

Have you experienced something similar?

Thanks

Hello,

I'm in the process of filing my N400 online since I've had my EB2 green card for 6 years. My situation is absolutely standard, I don't have anything complicated (basically I'm answering "no" to every question), except the portion about the crime history.

Six years ago, in 2013, I got stopped by a police officer for a carpool violation. It was the day after thanksgiving, which was an official company holiday given by my employer. For this reason, I wrongly assumed that it was a national holiday, and proceeded to drive in the carpool lane without the minimum amount of required people (two instead of three), since it is usually allowed during weekends and holidays. I got issued a $500 ticket (carpool violations are extremely harsh in my state, for good reasons). I didn’t show up in court, I just paid the fine via check. The fine was exactly $500, which seems the limit after which the USCIS requires to submit documentation with the N400.

I'm planning to answer "yes" to questions 22 ("have you ever committed an offense for which you were not arrested") , 23 ("have you ever been cited") and 24 ("have you ever been charged with committing an offense"), as well as listing the violation in table 29. When it comes to submitting documentation though, I absolutely can't find an official documentation about this citation, I called the county where the officer stopped me, and they absolutely said they don't keep any record for something that small, since it happened such a long time ago and I didn't appear in court.

The only documentation I was able to find was a copy of the check I sent to the court (I nagged my bank to go dig into the archives from 2013), which shows that the $500 check was cashed by the clerk of the court, and also my recent DMV driving record, which shows that I have a clean record.

Do you think this is enough? It would really be terrible if I were to be denied citizenship because I can't provide proof of that ticket...

I'm asking because in all the prior posts people seem to have tickets < $500, whereas mine was exactly $500, which is at the USCIS cutoff.

Thanks