I applied for citizenship last year and a few months later got arrested and charged for domestic violence. My state do mandatory arrest so once the police is out they have to arrest someone. The case was later dismissed. It was dismissed after completion of an SOC, which was a negotiation with the prosecutor that if I behave good for X amount of time then by the end of the period they will dismiss the case. Now I got the notice of citizenship interview in a few weeks. What is my chance of passing the interview?
I’ve talked to a couple of attorneys and received different messages. One said I will need to prove that I have good moral character by doing volunteer work or something like that. Another said I don’t need to do that but instead they can write up something for me to argue that a dismissed DV case doesn’t mean I have bad moral character.
I have also researched online and got mixed results. I heard a dismissed case might sometimes be considered a conviction from a immigration point of view. But I don’t know if in my case it’s considered a conviction?
