penguin00

Thank you all. I went to the courthouse to request certified copies of my dispositions. I'm supposed to get those in 7-14 days. Have a good feeling they will be able to provide what I need. I also went to the police department. They were a bit difficult to work with. I got a copy of my criminal history and they stamped it "true & certified" after questioning them about it. It's just a single piece of paper on letterhead with a short list of dates, crimes, and dispositions. But I feel like this probably isn't going to be what USCIS wants to see from the police side of things? I guess I expected to obtain police reports for each case.... Not really sure. I might return to them in a few days and see there's anymore records I can possibly obtain from them.

Thank you Dashinka! Today, I plan to go to the courthouse and hopefully the police department as well to see what I can collect. Ah, okay, that makes a lot of sense. I am assuming this can be pretty informal then and just needs to be a 'statement of facts' summarizing each case and their outcome.

Thank you TBoneTX for the welcome and for the reminders/advice! Funny, I was just reading your profile a little bit ago.. What a coincidence :) Yes, I do plan to be 100% transparent. My fiance is aware of my history so there should be no surprises during the interview and I plan to share/discuss the documents I am able to obtain with her as well just so she is completely knowledgeable ahead of time. I guess the basis for these questions is because I want to include the exact documents they expect to receive in order to avoid scrambling for an RFE. Also, because the 4b section seems sort of nebulous in terms of how I should detail the information. Thanks again!

Hello all, I am the petitioner and I need to collect the necessary documents related to my criminal history for my I-129F packet. I am looking for some clarification/insight regarding what I need to provide for 2c/4a/4b. Some 15-20 years ago I received 3 or 4 charges/convictions for possession of marijuana. One of these charges occurred when I was a minor and I took a diversion course instead of going to court. For any other charges, I took plea offers and plead guilty. These are the only things on my record (nothing trafficking-, violent-, or AWA-related). So, I know I need to answer YES for 2c due to having three or more arrests or convictions, not from a single act, for crimes relating to a controlled substance or alcohol. Question #1: Below 2c it mentions: If you were ever arrested or convicted of any of the specified crimes, you must submit certified copies of all court and police records showing the charges and disposition for every arrest or conviction. I have been doing a lot of research into what constitutes court and police records. From my understanding, for the court records portion, I will need to get dispositions from the court for all of my cases. In theory, this sounds like it should be no problem and I plan to go to the courthouse to obtain those documents. However, I am a little confused regarding the police records portion. Can anyone provide clarification into what type of police records I should be requesting and providing in my packet? Question #2: 4b asks to provide information about each of those arrests, citations, charges, indictments, convictions, fines, or imprisonments and include the dates and outcomes. For each case, do I just list the date of each arrest, each charge that occurred during that arrest, and then the final outcome of the court? Like a quick mini-summary of the dispositions? How formal/informal does this information need to be? Can anyone provide insight into the best approach for providing this information? Thank you so much in advance.