Move Over Traffic violation - I 485

[nisargmca]

Hello Everyone ,

I am going to file i 485 shortly with my wife.My wife has a move over traffic violation and got a traffic ticket .

So I have checked in yes for below I 485 question in Part 8 Section .

Have you EVER been arrested,cited,charged,or detained for any reason by
any law enforcement officeal ? Yes

Have you EVER pled guilty to or been convicted of a crime or 
offense (even if the violation was subsequently expunged or 
sealed by a court or if you were granted a pardon,amnesty,
a rehabilitation decree ,or other act of clemecy)? Yes

Do I have to provide any documentation regarding that ?

[care_candidate]

You are correctly answering these two questions.

Towards the end of application there is place to explain what happened. There you can give very brief explanation such as "Minor move over traffic violation with $$ ticket - paid and resolved a week after incident". This way there will not be any confusion and no hiding.

To me the question is formulated in wrong way. This is because of strong language, somebody who reads answer to may immediately get startled by thinking if you were arrested. They tried to gather many crimes into one big question and I think they should keep minor driving violations except DUI apart from major offenses.

Anyway, if you have documents, you can add and if you don't have or if it is long ago, you can simply skip it. You may be asked during interview, but please be sure that such a minor item on your list cannot harm you chances of getting GC.