The longer version of the story: He got a speeding ticket in New York that he paid, but somewhere, the paperwork never got processed so his driving priveledges were automatically suspended in New York. He was trying to enter the US one day, and the border patrol ran his license, which came back as "suspended" so they arrested him, because somehow he ended up charged with "aggravated driving without a license" which is a felony. It was Friday night, they took him to the courthouse because he had to be arraigned immediately (something about speedy trials and foreign nationals-he says they always call in a judge when the Canadians get nailed.) The judge let him plead it to a misdemeanor with a fine of a hundred and some dollars.
That's the relevant part to immigration. The rest of the story is just silly. On the way to see the judge the cop explained that the judge would do that, and what it would cost. They stopped at an ATM so that he could get cash to pay the fine, but his ATM card didn't work-he had hit the daily limit. So they had to take him to jail. They let him make a phone call to a friend, who helped him get in touch with a friend of a friend, who came up from Albany to bail him out. And he went back to the same ATM, got money out and paid those friends back.
So why is this suddenly relevant now? Because USCIS and DHS take his fingerprints/biometrics, and run a background check on him. The background check will likely get flagged because he has an arrest record. So I need to track down where he'd call to get a copy of the disposition of this arrest, and how to do it, and then to make sure that a copy goes to me, and a copy to the attorney.
All because he couldn't provide any proof that he paid a ticket.
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Date: 2007-03-17 04:43 pm (UTC)That's the relevant part to immigration. The rest of the story is just silly. On the way to see the judge the cop explained that the judge would do that, and what it would cost. They stopped at an ATM so that he could get cash to pay the fine, but his ATM card didn't work-he had hit the daily limit. So they had to take him to jail. They let him make a phone call to a friend, who helped him get in touch with a friend of a friend, who came up from Albany to bail him out. And he went back to the same ATM, got money out and paid those friends back.
So why is this suddenly relevant now? Because USCIS and DHS take his fingerprints/biometrics, and run a background check on him. The background check will likely get flagged because he has an arrest record. So I need to track down where he'd call to get a copy of the disposition of this arrest, and how to do it, and then to make sure that a copy goes to me, and a copy to the attorney.
All because he couldn't provide any proof that he paid a ticket.