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  1. #1
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    Default Applying for Naturalization With a Shoplifting Charge as a Minor

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: California

    I stole some item under $15 in Walmart in 2001 when I was 15 or 16 years old. No police, no court, no picture taken. I was sent home and paid the fine of about $150 that came along from a mail label "WalMart". I am very unsure if that affect my record/background, and I do understand that it'd be sealed if it had been file. I am now 23 years old and thinking of applying for Naturalization and is very concern about this past.

    So my question is if I file for Naturalization now, do I have to confessed this ? Since no cops, no court and no picture were taken, does that affect my backgrounds or am I still clean from the eye of FBI ?

    Any help is appreciated.

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    Default Re: Shoplifting Under Age of 18 Applying Naturalization 9 Years Later Help

    The money you paid to Wal*Mart isn't a fine, it's a reimbursement of their expenses in dealing with your thieving behavior.
    The worst that happened was that you were put in a database that other retailers had access to but that times out after seven years.
    If they ask if you were arrested or convicted, you can say no. There is a question on the Naturalization form that asks if you committed any crimes you were not arrested, I don't think that sort of question appears on any visa applications.

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