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    Default Petty Offense Exception and Naturalization Application

    I am eligible for applying for naturalization next month, after completing the required 5 years of premanent residency. However, I had a petty offense (shoplifting misdemeanor) about three years back, with Imposition of Sentence Suspended. That was classified as Petty Offense Exception by the immigration attorney, which is neither deportable nor inadmissible.

    Does this "Petty Offense Exception " makes me ineligible, to apply for naturalization, now (next month) ?
    Do I need to wait for another two years to have the clean 5 year window?

    I appreciate your reply.
    Thanks in advance for your time.

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    Default Immigration

    If the immigration officer has already determined that the shoplifting charge falls under the "petty offense" exception to inadmissibility, that would seem to be very much in your favor.

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    aaron,

    Thank you for your time in replying this question.

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