Quoting Preeti Now, my dillemna is I have a citizenship interview next Tuesday and I am not sure if the above incident would affect my citizenship? Probably not. Unless you lie about what happened. So be sure to be completely honest. Quoting Preeti The reason I stole was because I had an argument with my mom and I was just not thinking form my mind... The reason you stole is that you saw something and didn't want to pay for it. This isn't mom's fault.