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    Default F-1 Visa Holder Charged with Class C Felony Because She Wrote a Bad Check

    I wrote a check in january 2009 for my tuition for the amount of $ 1800.00.I told the school to deposit the check after three days,but they check came into my account ten days after the date i ask the school to deposit it and my account did not have enough money to cover the check.I went to the business office and to pay the full amount with my debit card but the couldn't let me pay untill the received the check.The next day some of my money was automatic withdrawn from my account to pay some of my bills.i knew i could not pay the full amount when the school got my check,so i did not go to school two day,knowing the had dropped me out of school.then i got message that the head of business was looking for me.When i met him,he told me i have wrote a bad check to them,i tried to explain to him that i made an attempt to pay the full amount but they couldn't let me do that.and ask him to pay $ 1500.00 and pay the rest later,but he claimed they could loose their legal right.my sponsor who is paying for my tuition has legal problems with his company that's why i couldn't pay the tuition.They report me and i was arrested in March,i paid the bond $ 470.00.On my second appearance in court i told the judge i can not afford a lawyer because of the situation with my sponsor,he asked the prosecutor what kind of check i wrote,judge said tuition fee is not a hot check and he is going to dismiss the case on next court date.I want to know if i have any rights to claim anything,because the judge said the law in Arkansas does not say the school fee check as hot check,when i was arrested they took my fingerprints and pictures,and i paid $ 470.00 for bond.I want to know if a right to ask all my information to be erased from my criminal record and if i have aright to claim $ 470.00 i paid for bond.This case is in Arkansas.I am planning to go to Canada to apply for my visa because the one i got already expired,i want to make sure this isssue will cause no harm to me to get a new visa.i have never commit any crime in US or be out of my status as F-1 visa holder

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    Default Re: F-1 Visa Holder Charged with Class C Felony Because She Wrote a Bad Check

    Did you post-date the check?

    Why, given the fact that you knew you had written the check and given that the school honored your request to delay in depositing the check, did you spend your tuition money rather than keeping it in your account?

    What statute is involved?

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    Default Re: F-1 Visa Holder Charged with Class C Felony Because She Wrote a Bad Check

    i wrote a check so that it can be deposited two days from the day i wrote it,but it took the school twelve days to deposit it.I have soome bills which the took money automatic from my account,and they did that,so when the check came late into my account there wasn't enough fund to cover the check,i went to the business office to make that payment using my debit card,but they refused because they didn't have my check back from the bank.First,i wrote a post-date check because,my sponsor has some financial problem,so when the school called me after they got a returned check,i had $ 1,500.00 only instead of $ 1,795.00 to pay the check,because i used the money to pay my needs.i asked them to take the $1,500.00,but the head of business office refused,saying they are going to loose their legal rights if they take it.my sponsor could not send any money to me untill april.so i was arrested and charged with bad check.recently on my third appearance at the court,the judge after learning the check was for tuition fee,he dismissed the charges against me,saying tuition feeis not on bad chech category.I want to know if anything will be on my criminal record because of my arrest.I was finger printed and they took my picture when i was arrested.Can all of this be erased from their records.I do not want the issue to affect my re-entry to USA when i planning to renew my visa in Canada on January 2010

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