How does a DWI DUI affect my immigration status?
The short answer is that a DWI can impact immigration status. Even following the arrest itself, MN law mandates that the driver submit to fingerprinting and they have their picture taken as a part of the booking process. This can be inputted into a national database and is permanent. This record, which is separate from what the conviction would look like, will be there if you are applying for work authorization, any status adjustments, or if you are trying to naturalize, among others.
Ultimately, there are three things that are the main consequences when you are convicted of a DWI (and these things are commonly laid out in the plea petition in court as well): possible deportation, you could be denied admissibility back into the country if you left, and you could also have trouble naturalizing as well.
According to the immigration status you have, a conviction may not affect you the same as someone else. How a DWI can possibly affect your immigration status is very personal to your circumstances, whether the DWI injured someone or if a kid was in the car, or if you had drugs versus alcohol. Furthermore, your prior history, or lack of history, could also affect the decisions made on your immigration status as well.
