matinuk2 wrote:Thanks senthil78 for your advice,
that is the exact thing my solicitor said, he said he never had any case someone get refused for traffic offence, according to him he recently had someone with drink driving banned got his citizenship approved.
i will apply for my citizenship because i am also stateless as my country of birth decline to give me a passport as for my religious believe and i have never had any passport and for the past 10 years despite having my EEA2 and my pr, i have always had them on a piece of paper, so getting my British citizenship and passport is my only option and i can't risk not applying for it considering the law regarding PR will change by next year.
i have prepared a covering letter with full detail of my situation and also gathered couple of recommendation letter apart from my referee with mentioning of my voluntary and charity work.
all i can do is to be honest in my application and hope for best, if i have learned anything from HO is that they are not always the same in every case, as i was told for my pr that my application was doomed to fail as i was separated from my ex and she was refusing to give me any documents in regard to her exercising her treaty right, but HO has not even asked me for any documents.
Hi matinuk2,
Having read your post carefully, I do not need to doubt the fact you are nice person considering the fact you even work for a Charity group. But however, the law was not designed with you in mind.
Life is unfair sometimes and Citizenship is not necessarily a right, rather a privilege which is certified but the secretary of state.
Driving without insurance has never been considered in any UK court as a minor offence; if so prove me wrong with some instances.
My cousin was supposed to apply for citizenship Jan 2010 and BANG!!! He had a few more to drink on a night-out in Oct 2009, which put him over the limit, also fined and convicted by the court. He was informed by his Solicitor to wait but he thought it was minor for being his only offence in the UK. But he couldn’t make it after and his application was rejected.
Don’t waste your money if it’s hard earned.
If you Solicitor tells you Driving without insurance in the UK is a minor offence, tell him you want a free service from him and see what he says.
Above all, this is my opinion and you have the decision to make and whatever happens, I wish you luck.