Arrested by police but not charged

Hi

I am planning to submit my citizenship case in coming week on 3 years basis my wife is British citizen.Need help with the following problem

In June last year i had argument with my wife and went to my job. my wife went police station and filed a complaint against me. next morning i went o police station with my wife to get the complaint back but the officer said it has already been forwarded to there senior officer who will be here any time to take you in custody. i went to police station and was in custody for 3 hours ans was questioned by some one from local council. After taking to me they called my wife as and spoke to her and decided to release me with out and charge, caution or warning. As my wife is suffering from bi-polar disorder they already all the record of her from there own sources. My wife confess that she has filed false complaint and bcoz of her medical reasons they let her go.

My questions are

does my detention counted as arrest?
will this arrest affect my case even though there is no caution, warning or charge?


thanks for your help

No it's not relevant for your application.

haidernchd wrote:Hi

I am planning to submit my citizenship case in coming week on 3 years basis my wife is British citizen.Need help with the following problem

In June last year i had argument with my wife and went to my job. my wife went police station and filed a complaint against me. next morning i went o police station with my wife to get the complaint back but the officer said it has already been forwarded to there senior officer who will be here any time to take you in custody. i went to police station and was in custody for 3 hours ans was questioned by some one from local council. After taking to me they called my wife as and spoke to her and decided to release me with out and charge, caution or warning. As my wife is suffering from bi-polar disorder they already all the record of her from there own sources. My wife confess that she has filed false complaint and bcoz of her medical reasons they let her go.

My questions are

does my detention counted as arrest?
will this arrest affect my case even though there is no caution, warning or charge?


thanks for your help

Yes you were arrested and taken in to custody but as all charges were dropped and you were released then it won't affect your application but it will show up on a PNC check.

Thanks for your replies


So it means it means i can apply without contacting police and requesting remove my records etc....

you can apply if you are qualified for BC.

Records on PNC are held for 100 years and its highly unlikely that they will remove your arrest record from the PNC, you can ask for a subject access report to see what record is held about you and most probably gonna come back with arrest and 'No further action' sort of result.

Forget that and move on as so many others who had such episodes have already come at terms with such nightmares.