Application Error - Council Tax Magistrates' Court Summons
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:39 pm
Good evening
I was hoping to get some advice regarding a naturalisation application I submitted about three months ago. I quadruple checked it for any errors, but I’m now concerned that I’ve made a genuine mistake that could affect my application.
I had some financial issues a couple of years ago and received several Magistrates’ Court summonses for failing to pay council tax. I’d arranged payment plans and all arrears were paid off in full several years ago and since then I’ve been absolutely fine financially. Before applying for naturalisation, I contacted my council and asked them to confirm how many summonses I’d received and whether any liability orders had been issued. I phoned twice just to double check and both times over the phone they assured me that they'd only issued 2 summonses, but couldn’t confirm whether there were any liability orders. I also asked the council to confirm that in writing, but they said it wold take several weeks due to COVID delays. I submitted my naturalisation application a couple of days later, declaring that I’d received 2 summonses for non-payment of council tax, adding that the council couldn’t confirm whether there were any liability orders, both, on the application form and in my cover letter. And today the council sent me the full breakdown of my council tax account and it turns out that I’d received not 2, but 3 summonses in total.
The issue is that at the time of my application, I myself couldn’t remember how many summonses there’d been and I made every effort to check with the council and my local Magistrates’ Court (who couldn’t provide any details anyway), and submitted the application believing that everything was 100% correct. Now I’m worried that this could be taken as deception, even though it was absolutely never my intention and I’m not sure whether a) it would have an effect on my application, b) who to contact to correct the error and c) whether I should just withdraw and re-apply?
Apart from an FPN for littering from well over 5 years ago, I don’t believe there are any other issues with my application.
If anyone has any suggestions for what I could do to rectify this issue, please let me know!
I was hoping to get some advice regarding a naturalisation application I submitted about three months ago. I quadruple checked it for any errors, but I’m now concerned that I’ve made a genuine mistake that could affect my application.
I had some financial issues a couple of years ago and received several Magistrates’ Court summonses for failing to pay council tax. I’d arranged payment plans and all arrears were paid off in full several years ago and since then I’ve been absolutely fine financially. Before applying for naturalisation, I contacted my council and asked them to confirm how many summonses I’d received and whether any liability orders had been issued. I phoned twice just to double check and both times over the phone they assured me that they'd only issued 2 summonses, but couldn’t confirm whether there were any liability orders. I also asked the council to confirm that in writing, but they said it wold take several weeks due to COVID delays. I submitted my naturalisation application a couple of days later, declaring that I’d received 2 summonses for non-payment of council tax, adding that the council couldn’t confirm whether there were any liability orders, both, on the application form and in my cover letter. And today the council sent me the full breakdown of my council tax account and it turns out that I’d received not 2, but 3 summonses in total.
The issue is that at the time of my application, I myself couldn’t remember how many summonses there’d been and I made every effort to check with the council and my local Magistrates’ Court (who couldn’t provide any details anyway), and submitted the application believing that everything was 100% correct. Now I’m worried that this could be taken as deception, even though it was absolutely never my intention and I’m not sure whether a) it would have an effect on my application, b) who to contact to correct the error and c) whether I should just withdraw and re-apply?
Apart from an FPN for littering from well over 5 years ago, I don’t believe there are any other issues with my application.
If anyone has any suggestions for what I could do to rectify this issue, please let me know!