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Good morning all

Wondering if someone can advise me or point me in the right direction please.
Below details and sequence of events.

* Have been in UK for nearly 24 years
* Held ILR for (roughly) 15 years
* In 2012 I applied for a british passport and was refused due to not declaring a driving offence in 2007 - (a genuine mistake I completely forgot to mention (driving with expired insurance) ).
* Handed a 10 year ban for deception and failure of a good character :/ to which I bit the bullet, accepted my mistake and did my time (Again, I genuinely did not realise that my car insurance had ran out)

* I was young and naive when I filled in my application in 2012, no professional support on the questions and neither did I understand the consequences of a small mistake.[/i][/i]

Now that 10 years have passed, I am wishing to reapply again and need some advice please.

I was refused on grounds that I failed a good character reference, for the last couple of years this is an area I have been working in -

* volunteering with local community scouts
* deliver food parcels to vulnerable people during lockdown (for local authority)
* NHS volunteer in vaccination centre

Since 2012 I have only had 1 speeding ticket in 2018, which I was given points and a fine (now settled) - no other offences at all.
I have always worked full time and have excellent credit (if that is considered at all)

This issue with the passport refusal has been a huge set back in my life, being deprived of an identity for the country I grew up in and the country I love because of a genuine mistake which I have paid the price for has had a big impact on me mentally and physically.

I am really nervous about applying again and I am unsure if I have a strong case and what else I should do to maximise the chances of being granted citizenship.

Is there anything else anyone can advise me to do?

Really appreciate your advise on this guys

thanks very much for pointing this out, i was about to apply as well, i have received a few
"Conditional offer of fixed penalty"
they are for offences like seat belts etc,
but i lost track/record of them,

anyone knows how to retrieve them?

they were out of court

Hi Allain

I think as long as you declare them in your application it should be fine?!
My issue is that I forgot to mention mine on the initial application and therefore deemed it as deception.

I may be wrong but a simple DBS may bring up your previous records? maybe...

Hoping some of the moderators can shed a light on this? please

There's nothing anyone can tell you here other than 'make sure that the 10 years have passed and then re-apply'.


This time make sure that you tell them everything. The process has changed since 2012. You will be doing everything online. You get given an option to include a 'covering letter' with your application and upload it along with your other documents.

Make sure to write a good covering letter and submit it with your application.

Gruffalo wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:49 am

Hi Allain

I think as long as you declare them in your application it should be fine?!
My issue is that I forgot to mention mine on the initial application and therefore deemed it as deception.

I may be wrong but a simple DBS may bring up your previous records? maybe...

thanks mate, i actually have lost those letter from police, but all of them were out of court, as i use to work as courier I received so many.
can i ask if your's were out of court?
and how to get details of those FPNs? if anyone can help