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Citizenship Application:Need Clarification on Offences
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 1:39 pm
by SumitGupta
I recieved ILR on 1st June 2009 and I am eligble for british citizenship application in June .
I have two traffic offence and one Civil Conviction
1)speeding Fixed Penalty in 2007
2)Jumped Red Light in 2010
Civil Conviction:
Breach of Peace 12April 2010 12 Months Bindover
Could you please let me know would these be considered by Minor offences and my application would go through or Would I have problems.
Re: Citizenship Application:Need Clarification on Offences
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:35 pm
by senthil78
SumitGupta wrote:I recieved ILR on 1st June 2009 and I am eligble for british citizenship application in June .
I have two traffic offence and one Civil Conviction
1)speeding Fixed Penalty in 2007
2)Jumped Red Light in 2010
Civil Conviction:
Breach of Peace 12April 2010 12 Months Bindover
Could you please let me know would these be considered by Minor offences and my application would go through or Would I have problems.
2)Jumped Red Light in 2010 - was it given at court?
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 2:53 pm
by SumitGupta
No, Both traffice offences were not handled in court.
Only Civil Convition:Breach of peace, I had to go to court.
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:09 pm
by senthil78
SumitGupta wrote:No, Both traffice offences were not handled in court.
Only Civil Convition:Breach of peace, I had to go to court.
As per guide, the case worker will normally disregard the single conviction for a minor offence resulting in a bind over. I think that if this is the only conviction, you should be alright.
Refer
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... ide_an.pdf
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:25 pm
by mrlookforward
You do not have to declare your traffice offence fixed penalties, as they are not convictions. So basically you can forget about them.
Bind over will usually be disregarded by case worker if your satisfy all other requirements. But please note, they say it will "usually" be disregarded, doesnt mean that they have to disregard it.
But if you apply for naturalisation in April 2011, then your bind over will be spent anyways, and you will have nothing to worry about. You wont even have to declare it.
So if you want to play safe 100 percent then apply on 12 April 2011.
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 3:42 pm
by newperson
mrlookforward wrote:So if you want to play safe 100 percent then apply on 12 April 2011.
And don't get into any more trouble before then!
Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 4:00 pm
by SumitGupta
Thanks all for this information.