Settled Status and EEA PR approved with criminal conviction

[ldn19]

I thought I'd share my story with those who have criminal convictions and are worried about applying for EEA PR or Settled Status.

I have one criminal conviction, which I received around 10 years ago. I was sentenced to 14 months prison for Consp to commit Criminal Damage. Earlier this year, I applied for EEA PR with a covering letter and explained my story, and to my luck, my application was approved two months later. Subsequently, I applied for Settled Status and received my approval recently.

I hope my story can put some people's concerns at ease. Happy to answer any specific questions that anyone may have.

[askmeplz82]

Did you declare that in the settled status application ?

I've one criminal conviction too but i only went to a magistrate court and court fined me £200 for travelling without ticket that was 8 /9 years ago. should i declare it ?

I think they will look at it when you apply for British Citizenship .. ?

[rooibos]

I've one criminal conviction too but i only went to a magistrate court and court fined me £200 for travelling without ticket that was 8 /9 years ago. should i declare it ?

Does it show up on a police certificate?
https://www.acro.police.uk/subject_access.aspx

[askmeplz82]

I did basic DBS checking it didn’t show anything that was 4 years ago

[rooibos]

I did basic DBS checking it didn’t show anything that was 4 years ago

It's free to do a SAR at Acro online. You get results in a few days. If it doesn't show up on the SAR, you don't need to declare it, regardless of what comes out of a DBS. Period.

[ldn19]

Did you declare that in the settled status application ?

I've one criminal conviction too but i only went to a magistrate court and court fined me £200 for travelling without ticket that was 8 /9 years ago. should i declare it ?

I think they will look at it when you apply for British Citizenship .. ?

Yes, I declared my criminal conviction. When you apply for Settled Status, you only tick ‘yes’ or ‘no’ for the conviction question. There’s no further information they ask for re conviction.

If you were convicted, irrespective of how long it was, you would need to declare this in your application. Your conviction doesn’t show up on a Basic DBS because it is spent. If you were to do a standard or enhanced DBS, which shows all your convictions / cautions regardless if they are spent or not, then your conviction would show up. However, you will not be able to request a standard or enhanced DBS because its only really possible via an employer or charity (if you’re volunteering with kids for say). You could, like rooibos mentioned, do a Subject Access Request via ACRO, which is basically requesting to see the information held about you on the Police National Computer, which would show your conviction.

Your conviction is extremely minor, if it does come up on the SAR, which I’m 100% sure it will, then go ahead and declare it. I wouldn’t be worried at all if I was you.

[rooibos]

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If you were convicted, irrespective of how long it was, you would need to declare this in your application.

Not if this doesn't show up on the PNC.

[NikiGio]

I've one criminal conviction too but i only went to a magistrate court and court fined me £200 for travelling without ticket that was 8 /9 years ago. should i declare it ?

I think they will look at it when you apply for British Citizenship .. ?

I would declare it - it won't affect your application. I had various driving fines and I declared them in my EEA (PR) application.
If you don't declare them, it could affect a citizenship application.

[SarahCol]

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If you were convicted, irrespective of how long it was, you would need to declare this in your application.

Not if this doesn't show up on the PNC.

Does that mean if it does not show up on the certificate I do not need to mention it?

[rooibos]

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If you were convicted, irrespective of how long it was, you would need to declare this in your application.

Not if this doesn't show up on the PNC.

Does that mean if it does not show up on the certificate I do not need to mention it?

That's exactly what I said.

[hrak1978]

There are 3 main security levels in UK. DBS formerly CRB is one of the basic one. Your employer can only apply for those 3 level. Personally you cant but yes you apply for SAR like others members explained.

These enhanced levels are so deep even they will ask how many brothers u have what do they do etc..

My friend CTC was refused because his step son had a criminal record. So you can imagine.

But immigration have different criteria like our member friend got PR and Settle status with criminal record.

More details about security levels in UK u can find on below link.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/security-ve ... -clearance

[lotte89]

I thought I'd share my story with those who have criminal convictions and are worried about applying for EEA PR or Settled Status.

I have one criminal conviction, which I received around 10 years ago. I was sentenced to 14 months prison for Consp to commit Criminal Damage. Earlier this year, I applied for EEA PR with a covering letter and explained my story, and to my luck, my application was approved two months later. Subsequently, I applied for Settled Status and received my approval recently.

I hope my story can put some people's concerns at ease. Happy to answer any specific questions that anyone may have.

Can I ask how long it took you to receive confirmation of settled status?

[ldn19]

I thought I'd share my story with those who have criminal convictions and are worried about applying for EEA PR or Settled Status.

I have one criminal conviction, which I received around 10 years ago. I was sentenced to 14 months prison for Consp to commit Criminal Damage. Earlier this year, I applied for EEA PR with a covering letter and explained my story, and to my luck, my application was approved two months later. Subsequently, I applied for Settled Status and received my approval recently.

I hope my story can put some people's concerns at ease. Happy to answer any specific questions that anyone may have.

Can I ask how long it took you to receive confirmation of settled status?

Received the outcome within 7 days. I wasn't expecting it to be that quick, thought it may take several months.