When are foriegn convictions considered "spent"

yankeebrit · Post by **yankeebrit** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:02 pm

Does anyone know when foreign convictions are considered "spent" by the UKBA.

My wife has a USA misdemeanor for which she received 3 years probation. Would that be spent in 5 years from the date of conviction? Or is it more complicated than that?

Many thanks!

yankeebrit · Post by **yankeebrit** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:32 pm

BUMP - Anyone have any info on this?

nilemarques · Post by **nilemarques** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:56 pm

[quote="yankeebrit"]Does anyone know when foreign convictions are considered "spent" by the UKBA.

My wife has a USA misdemeanor for which she received 3 years probation. Would that be spent in 5 years from the date of conviction? Or is it more complicated than that?

Many thanks![/quote]

Have a read. This might be of assistance.

http://www.biduk.org/790/news/discrimin ... -bill.html and also have a look at this thread.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=96231

Post by **geriatrix** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:58 pm

yankeebrit · Post by **yankeebrit** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:57 pm

From reading that it sounds as though a conviction that was passed down by a foreign court will be handled in the same way as if that conviction had happened in the UK...I.e a probationary sentence with no prison time will be spent after 5 years...

I have been told by other sources that the UKBA take the MAXIMUM sentence of the EQUIVALENT conviction...I'm not sure that this is the case...

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