Tier 2 visa with traffic offence

[HarDe]

Hi all,

I am in some situation.

I am just finishing PhD and , and some university is applying for my tier 2 visa. Few months ago, I brought a used car on a Sunday and was parking it in front of my house on the road side parking- just 10 minutes after buying it (i had not driven it before that, it was from a friend). I lost control and hit a car on the road side parking. I called police and I was charged with 1) careless driving 2) driving without insurance 3) driving on invalid Indian license .

Court charged me with 350£ fine, which I paid.

I will of-course declare this in my application. Can this be a ground for refusal? I know it was stupid of me, but need to know from someone who was/is in similar situation or someone who has some experience with this situation..

[makky86]

Hi all,

I am in some situation.

I am just finishing PhD and , and some university is applying for my tier 2 visa. Few months ago, I brought a used car on a Sunday and was parking it in front of my house on the road side parking- just 10 minutes after buying it (i had not driven it before that, it was from a friend). I lost control and hit a car on the road side parking. I called police and I was charged with 1) careless driving 2) driving without insurance 3) driving on invalid Indian license .

Court charged me with 350£ fine, which I paid.

I will of-course declare this in my application. Can this be a ground for refusal? I know it was stupid of me, but need to know from someone who was/is in similar situation or someone who has some experience with this situation..

Why did you call the police? (just a joke)

I am not sure if it would make your application invalid but seems like serioues offense.

[Echoes]

Could you please explain the "invalid Indian licence" part? I've been driving here on my Pakistani licence, am I breaking the law? I thought we're allowed to drive on a foreign licence for one year.