Visitor Visa with IN10 record

[itzwalid]

Soemone please shed some light :

I was in international student in the UK, on 23 February 2012, I was stopped by the police and was slapped with a FPN and 6 points on my licence for not having insurance. I did have insurance on my international licence but it was deemed invalid by the police. I also had the opportunity to face the court. I chose the option of facing the court and did not pay the fine.

On August 2012, my course was complete and my visa was due to expire, hence i left the UK. i did not hear anything from the court, even walked in to the local police station, they said they had nothing. I did not move to a different address from the date of the offence till the date I left UK.

Now i want to go visit UK for a short visit. Please help me out with these :

1- What implications might this have on my visa application?

2- Do i need to declare the conviction once it is "spent" on the visa application? - It will be 5 years, next year so it'll be classed as spent.

3- Should i seek a immigration lawyer before applying?


Please help me out as i super stressed about it? it was a un-deliberate mistake

[Choc-Ice]

Soemone please shed some light :

I was in international student in the UK, on 23 February 2012, I was stopped by the police and was slapped with a FPN and 6 points on my licence for not having insurance. I did have insurance on my international licence but it was deemed invalid by the police. I also had the opportunity to face the court. I chose the option of facing the court and did not pay the fine.

On August 2012, my course was complete and my visa was due to expire, hence i left the UK. i did not hear anything from the court, even walked in to the local police station, they said they had nothing. I did not move to a different address from the date of the offence till the date I left UK.

Now i want to go visit UK for a short visit. Please help me out with these :

1- What implications might this have on my visa application?

2- Do i need to declare the conviction once it is "spent" on the visa application? - It will be 5 years, next year so it'll be classed as spent.

3- Should i seek a immigration lawyer before applying?


Please help me out as i super stressed about it? it was a un-deliberate mistake

Just declare it on the application form..You will be fine. I was stopped in 2010, reported to the courts for driving with no insurance. I went to court myself , pleaded guilty and was able to convince the judge on that day of my ignorance! Ended up with 100 quid fine and no points on my license ! It's not a criminal conviction but i've always filled it on all application to the Home Office. Good luck

[Casa]

Are you saying that you left the UK without paying the fine handed down by the Court?

[itzwalid]

Yes!

Since i opted to be heard by the court I didnt need to pay the FPN handed to me by the police. But I received nothing the next 6 months and my visa was expiring soon so i had to leave UK

[Casa]

Well I very much doubt that the Court let you off scot free ! You'll have to declare the offence, whether it's spent or not and an unpaid fine is likely to be found in any checks made when you submit your visitor visa application.

[itzwalid]

Thank you Casa for taking the time to reply.

What do you recon, would be the best course of action now? I didn't pay anything because i did not receive anything in the mail from the court before i left.

I want pay off everything before i apply for my visitor visa but i dont know how to go about it

[Casa]

Contact the Court where the offence was dealt with.

[itzwalid]

Casa, I don't know which court dealt with my case. i did not receive any paperwork on the mail. any other ways to go about it?

[itzwalid]

Any guru's know how i can pay off court fines when i don't have any paperwork?

[ohara]

Contact the court, give them details of the offence/etc and see if they can find a record of it.

[itzwalid]

I contacted the court and the fines officer said "there is no record of any outstanding fine on my name".

I'm so confused now

[ouflak1]

Get a response from the court in writing that they can find no record of any fine. Declare it on your application with an explanation and the letter (be sure you make a copy!). That way, at a minimum, they can't say you were trying to decieve anybody. If possible, try to get a DBS (formerly CRB) check done and submit that as well.