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david1982 wrote:Hi,
Yesterday one of my friend was driving my car; while he was not insured (He is a international driving license holder).
Police stopped us (I was present during the incedent). They wanted to give a fixed penalty of £200 and 6 points to him. As he had international driving license, they couldn't give the penalty points and informed they will refer this case to Court.
However, they did not take any action against me, though I allowed my firend to drive my car.
But when they will take him to the court, will any kind action be taken against me as well?
Now I am in Tier1 (General). Will it affect my Tier1 extension, ILR and British Citizenship in future?
I would be really grateful if anybody could give me some advice on this matter.
Kind Regards,
David
Dear Mochyn,mochyn wrote:If it can be proved that you knew he was not insured and you let him drive your car then you have committed an offence.
This may have an detrimental effect on your route to citizenship.
You need to be very circumspect if you are under immigration control
86ti wrote:Ah, so it's all about a missing accessory...Wanderer wrote:But what if he's not Jewish?mochyn wrote:You need to be very circumspect if you are under immigration control
Mr Rusty wrote:If you weren't cautioned at the time, or arrested, the police aren't going to take any action against you.
Forget about it.
????parvus1202 wrote:International driver license holder are sometimes covered by insurance in their home country. So he doesn't need to have insurance here. Most of the time no penalties are given to international license holder, unless been here one year which they will be banned until they acquired a new British license. So no penalties for you.
What I was saying is that, when I go abroad I need international driver license and I will insure myself as a driver in any country. Some don't insure themselves, but UK police does not know that. When an international driver is pulled over and show the license, they will ask for a passport so they will know how long the the person is in the UK, if more than one year, validity of using international license is one year, they will ban the the person, if less than a year mostly they will let him go without a charge. I have friends who drive using international license, some were banned already.gainvidya wrote:????parvus1202 wrote:International driver license holder are sometimes covered by insurance in their home country. So he doesn't need to have insurance here. Most of the time no penalties are given to international license holder, unless been here one year which they will be banned until they acquired a new British license. So no penalties for you.
No it isn't, and you are now contradicting the summary you gave in your original post, i.e. "they couldn't give the penalty points and informed they will refer his case to court." That is correct, because your friend is using a licence which can't be endorsed with penalty points. Therefore, if the police and CPS decide that there is sufficient evidence of an offence he is likely to be summoned to court, and if convicted, will have a criminal record.david1982 wrote:Mr Rusty wrote:If you weren't cautioned at the time, or arrested, the police aren't going to take any action against you.
Forget about it.
Many thanks for your reply.
Today I read the following information at homeoffice's website,
From the above information, I think my friend will get a penalty notice first. If he pays the fine; he won't be prosecuted and no record of his offense will be kept; means no criminal record.
Could you please advise me if my understanding is right.
Kind Regards,
David