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Hello Faith27,Faith27 wrote:Hi All,
I have been a silent reader of this forum. Its been very helpful in all the applications that I have made to the UKBA. Thanks to everybody .
We have a PEO appointment in Croydon on Feb 8th. The main applicant is my husband. We are not including our child in the application and will be registering her as a BC directly, hoping that we will get thru. Our visa expires in april 2014. The 5 year period is from 7th feb 2008.I have been with my family since june 2008.
Now, my situation is that I had received a bailiffs distress warrant in June 2012 stating the offence as Use of TV set without TV Licence and the warrant was for non payment of magistrates fine.
Since we moved houses, we did not receive any reminders etc. The offence was commited on 9 oct 2009 and there was a court hearing on 25th March 2010 it seems. I got these information after I called up the southwest London court . I was unaware of all these happenings.I panicked and I paid the court and bailiffs fine in full and closed the case the same day. We have always been paying for TV licence except for those couple of months and because of my ignorance. Now, is this a criminal conviction?If Yes, is it spent or unspent?
How is this going to affect our ILR. Will it be rejected for both of us or just me. I am having sleepless nights because of this issue. Please advice and suggest what I should do. Should I mention it in section 7.1?
Please note I work as a childcare nurse and have a clean enhanced CRB issued in May 2012. Also worked of ONS when I got a disclosure scotland in april 2011 which also came out clean.
Thank you. Looking forward to your replies.
KV
I read through your replies and having seen replies from other forum members and all the research i have made in past few days, i feel you are safe to go. Under new law your TV fine is already spent, so all the best.Faith27 wrote:DrFixit ,
I was looking into your post before I posted. You dint seem to find a way out. So I posted my headache.
You still have time though. Also, according to the news coming up in spring about rehab period for fine to be changed from 5 to 1 year.
You might sail through, as I believe its a minor offence. Shall PM you. Please share your opinion. Just a week to go for me..
Can somebody clarify if a tv licence offence is a minor one and will £160 pounds be considered a small fee?
I have a recent conviction for a minor offence. Should I still wait until the conviction has become spent before I apply for citizenship?
We will normally disregard a single conviction for a minor offence resulting in a bind over, conditional discharge or relatively small fine or compensation order, if a person is suitable for citizenship in all other respects. By 'minor offences' we mean speeding or other 'regulatory' offences.
Offences involving dishonesty (for example theft), violence or sexual offences are not classed as minor offences. Drink-driving offences, driving while uninsured or disqualified are also not minor offences.
check this page for minor offences. im confused my self, does not seem like minor, but read throughFaith27 wrote:I found this in FAQ's of Good character requirement for Naturalisation .Can somebody clarify if a tv licence offence is a minor one and will £160 pounds be considered a small fee?
I have a recent conviction for a minor offence. Should I still wait until the conviction has become spent before I apply for citizenship?
We will normally disregard a single conviction for a minor offence resulting in a bind over, conditional discharge or relatively small fine or compensation order, if a person is suitable for citizenship in all other respects. By 'minor offences' we mean speeding or other 'regulatory' offences.
Offences involving dishonesty (for example theft), violence or sexual offences are not classed as minor offences. Drink-driving offences, driving while uninsured or disqualified are also not minor offences.
Dr Fixit,
The New rules come to force only from mar/apr 2013. So , according to rehab rule fines take 5 years to become unspent. So, officially unspent, although hoping ,UKBA might not reject because it doesnt fall within 24 months.
Thanks
any link to the information that rehab is going to change from 5 year to 1 year?Faith27 wrote:DrFixit ,
I was looking into your post before I posted. You dint seem to find a way out. So I posted my headache.
You still have time though. Also, according to the news coming up in spring about rehab period for fine to be changed from 5 to 1 year.
You might sail through, as I believe its a minor offence. Shall PM you. Please share your opinion. Just a week to go for me..