I originally came to the UK in 2001 on an ancestory visa and met my now husband within a few months of living here, things worked out great and we were married in Sep 2003. Because of my ancestory visa not expiring until 2005 I entered the UK again on that visa. (We were married in Australia .. I'm an Aussie Citizen).
When that visa was due to expire I went about getting the marriage visa for 2 years using the FLR form, which is set to expire on July 1st.
I realise this is a bit late now but I'm about to sit my Life in the UK test next week, but using the form SET(M) there is a section about traffic convictions and criminal convictions, I dont have a criminal record here or in my home country but I do have a speeding fine from last year which has left me points on my license but also I was done a year before that with not wearing a seatbelt, these are the only convictiosn on my license and the only time I've had a fine in the whole time I've been in the UK. (When I applied for my Marriage 2 year visa I had no convictions despite driving here from day 1). From looking round on other forums there seems to be a bit of a grey area concerning this question.
Apparantly when applying for naturalisation (which I intend to do after my qualifiying period) the same question is asked about criminal convictions, but the notes to go with it state you must include Traffic convictions as well, but not Fixed Penalty notices which is what mine are. I am going to include details of when I was fined, and I have been told by the Home office to include it, but I'm now panicking about whether it will affect my application or not. Has anyone made an application or know of someone who has done an application whilst they have had speeding fines ? If so, were they successful or were they turned down on those grounds ?
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Thanks for any replies
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