Tearae wrote:I applied in December 2011. I got a letter today and it reads.
(1)I would be obliged if you would confirm the following fines imposed on you in 2008 have been paid and forward receipts of payment to confirm this.
a- No Insurance
b- no driving licence
(2)Please Provide an explanation for not disclosing the above offences on your application form.
Where I come in: I did have a motor offence in 2008 charged to court for No Insurance and Tax on my car and was fined 1000 euro for No insurance and 250 for no Tax. I however appealed the decision in 2010 and my fine was reduce to 200 euro for no insurance and 100 euro for no tax. I paid that off on may 2012. I did make mention of this when i put in my application in 2011 and also sent them a receipt of the payment in august 2012. I don't understand why they couldn't find this on their system. I still have the receipt of the said fines and have called the court where this took place and all has been paid. The receipt I have doesn't state exactly what the warrant is for except showing the warrant no and stating it was paid. Secondly the naturalization letter stated no driving licence(it was meant to be no tax not driving licence) I actually can prove that i did have a driving licence all along.
My question is this: I don't want to come across as argumentative when i send a reply. How best can i convince them i have no intention whatsoever not to disclosing it and to the best of my knowledge i did disclose this and also sent a letter in august 2012 to state I had receipt of the fines imposed on me through a registered post. If i was concealing this information I wont have sent a letter in August 2012 with the receipt of this fine without them asking me first. They only got to ask me for receipt of this today.
I was also asked for copies of my children birth certificate which I already sent to them and my employment history record which I already sent when i made my application for naturalization. I kind of sensed my file was in a way messed up and lots of my document were being misplaced. Please can you advise me on how best to deal with these. I have now gathered all the relevant information ready to be posted. thanks
First things first. Anyone who sends in a citizenship aplication normally makes a copy of this. I hope you did, and if you did you only need to go to the page where you ticked that you have an offense on your record.
If you did not disclose this that could be a very good reason for refusal.
Lets assume you did disclose it.
Write to them exactly the way you have written here correcting their silly mistakes of switching the offense of no road tax to no driving license which is more serious.
As for asking for your children's birth certificate this is normal. They have probably misplaced it.
They are looking for a reason to either refuse you or defer your application. Don't give them any reason to do this.
Your reply is going to determine what decision they make, so be as thorough as you can. You will not come across as being argumentative.
I battled them for 5 years to the point that they had my personal mobile number and used to call me at will, till they realised there were no grounds for refusal. Just don't be rude but make all your points. I suggest you number the points one by one so its very easy for them to understand.
Good luck my brother.
