Hello all,
Some 9 years ago, a friend and I planned an extensive camping trip around Australia and he gave me his credit card to purchase gear. The bank pressed charges of Fraud and Uttering for the 10 items I purchased so I now have a Criminal Conviction for a total of 20 charges.
The value of the goods was about $900 from memory. For the 10 counts of "Fraud" I was given a Community Work Order of 200 hours from memory. For the 10 counts of "Uttering" I was given a Good Behavour Bond.
There may have been a suspended sentence of 3 months but it was so long ago and I was so ashamed I really can't recall.
I am applying for the "Right of Abode" as my mother was born in England and my DeFacto partner of 6 years is a British national whom I intend to marry and has been living with me in Australia the whole time.
Have read that under 320(18) rule, I will be refused if the offence carried a sentence of 12 months or more but I have tried and failed to find the comparable charges/sentences in UK law.
Im also not even sure the same rules apply for a "Right to Abode" application as it is not even a visa.
So any knowledge would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.
AussiePOM.
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