bfb0302

We have a friend who is desperate to start a new life with his family in Australia. He has started the emigration process but is wary that his police check will exclude him from entry. He has a couple of assault charges and one charge of posession of drugs; silly man. Does anyone know of anyone who has managed to receive a visa with this type of infringement

Dorothy

What someone else has managed to do is of no significance to his situation. How recent were the charges? Did he receive a sentence of more than 12 months? (including probation, etc)

Pollyana

Depends on an awful lot of factors including how long ago the convictions were, how serious they were - minor assault? GBH? Many people with offences like this have got visas but each case is dealt with individually. Your friend would be best advised to speak to a registered agent.

bfb0302

Thanks for the advice; charges were a couple of years back or more and he was fined for both.

bfb0302

Thanks for your assistance. I agree that a registered agent should be better informed but the one he is using doesnt say anything about this part of his application whilst charging him almost three times the fee that we paid just over two years prior.

Pollyana

If you aren't satisfied with the agent stop using him. Have a look through the forum and you will find several recommended for cases like this. When getting a new agent ask them how many cases they have dealt with involving criminal convictions and what their success rate is like. No-one on here is going to be able to tell you exactly what view DIAC will take of the offences, the best advice you'll get is that if they were minor, he was only fined for them, and has good character witnesses and/or mitigating circumstances he should be OK, but that purely a laypersons view based on previous cases on here.