Hi,

I'm just wondering if they will reject my application as I have 3 convictions,
for smashing a window when I was 11,
Drunk and disorder about 17 years ago,
Preverting the course of justice (said I was driving, when I wasnt) 12 years ago.

I have looked on the web site an it tells you that unless you have been to prison for more that 12 months that you should be OK. My last offence was 12 years ago, do you think they will hold these against me??

Nope, as long as you disclose them on the forms etc.

Good luck!

Cheers mate just got to on with the RLP report...thats a drag I can tell you!!

you'll be fine as long as you tell them, if you dont they will find out later on and you wont get in
Lee

Yeah you will be fine .I too was a naughty boy in my Yoof and was worried like you are.Disclose everything that comes up on your police checks and you will be ok.Drugs offences are frowned upon tho I think..

Yep this is one of my big worries, I was a bit of a bad egg 19yrs ago cost me 120 hrs community service. I'm just hoping this isn't goig to mess things up for us...

Chris

Very old convictions which don't involve imprisonment are unlikely to make a difference, but they MUST be declared. Even if they are considered "spent" for other purposes, they must still be declared. The concept of "spent convictions" is not relevant when considering migration

Hi all.

Does anybody know about cautions? Do they have to be declared too?

On the Metropolitan Police website it says this, so I guess maybe they do appear on the police checks? So you would have to disclose them.

"This form relates to information that may be held about you on the Police National Computer, such as details of convictions, cautions and warnings. This type of check is usually required for visa, work or immigration purposes."

And I thought we Australians were the convicts?

In fact I was just wondering how you Australians managed to get your visa?

I guess we just got lucky.

Now if someone commits a crime, we deport them back to England.

I love the irony of it all

I guess what goes around comes around.

hey everyone thanks for the the answers, my subject access did show up a caution by the police. Boy you never think when your young do you espiaclly in the local Kabab shop at 3am "I'll take you all on" i rembered shouting....shortly followed by an 'over night stay' in the local cop shop!

A police caution is not a criminal conviction (although some case officers may not understand this - be careful).