"Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
Nov 2nd 2015, 9:18 pm
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"Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
Hi all,
I was pulled over by the police on Hwy 60 n Saturday evening for my rear licence plate light being out. In doing so the police officer checked my license insurance etc. and gave me a ticket for not notifying of change of address (I moved 5 months ago and haven't updated my licence). I am guilty and definitely can't contest it.
Anyway, does this charge:
a) affect insurance premiums?
b) affect permanent residence applications (plan to start mine in January)?
c) affect my current visa (IEC Jan '15 to Jan '16, planning my 2nd IEC to be activated Jan '16 to Jan '18)?
Also, I read elsewhere that you can plead guilty, explain the situation (I didn't know of the rule, have updated my licence since finding out) and speak to the prosecutor, pay the fine and politely ask for it not to be put on your record?
Any advice would be great! Thanks!
I was pulled over by the police on Hwy 60 n Saturday evening for my rear licence plate light being out. In doing so the police officer checked my license insurance etc. and gave me a ticket for not notifying of change of address (I moved 5 months ago and haven't updated my licence). I am guilty and definitely can't contest it.
Anyway, does this charge:
a) affect insurance premiums?
b) affect permanent residence applications (plan to start mine in January)?
c) affect my current visa (IEC Jan '15 to Jan '16, planning my 2nd IEC to be activated Jan '16 to Jan '18)?
Also, I read elsewhere that you can plead guilty, explain the situation (I didn't know of the rule, have updated my licence since finding out) and speak to the prosecutor, pay the fine and politely ask for it not to be put on your record?
Any advice would be great! Thanks!
Nov 2nd 2015, 9:41 pm
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Re: "Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
Nov 2nd 2015, 9:56 pm
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Re: "Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
Nov 2nd 2015, 10:48 pm
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Nov 2nd 2015, 11:30 pm
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Re: "Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
Hi all,
I was pulled over by the police on Hwy 60 n Saturday evening for my rear licence plate light being out. In doing so the police officer checked my license insurance etc. and gave me a ticket for not notifying of change of address (I moved 5 months ago and haven't updated my licence). I am guilty and definitely can't contest it.
Anyway, does this charge:
a) affect insurance premiums?
b) affect permanent residence applications (plan to start mine in January)?
c) affect my current visa (IEC Jan '15 to Jan '16, planning my 2nd IEC to be activated Jan '16 to Jan '18)?
Also, I read elsewhere that you can plead guilty, explain the situation (I didn't know of the rule, have updated my licence since finding out) and speak to the prosecutor, pay the fine and politely ask for it not to be put on your record?
Any advice would be great! Thanks!
I was pulled over by the police on Hwy 60 n Saturday evening for my rear licence plate light being out. In doing so the police officer checked my license insurance etc. and gave me a ticket for not notifying of change of address (I moved 5 months ago and haven't updated my licence). I am guilty and definitely can't contest it.
Anyway, does this charge:
a) affect insurance premiums?
b) affect permanent residence applications (plan to start mine in January)?
c) affect my current visa (IEC Jan '15 to Jan '16, planning my 2nd IEC to be activated Jan '16 to Jan '18)?
Also, I read elsewhere that you can plead guilty, explain the situation (I didn't know of the rule, have updated my licence since finding out) and speak to the prosecutor, pay the fine and politely ask for it not to be put on your record?
Any advice would be great! Thanks!
Nov 2nd 2015, 11:56 pm
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Re: "Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
Worried about whether this affects PR and my next IEC though.
Nov 3rd 2015, 12:00 am
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Re: "Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
Nov 3rd 2015, 11:56 am
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Re: "Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
Hi all,
I was pulled over by the police on Hwy 60 n Saturday evening for my rear licence plate light being out. In doing so the police officer checked my license insurance etc. and gave me a ticket for not notifying of change of address (I moved 5 months ago and haven't updated my licence). I am guilty and definitely can't contest it.
I was pulled over by the police on Hwy 60 n Saturday evening for my rear licence plate light being out. In doing so the police officer checked my license insurance etc. and gave me a ticket for not notifying of change of address (I moved 5 months ago and haven't updated my licence). I am guilty and definitely can't contest it.
Nov 3rd 2015, 4:18 pm
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Re: "Fail to Notify Address Change" Traffic Charge in Ontario
I suspect the cop was doing you a favour. The one time I was fined for "failure to notify" I was going about 25% over the speed limit. I got a nagging for the speed and a token fine for the address thing. Nice! Perhaps a non-functioning rear light is a more serious offence than the address thing and the cop, having stopped you, felt obliged to charge you with something.
I suspect that being the only vehicle on the road for 5km in each direction might have been part of it. Police have their quotas to meet after all...
