Spent conviction on citizenship application
Jan 20th 2014, 12:06 am
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Spent conviction on citizenship application
Hi guys n gals
We're (finally) looking at the documentation to apply for citizenship for Australia.
The application asks for spent convictions to be included.My wife had a drink driving ban approx 25 years ago and this is deemed to be 'declarable'.The problem is she cant remember any details about it....even remember what year it happened
so how we can give all 'relevant information' about it i'm not sure.
Plus we cant remember if we included the conviction on our visa application so we could have contradictory information floating about....hmmmmm.
I know its hardly crime of the century,more of a pain in the ass,but not sure what to do now.....declare not remembering/knowing much info about the 'offence' ( the admission would read something like "i got a drink driving ban for 12 months and a fine in about 1989-ish) or just not mention it
Anyone else had a similar issue? Opinions/advise would be nice ( especially someone from the Aus immigration authority :-) )
regards
Lee
We're (finally) looking at the documentation to apply for citizenship for Australia.
The application asks for spent convictions to be included.My wife had a drink driving ban approx 25 years ago and this is deemed to be 'declarable'.The problem is she cant remember any details about it....even remember what year it happened
so how we can give all 'relevant information' about it i'm not sure.Plus we cant remember if we included the conviction on our visa application so we could have contradictory information floating about....hmmmmm.
I know its hardly crime of the century,more of a pain in the ass,but not sure what to do now.....declare not remembering/knowing much info about the 'offence' ( the admission would read something like "i got a drink driving ban for 12 months and a fine in about 1989-ish) or just not mention it
Anyone else had a similar issue? Opinions/advise would be nice ( especially someone from the Aus immigration authority :-) )
regards
Lee
Last edited by stuckinblighty; Jan 20th 2014 at 12:08 am.
Jan 20th 2014, 4:43 am
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Re: Spent conviction on citizenship application
Hi guys n gals
We're (finally) looking at the documentation to apply for citizenship for Australia.
The application asks for spent convictions to be included.My wife had a drink driving ban approx 25 years ago and this is deemed to be 'declarable'.The problem is she cant remember any details about it....even remember what year it happened so how we can give all 'relevant information' about it i'm not sure.
Plus we cant remember if we included the conviction on our visa application so we could have contradictory information floating about....hmmmmm.
I know its hardly crime of the century,more of a pain in the ass,but not sure what to do now.....declare not remembering/knowing much info about the 'offence' ( the admission would read something like "i got a drink driving ban for 12 months and a fine in about 1989-ish) or just not mention it
Anyone else had a similar issue? Opinions/advise would be nice ( especially someone from the Aus immigration authority :-) )
regards
Lee
We're (finally) looking at the documentation to apply for citizenship for Australia.
The application asks for spent convictions to be included.My wife had a drink driving ban approx 25 years ago and this is deemed to be 'declarable'.The problem is she cant remember any details about it....even remember what year it happened
so how we can give all 'relevant information' about it i'm not sure.Plus we cant remember if we included the conviction on our visa application so we could have contradictory information floating about....hmmmmm.
I know its hardly crime of the century,more of a pain in the ass,but not sure what to do now.....declare not remembering/knowing much info about the 'offence' ( the admission would read something like "i got a drink driving ban for 12 months and a fine in about 1989-ish) or just not mention it
Anyone else had a similar issue? Opinions/advise would be nice ( especially someone from the Aus immigration authority :-) )
regards
Lee
All she needs to put is what she can remember - she can even add a note to say she can remember less now than when she did the visa application! It won't affect the grant of citizenship, all she needs to do is be honest
Jan 22nd 2014, 3:56 am
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Re: Spent conviction on citizenship application
Perhaps do a Subject Access request to the local police force or court service concerned, it may give the details required.
Jan 22nd 2014, 1:15 pm
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Re: Spent conviction on citizenship application
Possible, but a drink driving ban in those days at least was usually deleted from PNC when it expired, so Subject Access would come back clean, unless its one that slipped through the cracks.
Jan 22nd 2014, 11:12 pm
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Re: Spent conviction on citizenship application
Did you provide penal clearance certificates when you applied for your visa?
Jan 26th 2014, 4:45 am
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Jan 27th 2014, 12:26 am
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Re: Spent conviction on citizenship application
It quite probably wouldn't have been on there - once a driving ban falls off NC (certainly a driving ban from that time) it falls off the printout, unless there were other offences dealt with at the same time. It would only appear as a 'trace' while the ban was in effect
