TRAFFIC VIOLATION COMMITED DECADES OUTSIDE USA and other questions (merged threads)

[Winter_water 1]

9 hours ago, smilingstone said:

 

That's 5 offences.

 

Good luck!

 Please what will be my answer to this question on form D260 : Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime, even though subject of a pardon,amnesty, or other similar action?

[Boiler 45,753]

Yes

[appleblossom 2,816]

5 minutes ago, Winter_water said:

 Please what will be my answer to this question on form D260 : Have you ever been arrested or convicted for any offense or crime, even though subject of a pardon,amnesty, or other similar action?

 

You need to say yes - but as above, don't fill it in yet if you're waiting for your children's applications to catch up with yours. 

[Winter_water 1]

3 hours ago, Winter_water said:

Thanks for your input. Just for more insight; In Ireland it is the country's  norm to have traffic offences shown on standard (any) police certificate report. Just to say further my residency from 2008 to date (15 years) is in Canada. My Canada PCC has nothing to disclose hence clean and more over I have got up to 6 minor traffic violation in Canada in last 15 years.

 

5 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

You need to say yes - but as above, don't fill it in yet if you're waiting for your children's applications to catch up with yours. 

I have decided to continue with mine and no longer waiting for my children. In situation I filled my form D260  couple of weeks ago but  not done final click on submitting because I was  waiting  for Police  Clearance Certificate(PCC) from Ireland .It came yesterday and found the traffic offence on the that was dated back 2006 and 2009. Please advice me on how to declare this on form D260.  Thanks.

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Where it asks about criminal history

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[smilingstone 218]

15 minutes ago, Winter_water said:

Please advice me on how to declare this on form D260. 

 

You tick "YES" because you have 5 criminal offences...

[pushbrk 13,000]

2 hours ago, smilingstone said:

 

You tick "YES" because you have 5 criminal offences...

You (the OP) keep minimizing and downplaying these offences.  The dates don't matter, so get those thoughts out of your head.  If asked, explain them directly and concisely without editorial comment.  I don't really understand what those offences are.  The terminology is not familiar to me.  Sounds like you were never arrested or convicted.  Please be clear about that.  Did you ever go to court and be sentenced?  Did you lose your driver license for six months?

 

Personally, I don't consider speeding tickets or failure to have a current inspection to be criminal matters.  You are disclosing these because they are on the report.  Unless one or more is an actual criminal offence, I would neither worry about them or tick yes to that question.  If you do, then see if a question comes up about them.  If it does, answer "five traffic related offences, related to insurance and inspection stickers".  If you try to minimize and downplay instead of giving direct answers, they are likely to start wondering what else you are misrepresenting.

Edited November 30 by pushbrk

[Winter_water 1]

3 hours ago, pushbrk said:

You (the OP) keep minimizing and downplaying these offences.  The dates don't matter, so get those thoughts out of your head.  If asked, explain them directly and concisely without editorial comment.  I don't really understand what those offences are.  The terminology is not familiar to me.  Sounds like you were never arrested or convicted.  Please be clear about that.  Did you ever go to court and be sentenced?  Did you lose your driver license for six months?

 

Personally, I don't consider speeding tickets or failure to have a current inspection to be criminal matters.  You are disclosing these because they are on the report.  Unless one or more is an actual criminal offence, I would neither worry about them or tick yes to that question.  If you do, then see if a question comes up about them.  If it does, answer "five traffic related offences, related to insurance and inspection stickers".  If you try to minimize and downplay instead of giving direct answers, they are likely to start wondering what else you are misrepresenting.

    Did you ever go to court and be sentenced: NO  Did you lose your driver license for six months: NO

for some stupid reasons Ireland as a country did not refrain from conflicting traffic offence with criminal  offence. Having said I had earlier completed form D260 on my NVC portal IV application. I will be more comfortable to edit the section of the security and background question to tick YES for the question.

Please can you advice on how  I can change that because the edit and review button not responding when I went back? Note that only the form D260 completed so far.The uploaded documents are yet to be summitted. I was waiting  for the last document in question Police Clearance Certificates (PCC)

I also want to mention that my most recent-up-to-date  residence  is in Canada and my PCC from Canada for 16 years period has zero record ( nothing to declare)

[pushbrk 13,000]

If you cannot edit the DS 260 then stop worrying about it.  If asked at the interview, just be factual.  Clearly, you are not hiding anything.  These are not disqualifying issues, but your obfuscating attitude about them could be a problem.  Smile, and say, yes, I had some vehicle related violations back then.  They can read the dates and do the math.

[Winter_water 1]

3 hours ago, pushbrk said:

If you cannot edit the DS 260 then stop worrying about it.  If asked at the interview, just be factual.  Clearly, you are not hiding anything.  These are not disqualifying issues, but your obfuscating attitude about them could be a problem.  Smile, and say, yes, I had some vehicle related violations back then.  They can read the dates and do the math.

Thanks a lot

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12 hours ago, Winter_water said:

 for some stupid reasons Ireland as a country did not refrain from conflicting traffic offence with criminal  offence.

 

They ARE criminal offenses! As above - a traffic offence would be a speeding ticket, or driving with a busted taillight. Driving without insurance is criminal, not civil. 

Edited December 1 by appleblossom

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17 hours ago, pushbrk said:

I don't really understand what those offences are.  The terminology is not familiar to me.

 

Personally, I don't consider speeding tickets or failure to have a current inspection to be criminal matters.  

Driving without insurance and a valid inspection certificate. No mention of speeding, but that wouldn’t show up on the police cert anyway. 
 

Seems the OP received a 6 month driving ban and fines. 

Edited December 1 by appleblossom

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[Winter_water 1]

Please how can I edit just one line under background and declaration section of form DS260?. Form completed  but the entire document submission   by the applicant  is not not done yet.