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WHV (417) Have been arrested before.

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  • 19-02-2013 11:57am
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    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭


    I'm applying for a whv at the moment, hoping to head over in May. I'm just worried about getting a visa as I've been arrested twice before for being intoxicated in public. I had to go to court once over it but I have no convictions, I just had to pay a fine.

    Could this stop me from getting a visa?


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    rightyabe
    Registered Users Posts: 812 ✭✭✭rightyabe


    Lol..you'll fit in well in Perth, some say it's a requirement..only joking lad, ya should have no worries getting the visa.


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    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    rightyabe wrote: »
    Lol..you'll fit in well in Perth, some say it's a requirement..only joking lad, ya should have no worries getting the visa.

    Ah no I'm not the fighting type. Its Brisbane I'm heading to as well :P Cheers.


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    irishmover
    Registered Users Posts: 4,746 ✭✭✭irishmover


    If you have no convictions I think you'll be fine.


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    ifeelill
    Registered Users Posts: 502 ✭✭✭ifeelill


    If you got a fine from court.... would that not be a conviction ?


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    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    ifeelill wrote: »
    If you got a fine from court.... would that not be a conviction ?

    No. They said it wasn't a conviction and it shouldn't affect me looking for work.


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    ifeelill
    Registered Users Posts: 502 ✭✭✭ifeelill


    Sounds like a convicted fine to me


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    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    ifeelill wrote: »
    Sounds like a convicted fine to me

    Well the judge said there's no conviction so I'd tend to believe him.


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    JustRoss23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭JustRoss23


    sure get a police clearance cert then you will fairly no;)


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    ifeelill
    Registered Users Posts: 502 ✭✭✭ifeelill


    http://www.garda.ie/Controller.aspx?Page=2742&Lang=1


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    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    Had to get garda vetting for college. It said I had no convictions.


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    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    Its good to see a man have the courage of no convictions.


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    kfc1210
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    Ul be grand, i had driving with no insurance as a conviction (fine and time off the road), i said it on my application and the only issue was it took about 5 weeks to come through where as my friend done hers at the same time and it took a week. Didnt need anything from Guards they will look into it and i imagine that was the delay.
    I wouldnt even mention it just because you go to court does not mean its a conviction, you probably did what ever you were told like an AA course and went back to court and the judge said, good lad here have a fine and go away.


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    ResearchWill
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    hefferboi wrote: »
    Well the judge said there's no conviction so I'd tend to believe him.

    That sounds more like a contribution to the poor box and a strike out under the probation of offenders act 1907. If it was a fine then it would have to be a conviction so recorded.


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    bladebrew
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭bladebrew


    I was in court years ago for careless driving, i received a small fine, the judge said convicted to me in court but i got no penalty points notification and no one seems to know how it works, i even went back to the court with my licence to get an endorsement (i assumed i needed) and they checked my licence and were as confused as me,

    If i cant find out if i have a conviction how can someone in australia? do they check all the working holiday visa applications?


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    hefferboi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭hefferboi


    ResearchWill wrote: »
    That sounds more like a contribution to the poor box and a strike out under the probation of offenders act 1907. If it was a fine then it would have to be a conviction so recorded.

    Oh aye, twas to the poor box. My bad:o


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