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No Car Insurance

  • 04-04-2017 10:11pm
    #1
    Billy Reid
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭


    Hi

    I was fined in court for driving with no car insurance

    I made a mistake and held my hands up

    Will this effect my travel to the states is it a criminal record


Comments

  • #2
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #3
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Billy Reid wrote: »
    Hi

    I was fined in court for driving with no car insurance

    I made a mistake and held my hands up

    Will this effect my travel to the states is it a criminal record

    Yes it is a criminal offence but it is a reasonably minor motoring offence, as the classification of offences go.

    If you want to find out if it will affect your travel plans, you should contact the US embassy. I don't know for certain but I would be a little surprised if it was a major issue.

    Were you disqualified from driving, on conviction?


  • #4
    venlo
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭venlo


    Mod:

    Off topic rubbish deleted.

    Please don't post here again, venlo.


  • #5
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #6
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    I have never telephoned the US embassy but I have spoken with the staff at the Australian High Commission in London, who process visa applications. They were helpful in relation to visa enquiries and in relation to how previous convictions would be viewed, in the Australian context.

    From what you say, I assume that you have been in contact with the US embassy and that your post is based on their response to you. If so, perhaps they are not as helpful as the Australian staff.


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  • #7
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    Not a chance. ESTAs for Irish people are a formality.


  • #8
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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  • #9
    Billy Reid
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭Billy Reid


    Thanks for the comments guys


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    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


    This post has been deleted.


  • #11
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,753 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Fred Swanson wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    I would say that most traffic offences would not be so classed but "moral turpitude" is such a vague expression and that is intentional.

    Effectively, it is so ambiguous that it (a) means that someone arrested/convicted for almost any offence might feel compelled to disclose it and (b) in the event of disclosure or non-disclosure of almost any arrest/conviction, the US official making the decision has broad latitude to deem any such arrest/conviction as being one for a crime of "moral turpitude."

    Also, not having insurance is very arguably one of the most immoral offences under the RTAs.


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