Hi all
I’m not sure if I can post something like this on here, if not, then please delete!
I was just wondering if any of you do have any stories about getting a settlement status?
My parent had applied about 5 weeks ago with what seems to be a spent conviction.
On New Year’s Eve 2015/16 he was in a fight in his household with his mates which ended up with imprisonment.
He was sentenced in may 2015 for 83 days but actually been there for 7 weeks.
Then obviously he had a supervisor for couple of months and then another year, what states on the paper is that he’s conviction will become spent after 4 years which means that’s all clear by now.
He was obviously being stopped at the airport every time he was coming from holidays as he’s passport was flagging up on English border.
The home office said (at that time) that there is no need for deportation unless he will convict again - which never happened, as he’s not a serial offender - it was a druken fight between housemates, so it hasn’t even got anything to do with a public security.
As we went through the guidance for HO workes we got confused as it states that you’ll need 5 years continues living in the uk after being released from the prison to qualify.
We were just wondering if any of you know anyone or maybe had their own stories about the SS stories and could put some light on it? It really is difficult to find the actual stories, which kind of makes us think that maybe it really is okay??