throwaway-0703
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I received a ticket sometime in November 2019 listed as "traveling without having a valid ticket". (I think I must have bought the wrong ticket or had a ticket without my railcard or something; I don't remember the ticket.) The ticket was sent to my old uni address and I never got the ticket notification. I never got ANY notifications of this ticket or follow up notices.
It went to court in March 2020. I was convicted in absentia and then they sent a follow up notice to the old address which I didn't get. When they dug into my background for enforcement of the fine, they found my new address, and I ended up getting a "Further Notice" to pay the fine at the end of August. I saw this notice last Friday and immediately paid the court fine + fees (which were around 300 quid) on Friday Sept 4.
My charge/offense is officially listed as a "Railways Byelaws offence" violating Byelaw 18[1], 24 of the Railway Bye laws made under section 219 of the Transport Act 2000 by the Strategic Railway Authority and confirmed under section 20 of the Transport Act 2000.
I called the courts Monday Sept 7 and found out about the penalty and court case. Today I filed a Statutory Declaration to "reset" the clock as I had no idea about the court case or proceedings until this Monday.
I have 3 main Questions:
1) I am a US citizen and lost my job in the UK (my Tier 2 Visa will expire soon) and need to return the US for family reasons/job reasons/visa reasons. Can I travel either with this charge or an open court case? I have paid the fine (which will be refunded once the case opens).
2) Has anyone here successfully convinced the prosecution to withdraw their suit? What is my best option to not having a criminal charge?
3) If the conviction holds, will this show up in an American or Canadian job background check? How long until it is "spent" from a DBS check?
It went to court in March 2020. I was convicted in absentia and then they sent a follow up notice to the old address which I didn't get. When they dug into my background for enforcement of the fine, they found my new address, and I ended up getting a "Further Notice" to pay the fine at the end of August. I saw this notice last Friday and immediately paid the court fine + fees (which were around 300 quid) on Friday Sept 4.
My charge/offense is officially listed as a "Railways Byelaws offence" violating Byelaw 18[1], 24 of the Railway Bye laws made under section 219 of the Transport Act 2000 by the Strategic Railway Authority and confirmed under section 20 of the Transport Act 2000.
I called the courts Monday Sept 7 and found out about the penalty and court case. Today I filed a Statutory Declaration to "reset" the clock as I had no idea about the court case or proceedings until this Monday.
I have 3 main Questions:
1) I am a US citizen and lost my job in the UK (my Tier 2 Visa will expire soon) and need to return the US for family reasons/job reasons/visa reasons. Can I travel either with this charge or an open court case? I have paid the fine (which will be refunded once the case opens).
2) Has anyone here successfully convinced the prosecution to withdraw their suit? What is my best option to not having a criminal charge?
3) If the conviction holds, will this show up in an American or Canadian job background check? How long until it is "spent" from a DBS check?
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