今天有朋友发了一个很好的原创文章《关于犯罪纪录的终极研究和问题》，看完之后联想到几天前也有人发了一个帖子，询问Long Residence的新申请表SET(LR)与SET(O)不同的地方在于，没有提及需要申请者披露自己的road traffice offense。
很巧的是，几天前Free Movement blog的移民律师们在这个领域有了一个比较重要的新发现，这个发现其实就正正在UKBA自己的General grounds for refusal Guidance里面的第98页，其实这个modernised guidance很多人都是看过的，但真的太长了，所以这个很重要但藏得很深的解释直到现在才被发现。这一部分的内容就是：
You must consider refusing an application on character and conduct grounds if a person fails to declare a criminal conviction, especially when explicitly asked to do so on an application form. However, an application must not be refused if you believe the person has made a genuine error.
For example, a person may not have been aware that they needed to declare a fine for a motoring conviction, however, this is different to a person who fails to declare a conviction which resulted in a period of imprisonment. Each case must be considered on its own merits.
这应该能指引一些提心跳胆的谨慎申请者，不过我的建议是，如果你能确定依据移民条例，某些记录就算写上了也不会影响申请的话（比方说已过清除期限的是100%没事的），不妨写上去。
不过在另一方面也确定了，如果申请者明知需要披露自己犯罪记录但没有披露，仅凭这一点就会被拒签。
相关连接
关于犯罪纪录的终极研究和问题： http://bbs.powerapple.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1229552
刚发信给ukba， 问set（LR）到底要不要填road traffic offen： https://bbs.chinese1.comhttp://bbs.chinese1.net/t/ukba-set-lr-road-traffic-offen/1227012
Non disclosure of criminal convictions | Free Movement blog： http://www.freemovement.org.uk/2013/06/03/non-disclosure-of-criminal-convictions/
UKBA General grounds for refusal： http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/modernised/general-grounds-refusing/about.pdf?view=Binary