刚刚面签回来。长话短说，我仔细观察了，那个面签官是先花了20分钟查我的CAS资料，1分钟看银行账单和警察局登记。走开5分钟，回来把资料还给我。最后30秒看我的application form. 我担心的就是他看到criminal record那个地方会怎么样（我照实填了）。他居然是翻过去后又回来瞟了一眼，看了不到3秒，就又翻过去了。然后递给我2张纸，说我成功续签，7天后一张卡会寄到家里。护照上不会有签证了。
其实，我觉得他是先通过我的签证再看我的application form的
所以，大家还是写吧，反正不会仔细看。
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这几天也在为这个是犯愁。因为月底要去续签。之前在2009年12月的时候，因为没有保险被法院判6个月的吊销驾照，和350镑的罚款，今年6月新的驾照回来了。这件事到底要不要在application form 的 E Personal History (criminal convictions, war crimes, etc.) 里面写清楚呢？
我查了很多资料，在Home Office里面找到了这么几点：
— You must give details of all criminal convictions both within or outside the United
Kingdom. These include road traffic offences, but not fixed penalty notices which have not
been given in a court. Fixed penalty notices include parking and speeding offences. Drink
driving offences must be declared.
— You do not have to give details of any offences which are “spent” under the Rehabilitation
of Offenders Act 1974. Under that Act certain convictions may be regarded as “spent” in the
United Kingdom after certain periods of time from the date of conviction if you have not
been convicted of other offences during that time. “Spent” means that it will be ignored.
— We will normally disregard a single conviction for a minor offence resulting in a bind over,
conditional discharge or relatively small fine or compensation order, if a person is suitable
for citizenship in all other respects. By “minor offences” we mean speeding or other
“regulatory” offences. Offences involving dishonesty (e.g. theft), violence or sexual offences
are not classed as minor offences. Drink-driving offences, driving while uninsured or
disqualified are not minor offences either.
这是签证的表格，注意最下面的这段话：N
ote 1: Convictions spent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 need not be disclosed. More information about this Act is given towards the end of this section.
一下这个表格是说明你的犯罪记录到底要不要disclose的。只要在Rehabilitation Period (恢复期) 以外的都不用写。这个是你的Rights! (Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974)。但是，在你申请的这一天，或者这段时间里面 （寄签），你的Rehabilitation Period (恢复期) 没有 spend (过)，或者法院的传单到了，但是还没有去，或者已经出事了的，是必须要写出来的。不知道这么理解对不对，请专业人士帮忙解答一下。谢谢~~
表格来源 http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/applicationforms/nationality/guide_an.pdf
