I was convicted on 11 Oct 2010 for a drink driving offence and
banned for 12 months and further reduced to 9 months after
attending a drink awareness course.I also paid a fine of £350.
On 13th December new rules came into effect which will greatly help
commonwealth soldiers who discharge with a criminal conviction and
who are ineligible to apply for ILR or Citizenship. Paragraph 276QA
of the Immigration Rules now allows for applications to be made for
limited leave to remain if you do not qualify for ILR because of
your conviction. This only applies to soldiers sentenced to
imprisonment (including MCTC) for less than 12 months within the
last 7 years and those given a non-custodial sentence within the
last 2 years.The rule applies also to Citizenship applications
except that if you have a non-custodial sentence then your
application will be refused if the conviction occurred in the last
3 years.
My question is,if i meet the other requirements for citizenship
application and wait until a date after 11 Oct 2013; say 10 Nov
2013, which would be at a point past where the three year point
falls in as the new rule states, what would be the chances of my
application being successful?
Many thanks