Hi,
I am a dual French Australian citizen, and lived in Australia for 8 years.
My federal police record is clean and I have no conviction.
2 years ago however, I was fined for driving a motorcycle with an invalid international drivers license (it was invalid because I also had a Victorian car license, which I didn't know cancelled automatically the international one - I was only using it for occasionally driving an old 1966 Vespa that I had, and didn't think it was worth going through the administrative process of getting my international license transferred as well to a local motorcycle license). As a result, I was technically considered as driving without a license, and therefore needed to be at 0 BAC alcohol, and was 0.02 (standard limit in Australia is 0.05).
I got points removed of my car license, and got fined, but I didn't get criminally charged (ie it doesn't appear on my federal police record). However, this will most likely appear on my Victoria Traffic History document which is required for a permanent residency application via Express Entry (I am awaiting for the document at the moment though got confirmation that it should appear classified as a DUI on this document).
Will this make my application irrevocably ineligible? I can explain the above, but I don't really have anything to support this claim given I didn't contest the fine. All I can think of doing is trying to get a copy of the police report that may provide the full back story, and highlight that this is a DUI due more to a technicality on the validity of my international license than actually riding with alcohol above an acceptable level.
Thanks in advance for any insights on how this may impact negatively my application.
I am a dual French Australian citizen, and lived in Australia for 8 years.
My federal police record is clean and I have no conviction.
2 years ago however, I was fined for driving a motorcycle with an invalid international drivers license (it was invalid because I also had a Victorian car license, which I didn't know cancelled automatically the international one - I was only using it for occasionally driving an old 1966 Vespa that I had, and didn't think it was worth going through the administrative process of getting my international license transferred as well to a local motorcycle license). As a result, I was technically considered as driving without a license, and therefore needed to be at 0 BAC alcohol, and was 0.02 (standard limit in Australia is 0.05).
I got points removed of my car license, and got fined, but I didn't get criminally charged (ie it doesn't appear on my federal police record). However, this will most likely appear on my Victoria Traffic History document which is required for a permanent residency application via Express Entry (I am awaiting for the document at the moment though got confirmation that it should appear classified as a DUI on this document).
Will this make my application irrevocably ineligible? I can explain the above, but I don't really have anything to support this claim given I didn't contest the fine. All I can think of doing is trying to get a copy of the police report that may provide the full back story, and highlight that this is a DUI due more to a technicality on the validity of my international license than actually riding with alcohol above an acceptable level.
Thanks in advance for any insights on how this may impact negatively my application.