Traveling to Uk criminal conviction

[umhi]

hey guys just wondering if you can travel to the uk and any EU countries if you have a criminal conviction am planning to go on a holiday next year for a month and not finding much info on this topic.i got in trouble for abstruction????? will i need a tourist visa????

[REDHEAD24]

great another criminal to enter the country lovely stuff

[Ice.Maiden]

Huge laugh.

[REDHEAD24]

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/ 0,,958380,00.html

[Ice.Maiden]

Bolt the door, says I - oops - ours's off already.

[REDHEAD24]

exactly - god this country is the pits
stay where u are - we got enough crap in the uk

[Ice.Maiden]

LOL - look in "shopping" at abdul's post!

[REDHEAD24]

another immigrant no doub

[Ice.Maiden]

Giving out an address as well.........

[REDHEAD24]

wat an idiot

[Ice.Maiden]

Say no more!

[dzug]

Who knows? Depending on what passport you hold you might need one anyway.

And as the visa application form asks about criminal convictions you might get turned down for one if you do apply.

[Dee Sa]

why not, we let every criminal known to man enter this little island of ours.
exactly what henious crime did you commit ? you can tell us, after all you will never[hopefully] meet us.

[Buenchico]

As usual, Dzug provides the only sensible answer.

You've omitted to mention which country you're in (or, more importantly, which passport you hold). If you're in the USA, you don't require a visa to enter the UK. See here:
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagena me=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=10 06977149962

US citizens don't require a visa to enter the Schengen countries which are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Other countries may require a visa. You should check the website of the relevant embassy. (Even when a visa is required, most countries don't ask about criminal convictions for a tourist visa but a few might).

Chris

[umhi]

hey mate yeah im from australia and hold an australian passport (forgot to mention that) was told that they cant get hold of records from other countries unless it is major??? but would it be on the chip in the passport????

[dzug]

Not would NOT be in the chip in the passport despite what loads of paranoid loonies seem to think. All the information on that chip, or in the machine readable bar coding, is printed in clear on the passport as well.

As an Australian you do not need a visa to visit the UK (or Europe) as a tourist for up to 6 months (3 for Europe, generally). You will not be asked about a criminal record - most likely questioning will confined to how long you will be staying, do you have enough cash to support yourself and do you have a ticket home and if not how will you pay for one.

Surprising what a load of racist abuse you generated from a couple of (I hope drunken) idiots.

[JonnoGenie]

DZug <<Surprising what a load of racist abuse you generated from a couple of (I hope drunken) idiots.


Yeah, amazing how some nutters on the web can accuse you of being rascist - when you have no idea who you are talking to.

[311271]

umhi you got the gall man

f4ck off back to where ever you came from

[Ice.Maiden]

Jonnogenie - no racist comments detected on this thread.

[Dee Sa]

I apologise umhi, we shouldnt all give you a hard time.
I hope it hasnt put you off, but once you get here you will understand our comments.