SRRV with a criminal record.

You'll be required to get a police report / criminal records check from your home country and have it apostilled.

If it's a recorded conviction it will be on the report.

Perhaps ask a PRA agent how this might impact your application

@h4nc0ck

‘Basically what happened was I flipped a hat off a guy and accidentally hit him.'

'Why I did it? Well the guy and his friend has harrassed and threatened me for well over a year, and then at this event I really thought he would attack me. I couldn't prove any of this since I was alone, and he had his friend(ex-con) with him as a witness.'

'I got no real sentence out of it because the prolonged process of the case.'

If I had been the judge hearing your testimony I would have given you jail time just for insulting my intelligence

@h4nc0ck

Welcome to the forum.

I thought you needed to be 50 or older to apply for an SRRV, used to be 35 many years ago but they changed the requirements as people were abusing the system to gain work visas from memory.

Others can correct me if I'm wrong.

Cheers, Steve.

    Hello.
I'm 35 year old dane (well half dane/filipino) looking into SRRV classic option. The only problem is that I don't have a clean criminal record.
Basically what happened was I flipped a hat off a guy and accidentally hit him. This act of stupidity resulted in a spot on my criminal record. Though, I got no real sentence out of it because the prolonged process of the case. I'm guessing this crime is assault?

Why I did it? Well the guy and his friend has harrassed and threatened me for well over a year, and then at this event I really thought he would attack me. I couldn't prove any of this since I was alone, and he had his friend(ex-con) with him as a witness.

Anyway I wonder if this will screw up my dreams of getting a SRRV.

If so, what options do I have?
   

    -@h4nc0ck

Although it is subject to judgement, this would normally not be considered a crime of moral turpitude and should "ultimately" not prevent you from receiving the visa. In practice, what they do is give the paperwork to BI as part of the approval. Your report is not clean and the clerk reviewing the report has no authority to determine that it is or is not a crime of moral turpitude. Now, also recognize that in theory, after you have been here for 6 months you should not (or may not?) require the police report from home, however, that was not how the marketer handled it for me because I guess this might be questionable. In my case, I had a nasty speeding ticket that was originally more than 15 mph above the limit which is a felony, however it was pled down to a misdemeanor. In this case, the marketer submitted only my clean Philippines NBI report as I was here more than 6 months. Then I had to do an undertaking (notarized statement) saying I would submit my home report at a later date which my marketer did. In this way, I received my SRRV without delay based on Phils NBI only..My SRRV was in hand, I had the card and passport was stamped. Then, when the home police report was submitted, there was plenty of time for BI to review and determine that this was not a crime of moral turpitude. This is the sort of thing a PRA Marketer might do for you; they know what works as they deal with these people every day. My marketer definitely did not want to submit a police report that had the word "felony" even though, when you read it, the charge was pled down to misdemeanor. I cannot tell you what legal theory was in play here; I am not sure if every "felony" conviction no matter how slight is a crime of moral turpitude by BI definition. it was simply the best way the marketer had to get me the visa and it seems she had done this before. It was a common tactic, and it was based largely on the people involved, not the legalities. Suggest you work with a PRA Marketer in your case. Also, my SRRV was granted 6 years ago, and things may have changed as they often do.

The usual frustration with the PRA website, it rarely works, I have found the same problems with them for over 10 years. Hit and miss. I was simply trying to verify the 50 Y/O rule, multiple searches/routes and all down.

As we say "more fun in the Philippines".

Cheers, Steve.

@bigpearl I believe you are right, Steve.

The SRRV program was shut down a few years ago because of too many young (35 yo) retirees from a certain country.  The upshot was raising the retirement age for everyone to age 50.

Stef

    @bigpearl I believe you are right, Steve.
The SRRV program was shut down a few years ago because of too many young (35 yo) retirees from a certain country.  The upshot was raising the retirement age for everyone to age 50.

Stef
   

    -@NN3M/DU3

Which country?

Chinese rings a bell mugteck working in casinos and affiliated industries taking work from Filipinos, basically abusing a generous system.

Was a bit of an eyeopener at the time as most were unaware.

Cheers, Steve.

@bigpearl,

I think the 35 min. age limit is still in force, but the $50K is the min. deposit at that age.

    Hello.
I'm 35 year old dane (well half dane/filipino) looking into SRRV classic option. ...what options do I have?
   
    -@h4nc0ck

Isn't there a route to citizenship available to people of Filipino descent, based on the principle of jus sanguinis (right of blood)?

Might this be an option available to you?

@h4nc0ck

Take a look, here.

Dual citizenship is permissible, unlike in Vietnam where one's existing citizenship must be renounced (failing "special permission" from the ministry).

Hello.

Thank you for the response all, even you Lotus Eater. The system in Denmark works way different than any other country, and here it only looks at the event, not what happened up to the the event. What i summed up in this post was like 1% of of the information needed to make a decision. Of course a crime is a crime, and I've sadly become a criminal, I hope nothing in your path forces you to act in such stupidity. danfinn thank you for the detailed response.

I just got a response from the PRA, and they say they advice younger applicants, 35 to 49, not to apply at this time because PRA are awaiting approval from the OGCC to process the younger applicants.

So i guess there's the SIRV route, do they have the same restrictions?

Everywhere i read there's a difference in the way they formulate this subject between SRRV and SIRV.

SRRV "No criminal record"

SIRV "No record of crime of moral turpitude" If I recall right.

@Aidan in HCMC

Yea there is that route too, and I might take that. But then there's a problem of how you're taxed and such, I'm not sure exactly cause I haven't read into it much.

        @bigpearl I believe you are right, Steve.The SRRV program was shut down a few years ago because of too many young (35 yo) retirees from a certain country.  The upshot was raising the retirement age for everyone to age 50.Stef        -@NN3M/DU3

Which country?
   

    -@mugteck

中国

            @bigpearl I believe you are right, Steve.The SRRV program was shut down a few years ago because of too many young (35 yo) retirees from a certain country.  The upshot was raising the retirement age for everyone to age 50.Stef        -@NN3M/DU3Which country?        -@mugteck

中国
   

    -@danfinn

Meaning?

danfinn replied...     



中国

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HaHaHa

@mugteck

Copy and paste into a new browser, agrees with what I said.

Cheers, Steve.