collie 1979

<p>Hi Mate</p>

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<p>Ive just come to australia (melbourne) on 457 visa,im a shoe repairer,ive worked for timpson for 12 years,have you got a city & gulids in shoe construction?i work for a small company 5 shops,i work in all the shops and i help train the staff,i im on $47000 a year, around $770 a week,im a single lad im 30,but if you need any help at all get in touch,ill helep you if i can me and my boss done the application with no problems i had alot off stuff from timpsons,my boss also come over 8 years ago as a shoe repairer</p>

<p>Ive just applied for a e457 business sponsored visa,i got 120 hrs community service when i was 18,12 years ago and I've never been in trouble since,I've declared it on my application,but the problem is I've been to Australia 3 times on a tourist visa and not declared my criminal record,the first time i went to Australia was 2005 which was 7 years after i done my community service,i was under the understanding that after 5 years of the crime passing your criminal record gets cleared,it thing to do now?should i tell my case officer now or wait?has any one else been in this position and had there visa denied,I'm a honest person it was a genuine mistake I'm worried I'm not going to get in now.was a honest mistake it was only when i done some research for my 457 visa i found out it gets spent after 5 years but you still have to declare it, whats the best</p>

<p>Can anyone help?</p>

<p>Ive just applied for a e457 business sponsored visa,i got 120 hrs community service when i was 18,12 years ago and I've never been in trouble since,I've declared it on my application,but the problem is I've been to Australia 3 times on a tourist visa and not declared my criminal record,the first time i went to Australia was 2005 which was 7 years after i done my community service,i was under the understanding that after 5 years of the crime passing your criminal record gets cleared,it was a honest mistake it was only when i done some research for my 457 visa i found out it gets spent after 5 years but you still have to declare it, whats the best thing to do now?should i tell my case officer now or wait?has any one else been in this position and had there visa denied,I'm a honest person it was a genuine mistake I'm worried I'm not going to get in now.</p>