If you don’t meet the ‘good character’ requirement of the citizenship by naturalisation application then your application will fail. This is one of the criteria over which there is never any flexibility or discretion.
You will be asked to provide details of any crimes you have been convicted of, including any traffic offences. Not all offences will mean your application is refused. It will depend on whether you received a prison sentence, the duration of any sentence and how long has passed since you were released.
For example, a sentence of up to one year is likely to lead to your application being refused unless a period of ten years has passed since the sentence ended.
You will be asked to provide information on any crimes you have been convicted of, including road traffic offenses. Not all offenses will lead to a refusal of your application.
This will depend on whether you received a prison sentence, the duration of the sentence, and how long has passed since the end of the sentence. For example, if you received a sentence of up to 1 year, your application is likely to be refused unless 10 years have passed since the end of the sentence.
