Oh yes I’m defintley not going to do anything until it’s all over - but what I mean is
If I was to get 6 months suspended sentence for example which means in total I would have 8 months
Could I then apply straight away or should I leave it a certain amount of time ?
Thanks
8 months is less than the 12 months limit so at that point just go for it.
Thank you Andy I appreciate your time
I will keep you updated as I go along if that’s ok
Coming late to the thread party... 
My son is currently waiting for a decision on his working holiday visa (he has a criminal conviction here in the UK). We are now 14 months waiting, and with no ability to contact that specific department, its hard to know whether the application is lost or just slow.
In hindsight, my son would have been better off appying for a Visa and just ticked the 'no' boxes when asked about previous convictions. As far as I can tell, Australia doesn't have access to UK criminal records system so relies on the applicants honesty. Because waiting 14 months with no idea of any decision date is bonkers
Quoting guscam
In hindsight, my son would have been better off appying for a Visa and just ticked the 'no' boxes when asked about previous convictions. As far as I can tell, Australia doesn't have access to UK criminal records system so relies on the applicants honesty.
Glad to see that you're teaching your kids to be honest!
Hoping you'd get away with it is pretty dumb. Rules change, visas change, cooperation and data sharing changes. It only takes an incident involving the police whilst he's there and their data access request shows up his faked visa status, he ends up with jail or a deportation on his record forever.
Quoting AndyF
Quoting guscam
In hindsight, my son would have been better off appying for a Visa and just ticked the 'no' boxes when asked about previous convictions. As far as I can tell, Australia doesn't have access to UK criminal records system so relies on the applicants honesty.
Glad to see that you're teaching your kids to be honest!
Hoping you'd get away with it is pretty dumb. Rules change, visas change, cooperation and data sharing changes. It only takes an incident involving the police whilst he's there and their data access request shows up his faked visa status, he ends up with jail or a deportation on his record forever.
Not really as dumb as you attest.
If he keeps his nose clean then there no issue.
Not really so dumb IMO. There is no likely data sharing between the UK and AUS and by time it ever does happen he will probably be middle-aged.
If as you say, he does something stupid that involves the Police he would be deported. But he would undoubtedly be deported anyway if he had declared his criminal record and it was on his Visa.
If the process took a month for a decision, then I'd agree - be honest, put everything down. At least that way an applicant can make a plan for their future. If the decision is 'no' then you know where you stand. But waiting over 14 months with no idea if a decision will come next week, next year or never (and no way of finding out) - then there is little incentive to play by the rules. In hindsight, and if I was in in his shoes I'd take the gamble that I was going to be a good boy in AUS and just tick 'no convictions'.