Originally Posted by
chapwithatui
Are you condoning driving without a license because it is 'just an infringement'? How are you on stopping at red lights? Optional, no biggie or advisable in the face of a pending residency application?
Unlike you I'm not making any judgements at all.
I'm simply stating what the publicaly available information says, that driver unaccompanied on a learners licence is an minor infringement, in the same class as a parking ticket ( as is failing to stop at a red traffic signal) .
If something more serious had happened,and perhaps a crash involved, or someone endangered, then the charges might have been more serious such as careless driving, which is a traffic offence, or if it was driving where someone was killed, a crime, such as manslaughter.
Infringements are not offences , or crimes, and in doing so trying to point the original poster in the direction of available information, with out overstating the consequences.
INZ are required to deal with facts, not opinions or assumptions, when considering an application.