Convictions

Before submitting your application, please consider if you have any of the following convictions, if so, it is unlikely your application will be successful:

  • Any conviction for a major violent offence (murder, manslaughter etc)
  • You have more than one conviction of any type of violent offence in the last 10 years
  • You are still serving a custodial sentence, even if you have been released early on licence or the sentence was suspended
  • Have been convicted, cautioned or subjected to any other penalty for a serious sexual offence (rape, indecent assault, trafficking, possession of indecent images etc)
  • Have been convicted, cautioned or subjected to any other penalty for more than one sexual offence of any type, irrespective of age
  • Are listed on the Individual Safeguarding Agency’s barred list
  • Have been convicted, cautioned or subjected to any other penalty for touting in the last 12 months or have more than one penalty for touting in the last five years

This is not an exhaustive list, so please see the TfL’s guidelines for applicants with criminal convictions: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/businessandpartners/driver-operator-and-vehicle-licensing-guidelines.pdf