Travelling Abroad While On Probation

[Nestor1556]

What is the likeliness to be arrested if I try to board a ferry to France in Dover ? Thanks.

[ummmm]

Are you planning on coming back?

It's probably zero chance but my cousin was sentenced to 6 months in prison for not turning up to probation.

[yogi-bear]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Law/Criminal/Question720412.html

It depends on your restrictions....i would check with your probation officer.

[Nestor1556]

Thanks. I am not planning to come back even though I would prefer to be able to. As thing stand I am just considering every possibilities. This include talking to my probation officer. I do not even have regular appointment anymore so it might take a while before they find out should I decide to leave.

[Nestor1556]

To clarify my question is not whether I have the right to. As thing stand I am not allowed but I am still trying to obtain permission. What I want to know is whether the border control will be likely to stop me at the border ? This is in case I make the decision to move back to my home country without permission.

[davegosling]

I'm presuming you're a British citizen. Bear in mind that no-one, least of all the UK government, has the least notion of what might happen to UK citizens currently resident in Europe. Unless you are intending to disappear completely, you might very well find yourself deported back to the UK anyway, at which point you'll almost certainly be arrested as an absconder.

Think about about it. Don't do it.

[yogi-bear]

I really don't know the answer, but am sure once the Law specialists such as New Judge and Barmaid ( to name a couple )see this, they will give you a much better and detailed answer. Good luck Nestor.

[Nestor1556]

Thanks all for your answer.

I should have made it clear : I am not a UK citizen. I am from a EU country. I hope New Judge and Barmaid or else will be able to help.

[EDDIE51]

You will not be stopped , but if you fail to answer probation you could be sentenced to a jail term. Then you could possibly be extradited back to the UK to serve your sentence. It very much depends on why you are on probation. The most likely is that the case will just remain on the records and if you do ever come back to the UK you risk arrest.