Wrote a long reply but I think it is probably unnecessary. Long story short, her immigration is fine, I've agreed for us to make payments on the fine as they said appealing makes it more expensive because it has to go to a higher court and I'd rather avoid all of that for her sake. I don't think there is much else we can do at this point. Thank you all for the advice.

I unfortunately won't be able to call today as I'm about to be pulled into a meeting and haven't been able to get a hold of my wife so it will have to wait until Monday. When I do find out, can I come back onto this thread and post what I've learned or should I start a new thread? Thank you for the guidance so far.

Yes, that is them. If I find out from them what court the case was held at, do I need to contact the court itself and see if they'll help me? Or do I just contact the Finance Unit itself? I apologise for the questions as you've said to wait for the transport guys to see this and help me, I'm just very ignorant when it comes to matters such as this.

Hi, thank you for the reply. I don't think any sentence has been passed on her yet. I believe they are implying they will pass a sentence on her if this money isn't paid. I forgot to add that it says we have a right to appeal to the Court against the Fine Officer's decision in writing within 10 working days, but it says include written evidence which we do not have, nor do I know what they'd even want in that area. This is her first offence so I don't know if that will help. I read on this website if we grovel in the letter than can help? We are very desperate. I don't know if they are part of the HM Courts Service, it just says West Midlands Central Finance Unit.

Hello, hopefully someone can help me. Many months ago, my wife was stopped at the train station by an inspector and couldn't find her ticket. She offered to pay the £20 fine then and there but was refused and told she'd get a letter in the mail to pay. Much time passed, we forgot about it, and then over the span of a few months, a couple of letters came for her, however her surname was spelled incorrectly so I assumed them to be junk mail which she gets a lot of, wrote "return to sender" and posted them back. Finally another letter like this came and she decided to open it. Inside, was a notice from the West Midlands Central Finance Unit saying she now owed £338 and if she didn't pay in full, they will do one of many things, including: Issue a warrant of distress for purpose of levying sum due; Register the account in the Register of Judgements, Orders and Fines, restricting credit options and loans and mortgages; Make an attachment of Earnings Order to deduct from her salary; Make a vehicle clamping order; And the most worrying: Refer her case to court, which may decide to issue a warrant without bail for her arrest, increase her fine by 50%, enforce the case at the County Court or High court by applying for a charging order or other court order, or SEND HER TO PRISON! My wife is not registered at my address, on any utility bills of any sort, nor is she employed as she recently graduated University. She is American, here on a visa, and we are planning on moving to the states in about a year so there is really nothing they could do on that list other than imprison her, it seems. I'm very worried, we don't have the money to pay this right now as I've recently enrolled in a debt management program to get our finances under control for us to move. What can I do about this? Can we call them and explain the situation of her not receiving the letters due to her name being spelled incorrectly? I'm happy for us to pay the original fine, but this is outrageous for us right now. Will they really try to arrest her? Please, any help possible is welcome.