I had a criminal record . One caution and one conviction in crown court . It was same as you time wise. I was late teen early 20 and i went for my license at 31 . Guy came round , had a chat , i explained it was years ago and ive got normal life now with job and kids etc . He was happy with it all and went away and i got my license in the end . It took months and months for it to come tho . The letter i got with my license basically said any slip ups and they will take the license back . Im in wales so dont know how much difference that makes. End of the day you got 2 chances . Youll either ge