Overseas Police Certificates

[Martin&Nat 0]

Hey everyone

We recently received the NOA2 and I am trying to figure out what police certification I will be needing. I understand the UK system of applying through ACPO, but I am confused about police certificates for time spent abroad.

According to the embassy info page at:

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/iv/ds2001.html#pc

I need police certificates where I have lived in a different country for more than 12 months. From December 2001 to November 2002 I was in Australia on a working holiday visa, and from 18 August 2004 to 17 August 2005 I was on a working holiday visa in Canada.

Am I right in assuming therefore, that I will not need police certificates for Australia and Canada as I was not there for over 12 months? Has anyone else here been in a similar situation?

Many thanks in advance.

- Martin

[minnietheminx 0]

Hey everyone

We recently received the NOA2 and I am trying to figure out what police certification I will be needing. I understand the UK system of applying through ACPO, but I am confused about police certificates for time spent abroad.

According to the embassy info page at:

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/iv/ds2001.html#pc

I need police certificates where I have lived in a different country for more than 12 months. From December 2001 to November 2002 I was in Australia on a working holiday visa, and from 18 August 2004 to 17 August 2005 I was on a working holiday visa in Canada.

Am I right in assuming therefore, that I will not need police certificates for Australia and Canada as I was not there for over 12 months? Has anyone else here been in a similar situation?

Many thanks in advance.

- Martin

I did the whole working holiday in Canada also and I was 1 day short off the 'full' 12 months also. However, to be on the safe side I got my Canadian police check just incase.

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/crimrec/finger2_e.htm

[Martin&Nat 0]

I did the whole working holiday in Canada also and I was 1 day short off the 'full' 12 months also. However, to be on the safe side I got my Canadian police check just incase.

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/crimrec/finger2_e.htm

Thanks for the reply - were you asked for the Canadian police check? How far ago were you there? Did you get the fingerprint certificate? How did you do this; was it a case of calling up your local police station in the UK for an appointment to get fingerprinted so you could send them out to Canada?

Many thanks in advance.

- Martin

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I have no idea if it's the same for all countries, but when I had to get fingerprints done for my Aus police check I wasn't allowed to just go to a police station... I had to make an appointment at New Scotland Yard, pay £60, and get fingerprints done there; I then sent the original off to the AFP along with the rest of the paperwork (what you'd do if you needed more than one set I don't know; perhaps you could get a few pages done at the same time for a reduced rate?)

if you need to do that, your local police station should have the number; the appointments seem to go fairly quickly (I had to wait over two weeks, and even then it was on a Saturday) so if you're in a hurry you may want to get onto this soon

[StillThePrettiest 3]

PS the mention of New Scotland Yard probably makes it obvious, but just to be explicit -

although I'm an Australian citizen, I've been living in London for the past four years, so that info above is for the UK

[Martin&Nat 0]

Thanks for the info. I am still in two minds whether to go through the hassle of getting these as I wasn't in Australia or Canada for more than 12 months. It all depends on how they class 12 months!

- Martin

[StillThePrettiest 3]

if that's the case, I don't think I'd worry about it... you could always try to email them to make sure, but it's a LOT of hassle to get, and a fair bit of cost for something you don't need

just make sure the document listing your places of residence reflects the time frames accurately