UK Police Certificate

[Zaphod 0]

Whoops, I just posted this in the "foreign embassy/consulate" forum before I realised there was a UK specific one.. sorry about that

Hi folks

Well, the good news is, I have an interview date!! June 28th!

The bad news is, I'm having a nightmare getting a police certificate.

I recieved a letter from immigrations stating that "United Kindom police certificates (referred to as a "statement from the National Identity Service regarding Prosecution/Conviction history") are now avaliable. The "statement" will serve to advise the American Embassy, London, whether or not any criminal conviction is held against you."

It states that you should apply at your local police station for this.

I went to my local police station, showed them this, was given a form, filled it in and sent it off with the £10 fee, but what I got back was a letter from the Data Protection Department of the police saying

"You recently sent or took an application form to a Police Station asking if there was any information held about you on Police computers in this Police Force. There is no information in the Convictions category of the Scottish Criminal Record Office Computer System which the Chief Officer is required to give you under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1988."

Is this what I need? or have I got the wrong thing all together?

I checked again at the police station, and this time was directed to phone Disclosure Scotland, but when I phoned them, they told me it was nothing to do with them...

Aargh, I'm being given the run around, and I only have 42 days to my interview.

Does anyone know if this is what I need, or if not, how do I get it?

Thanks in advance!

[ladybutterfly 0]

Thats the letter you need, no need to worry! Dont know why they call it a police certificate when its really just a letter to say that you havent got any convictions, when I got mine I was confused also. Good luck with your interview next month, and rest assured, that is all you need.

[munchkins 0]

yes, that's OK, mine was like that and I must admit I was quite surprised, then again I did not know what to expect anyway

Good luck for the interview

[Zaphod 0]

Magic, thanks guys

lol.. I'm panicking about every little detail at this stage. It's just been such a long process, and I've been apart from my Amee so loooongggg, I can't bear the thought of anything going wrong now

I'll try and relax a bit