Police background checks!

[Adrian-Danielle 12]

Hi guys, I'm Australian and I lived in the UK for 2 years and also Canada for 2 years on Working Holiday Visa's and now I am applying for the K-1 visa and I will now need Police Criminal Background checks in both countries for the NOA2. I'm based in Australia at the moment and while Canada is pretty straight forward in getting the background check (I can get my finger prints taken in Australia at a local police station and mail them to Canada) the UK is almost impossible to get any information on which department you send it to or application forms...If anyone has gone through that process I would love the help! Cheers!

[NicAus 2]

I'd give the british embassy or consulate in Aus a ring and see if they can provide anymore info?

[sttom 6]

A UK Consulate / British HC in Australia would be the 1st place I would look at.

Also, check if this helps. UK ACRO

I know for sure that this is for people residing in the UK, but you can email them your situation and they are pretty responsive to emails.

Email to ACRO

[Rachel & Tom 9]

Hi guys, I'm Australian and I lived in the UK for 2 years and also Canada for 2 years on Working Holiday Visa's and now I am applying for the K-1 visa and I will now need Police Criminal Background checks in both countries for the NOA2. I'm based in Australia at the moment and while Canada is pretty straight forward in getting the background check (I can get my finger prints taken in Australia at a local police station and mail them to Canada) the UK is almost impossible to get any information on which department you send it to or application forms...If anyone has gone through that process I would love the help! Cheers!

I will help you with this one!!! hold on and i will be right back we just got a police report from the UK ...

[JoannaV 174]

http://www.acro.police.uk/uploadedFiles/V18%20Police%20Certificate%20Application%20Form.p

It says they will send to an international address so this is for anyone. You will just have to figure out how to pay. (Your bank should be able to help.)

[Rachel & Tom 9]

Hi guys, I'm Australian and I lived in the UK for 2 years and also Canada for 2 years on Working Holiday Visa's and now I am applying for the K-1 visa and I will now need Police Criminal Background checks in both countries for the NOA2. I'm based in Australia at the moment and while Canada is pretty straight forward in getting the background check (I can get my finger prints taken in Australia at a local police station and mail them to Canada) the UK is almost impossible to get any information on which department you send it to or application forms...If anyone has gone through that process I would love the help! Cheers!

I will help you with this one!!! We just got a police report from the UK ...

I don’t know if you will have this problem from where you are but the problem I had was we couldn’t find any bank that would transfer dollars to pounds... You have to send a UK postal order, UK check, or a Bankers Draft (cashiers check from the bank) but what the police report doesn’t tell you is that you can also do a bank transfer from your bank to the police station. It is a lot cheaper is you have a friend who lives in the UK and they will transfer funds for you then you send them the funds. The Bank transfer from the UK to the UK is free where from the US it was very expensive to transfer funds!!! Very very expensive!!!!

But really the report is pretty self-explanatory… Here is the email address of the lady I was speaking with at the police station she is very nice and super helpful… and the UK will email you back no matter what time you email them… it great actually…

Good luck =)

jo.jewett.14640@acro.pnn.police.uk

+440845 60 13 999 Ext: 562

Just email her and she will email you back