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[kenbear]

Apologies if this has been done a few times, i looked but couldn't find it. Does anyone know how i can get a criminal check( England) for my visa online? after a search i found sites to getting one if you are Scottish which wasn't much use.

Cheers.

[bejarano-korea]

You don't have to be Scottish to use BD - It covers the whole of the UK and immigration accepted my copy anyway - you should be allright using BD.

[pjmancktelow]

you can get it done from you local police station for �10, you have to phone your local police HQ, any police station can give you the number. they want photocopies of your passport plus other documents, i used my driving licence. it takes about 40 days though.

once you have this you need to get it legalised, this can be done at the foreign office, it costs �27 per document see this link

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/what-we-do/docs-and-legal-services/legalisation/

you can take it in yourself and it takes a few hours, you can get a copy of a degree done as well though your need to get this notarised by a solicitor, there is one nearby that charges �10 and takes ten minutes, they willl give you a map.

you dont need to actually go to the office itself, you can send the documents by post or if you are in a hurry you can send someone on your behalf, lots of motorbike couriers were doing this when i went. dont have any worries about this not being accepted by the korean immigration, im here now and all is fine and this is exactly how i went through it.

oh and if you want an extra copy of the criminal check, just say so on the phone, another �10, i liked having 2.

[kenbear]

cheers for that, i was planning on getting it sorted when i was back in the UK but i now need to get it all done before i leave korea to come back again. does anyone have the actual site where you can apply for it?

cheers,

[pjmancktelow]

not sure about a website, but i suspect you could fax or send scans of the documents to the police HQ, you could call from skype or other method, or just google you counties police website and email them. you are after a "subject access request". basically your asking for your information, under the data protection act that is held on the Police National Computer. if you private message me your email, i can send a scanned copy of my one to you to show you what you get, they are all the same and come from new scotland yard in london, it just you have to apply via you own police HQ

[doc_ido]

There isn't a central site where you can apply for your SAR - like pjmancktelow said, it has to be done through your local constabulary. You should check their website first, as they ought to have a downloadable form which you can print and fill in. You then need to return the form with your payment and they'll process it.

I can only definitely speak for my local constabulary (West Yorkshire Police) - I completed the form online and on paper, and sent it with my payment (UK cheques and postal orders only, so you may have to get your folks to lend you �10). They sent the SAR to my Korean address, which was handy.

[kenbear]

pjmancktelow and doc_ido thanks guys, great advice. i can't pm sorry but with the start points you've given me think i should be sorted.

Thanks Again!

KB

[Matman]

Let's say some dude was once arrested on a silly criminal damage issue that never came to court, would that show up on the SAR of the local police? The SAR isn't the same as a criminal record check. I believe the police keep a record of arrests. What about if you've been a victim of crime. I imagine there may be things in the SAR that you wouldn't want an employer to see, even if you have no convictions.

It seems to me that the Disclosure Scotland website is better because issues like that wouldn't arise. As long as you have a clean criminal record, that's what the disclosure would report.

[Matman]

It strikes me that the �20 Basic Disclosure Online service from Disclosure Scotland would be perfect for everyone. Unless you want to save �10 by going through your local police, that's the one to go for.

[doc_ido]

Matman:

The enhanced/standard CRB is specifically for employment vetting purposes, but I think it's only valid for employment within the UK. I had an enhanced CRB before I came to Korea, and they still wanted the "police check" done.

The SAR is a record of all information held about you in you local force's computer and/or the Police National Computer. As for your issue:

[bejarano-korea]

[Matman]

[Matman]

[butlerian]

[pjmancktelow]

in regards to certain police forces not allowing SARs, they have to under the data protection act, you have the write to seek information held about yourself, this is basically what you are asking for on the police national computer, so all forces should do it to comply with the law

in regards to the criminal damage, an arrest woudl most likely show up, but any allegations that resulted in an "no further action" would not. ive had several NFA's and they didnt show up, though ive never been arrested.