How to get a police certificate

You may need to supply us with a police certificate as evidence of your good character, depending on which visa you apply for.

Providing evidence of good character

If you are aged 17 and over you may need to provide us with a police certificate as evidence of your good character.

Who needs to provide police certificates

If you need to provide us with a police certificate you must:

  • make sure the police certificate is less than 6 months old when you submit your visa application
  • provide us with an English translation, if it is not in English.

Translating supporting documents into English

Note

Police certificates are sometimes called criminal checks, police clearance certificates or penal records.

Before we make a decision on your application we may ask for further police certificates if your initial police certificate becomes a year old from its date of issue.

If you need police certificates from more than 1 country, use the tool to add countries.

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