Police Checks Done In 2 Days!!
Jan 10th 2004, 4:30 pm
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Originally posted by welshboybilly
hey, well done steve one more hurdle outta the way.
i guess god was on your side with this one
hey, well done steve one more hurdle outta the way.
i guess god was on your side with this one
Jan 10th 2004, 5:57 pm
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Re: Police Checks Done In 2 Days!!
Originally posted by SteveBannister
As I mentioned on a previous thread, we took our police check forms down to the police station on Tuesday morning (6th) where they checked the ID for us and sent them off for us. Well, I came downstairs this morning and there they are on the door mat! They are dated the 8th of Jan, 2 days after we handed them in.
Now that's what you pay your council tax for!
I would seriously suggest that you hand your forms in personally if you are about to have them done. They do say it's a bit quicker. But 2 days? They must have had that blue light flashing like crazy. Vroommmmmmmm!
As I mentioned on a previous thread, we took our police check forms down to the police station on Tuesday morning (6th) where they checked the ID for us and sent them off for us. Well, I came downstairs this morning and there they are on the door mat! They are dated the 8th of Jan, 2 days after we handed them in.
Now that's what you pay your council tax for!
I would seriously suggest that you hand your forms in personally if you are about to have them done. They do say it's a bit quicker. But 2 days? They must have had that blue light flashing like crazy. Vroommmmmmmm!
I had to send first to localish big bobby shop who then had to send them to London....It took at least a month for mine to come back and longer for the hubbys(praps cos there was stuff on it)..Do you mean you took the to the final port of call straight off....?
Jan 10th 2004, 10:35 pm
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Hi Peppi,
Steve was just lucky - at the moment there is no backlog at Sotland Yard, and the same thing happened this time last year. On other occasions they take longer because of the amount of forms sent in at the time, staff holidays, all the usual factors that cause an office backlog. They usually do take slightly longer with info attached because of it being checked before being sent out.
The route you used was the right one - the only way you can save any time is by taking them to your local police HQ (if you are outside London) to avoid the time taken to post them there. The forms go back to the local HQ first and they send them to Scotland Yard - who then bill the force for the number of checks carried out on their behalf.
Hope that makes sense,
Pollyana
Steve was just lucky - at the moment there is no backlog at Sotland Yard, and the same thing happened this time last year. On other occasions they take longer because of the amount of forms sent in at the time, staff holidays, all the usual factors that cause an office backlog. They usually do take slightly longer with info attached because of it being checked before being sent out.
The route you used was the right one - the only way you can save any time is by taking them to your local police HQ (if you are outside London) to avoid the time taken to post them there. The forms go back to the local HQ first and they send them to Scotland Yard - who then bill the force for the number of checks carried out on their behalf.
Hope that makes sense,
Pollyana
