Hi all,
Just got notification from DIMA of receipt of application. Within the attached information from my agent was a statement that Police Checks are required for all applicants who have lived outside of the UK for more than 12 months in the last ten years. I am still in the RAF, and my wife left six years ago, but we both served at RAF Bruggen, Germany for five years inside the allotted time period. Does this ruling apply to us? Ive searched this forum and cannot find any ex-forces comment on this subject of Germany Police Checks required for Ex-BFG (British Forces Germany) personnel. I have no idea where to send the forms to if this, indeed, is the case.

Hi

Friends of ours who are here on 457 Visa at the moment are going through this as we speak. They were told that their discharge certificate for the RAF would be enough but DIMA have just come back (after 3 months!!) and asked for the German Police Check. To say they're annoyed is an understatement! Anyway they've been been given all the addresses needed so I'll email a copy of this to her and get back to you as soon as I hear.

HTH

Don't know if everyone needs this but we also had to get an official letter from the military police stating that OH had a clear record from them too. Might be worth asking about to try and avoid delays.

Hi Kev

Both my husband and myself served in the army in Germany, although this was not during the last 10 years.

We did however, both send in an RMP check with our police checks to cover all our service (I left 16 years ago) and to cover the time we were in Hong Kong. We didn't get a Hong Kong check and it wasnt asked for, we presumed the RMP check would cover it. As we have our visa now and they didnt ask for any extra info I would say do as we did and put a note along side that you were under the RAF police jurisdiction while in Germany.

If you want to PM me I can get the RAF police address for you, if you can't find it.

Shirley

Hi Shirley

Our friends were under this impression too (and so was the agent) but unfortunately it was only last Friday that our friends got the email asking for a Police Check from Germany

I'm still waiting to hear back with the address - as soon as I have them I'll PM you.

Well, that is strange, I wonder if different co's want different things!

We definately didnt need a check from Hong Kong, like I said, we have the visa and are now here!

Still, a German police check should be relatively straight forward

God only knows - the Agents line is 'they're always changing their rules'!! They managed to get here on a 457 without it but for the PR they need it!

that could be true, werent there a lot of changes in july to visas, maybe they changed their requirements then.

Ours was granted in June

Thanks everyone for your replies and help.

Mrs Jackaroo – thanks for the offer of the address for the German authorities, which will be a great help.

Shirley, after your comments I did a further search within this top forum and found the address for a conduct assessment from the RAF, thanks for the hint.

Thanks again everyone

Kev

Mate don't worry, I'm ex RAF and was stationed at Laarbruch. Basically any Forces base is classed as Sovereign soil so you don't need German police checks.

Must get Karma for that one

Ian

(ex sootie)

Ian,
good to know a fellow sooty jumped ship at the right time. I did eight years on 31 and now work in a RAF project team at Rolls-Royce. It has made me realise engineering in civvy street is as uninteresting as in the mob. Can't wait to leave and do something for myself in the sun.

Thanks for the Gen.

Kev.

P.S. My wife was a stacker at Laarbruch in the late 90's and she said she enjoyed it.

Sorry to add to the issue but both myself and my husband had both served in Germany and had to write to the German police for a police check -it cost 20 euros for both of us. A colleague who was also applying for Australia also had to do the same.
The German police were very quick and we had a response within 2 weeks.


debbie

Sorry but def not the case anymore! Like I said previously it was only last Friday (after waiting 3 months to hear back from DIMA) a Germany Police check was requested - Ex RAF - Served at Bruggen!

Just found this browsing - currently in Canada. I also was in Bruggen at the limit of the 10 year requirement for Canada. The German embassy supplied the forms for the request, the response comes back in German which I then had to pay cdn$90 for an official translation - takes a while, get it started soonest.

Hi ,

My husband is currently serving in Bielefeld Germany and we have just sent off for our Germany Police Checks. We also sent off for UK, Cyprus and RMP police checks ( covering all areas served in last 10 years).

I will PM you the address to write to for German Police checks.

Cheryl