suchngkan

Dear Everyone

Just a question about police clearances... I am aware that the application of Police Clearance Cettificate can take upto 40 days... When do you start counting the number of days... is it the day after you send the request by post?

Thanks.

Kind regards
suchngkan

Ozzy7

We sent ours off on 2nd April and were still waiting for them.

TheSubMainMan

From the date on your receipt.

If you haven't heard from them after 40 days, phone them and demand the certificate.

sals

Mine arrived yesterday which was 37 days after the date on the receipt. BTW the date on the receipt was 2 days after I posted it!

suchngkan

Dear Everyone

Thanks for all your reply...

Kind regards
suchngkan

nalin

Is there any specific form to fill & send with PCC??...

TheSubMainMan

Yes, for the UK you can download from here:

http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection/forms.htm

Bring it to your local police station with your passport and £10.

HJG

Just a quick piece of advice, mark day 40 in your diary and if it hasn't been received ring that day, don't delay and think it will be there the next day, or the one after that.

The reason I say this is that our checks were inadvertantly sent to the wrong address, and it was only when we rang up on day 40 to check that we discovered what had happened. They were great at sorting it out, and we had the checks by day 43.

40 days is 40 actual days not 40 working days by the way.

HJG

suchngkan

I got my PCC as well!!! Thanks!!!

TheSubMainMan

Still waiting for mine

The dead line is up this Sunday, and I'll be away in Ireland.:curse:

But it says a lot about them, as a service. When they just hold back the requests for the sake of consuming the 40 days. Just because they can.


A***h***s!

TheSubMainMan

Well blow me down,

I just posted the above and the wife phones saying they have arrived!!!

Apparently I have a NON Conviction !!!! Whats one of them?

It was to do with a fight I was involved in. so the charge was ABH, pleaded not guilty, end of story.

Apparently not !

Mmmmm I think I need a good solicitor on this one.

Pollyana

Thats OK I can understand the frustration - been there myself. Its one area of the police where there is a serious lack of resources and they do their best. Constant piles of work, and every phone call is an "urgent one".
Anyway....

...theres a reasonable chance that you can get your non-conviction removed from the record. Its worth looking into, although it may not come through in time for your visa application. Going on the fact that you were found Not Guilty, and if it was a straightforward ABH case (nothing nasty, no kids involved etc) then I think it can probably be weeded. They may have already sent it for weeding - the Police National Computer (PNC) is so big that its only when things like this come to light that they submit them for removal. I suggest you could write to the Commissioner at New Scotland Yard and ask that he review your record, with a view to weeding it. If he feels its not suitable/eligible for weeding, then I suggest that you ask why.
He will have to answer (well, someone on his behalf!) and then if its removed you can apply for a police check which will be clear.

Its on there because the arrest record went on, then when the result sheet came through it may have been at the time when policy was to put them on PNC.

The good news is that its not a conviction, and even says "non-conviction". Thats just what it says, you were found not guilty, so its not a conviction.
No need for a solicitor, just a polite letter to the Yard, and maybe a chat with an agent like Alan or George to ask if you need to explain the case to DIAC.

TheSubMainMan

wow!

I'm really embarrassed, especially after posting the offensive comments. I have tried to delete them or edit them out, but it's not possible now.

I must stop and think more!

Many thanks for the advice, I will do exactly as you have recommended. If I can't get the item removed in time. I'll get a letter from a solicitor explaining what the item actual means. Just incase.

Big thanks again & thanks for the forgiveness Thats much appresiated.

suki

Just a quick question, how long are the PCC valid for?

thanks

TheSubMainMan

one year.

you must arrive in OZ before they expire!