UK Police Certificate

[heishe 2]

I've heard the UK police certificate can and often does take up to 40 working days to acquire. Can we get that now, before our petition is approved stateside? How long is it valid?

[MrsWhizz 0]

I've heard the UK police certificate can and often does take up to 40 working days to acquire. Can we get that now, before our petition is approved stateside? How long is it valid?

I believe UK police certificates are good for a year.

[no name 1]

Yep, apply for it now!

[homesick_american 1]

Get it now, they take a while to process.

[Roger and Angela 0]

Get it now, they take a while to process.

We are using an attorney and she strictly believed we should wait before applying for the police cerificate, she also said it was only good for three months, we applied for our certificate when we got packet three, so we are not sending back the checkilist until it has been about 25 of those 40 processing days, although my fiance did send for one last year just to see what was on it, and it came in 10 days...so send for it if you dare.

[homesick_american 1]

Get it now, they take a while to process.

We are using an attorney and she strictly believed we should wait before applying for the police cerificate, she also said it was only good for three months, we applied for our certificate when we got packet three, so we are not sending back the checkilist until it has been about 25 of those 40 processing days, although my fiance did send for one last year just to see what was on it, and it came in 10 days...so send for it if you dare.

I'm not an attorney but that doesn't sound right to me. My husband's police certificate was more than three months old at the interview and it did not cause us any problems.

[munchkins 0]

We have had ours since January and have also been told that they are good for one year

[Jackson1975 0]

I waas advised by US Embassy London it's good for one year