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Police Clearance

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  • 08-11-2014 9:40pm
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    partnership
    Registered Users Posts: 303 ✭✭


    If you need police clearance for a visa to Australia what does that entail? Do you need it for when you are under 18 and do you need it if you lived say in Spain for a year as an underage person.


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    mandrake04
    Registered Users Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    Only need a Certificate for any country that you lived in 12 months or more in the last 10 years, it's only for over 16s



    Also you only need a Certificate for Proper visas like PR visa, you don't need them for 417 or 457 etc


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    top madra
    Registered Users Posts: 387 ✭✭top madra


    mandrake04 wrote: »
    Only need a Certificate for any country that you lived in 12 months or more in the last 10 years, it's only for over 18s.



    Also you only need a Certificate for Proper visas like PR visa, you don't need them for 417 or 457 etc

    I got asked for Police Clearance for the 457.


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    mandrake04
    Registered Users Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    top madra wrote: »
    I got asked for Police Clearance for the 457.

    Really, that's very unusual. I never was asked and I don't know anyone who was asked for a police cert for a 457.

    Did you have any previously declared convictions that immigration were interested in?

    They usually only ask in cases of migration or if you have lived overseas for more than a year since your granted your PR before applying for citizenship.

    It's not even mentioned on the 457 checklist

    http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/checklists/457-applicant.aspx

    Where it definitely is on a 189 checklist

    http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/checklists/189.aspx


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    laoisforliam
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭laoisforliam


    All visas are proper, but some visas are more proper than others


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    mandrake04
    Registered Users Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    Sorry Serious as in actual migration a better word than proper


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    top madra
    Registered Users Posts: 387 ✭✭top madra


    mandrake04 wrote: »
    Really, that's very unusual. I never was asked and I don't know anyone who was asked for a police cert for a 457.

    Did you have any previously declared convictions that immigration were interested in?

    They usually only ask in cases of migration or if you have lived overseas for more than a year since your granted your PR before applying for citizenship.

    It's not even mentioned on the 457 checklist

    http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/checklists/457-applicant.aspx

    Where it definitely is on a 189 checklist

    http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/checklists/189.aspx

    I had a Public Order act from back in 2000.

    After I sent off my Application they got back to me looking for more information, the Form 80 and Police Clearance.


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    mandrake04
    Registered Users Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    top madra wrote: »
    I had a Public Order act from back in 2000.

    After I sent off my Application they got back to me looking for more information, the Form 80 and Police Clearance.

    Ok makes sense now, you must have already declared that and that's why they specifically asked.

    Run of the mill 457 applicant and it's not required.


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    partnership
    Registered Users Posts: 303 ✭✭partnership


    Thanks Mandrake 04 for clearing that up for me. Would you not need for some of the other visas if you are working with children or in the medical area?


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