POLICE CHECKS

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When are police checks needed?

Australian Police Clearances

Important step before filling the online form

Steps in filling out the online form

When are police checks needed?

When applying for a permanent visa for Australia; all Visa Applicants over the age of 16 years old, need to provide police clearances from ALL countries they have lived in for the past ten years. If they have lived in a country for less than 12 months then a police clearance may not be required.

Australian Police Clearances

For visa applicants who are in Australia or have spent time in Australia (more than 12 months) they will need to complete an Australian Federal Police Check. This is completed here.

Important step before filling the online form

You will need the applicant's complete address history for the past ten years along with suitable evidence of identity.

Sample of applicant's complete address history for the past ten years.

Steps in filling out the online form

1. Click here.

You'll see this page below.

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Put a tick on "I have read and understood the instructions above".
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Click on Start New Online Application
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Next page will be Point Check

2. Point Check Page will show up.

Make sure to select at least one primary document.

The second part shows secondary documents, select documents as needed.

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Goal here is to get 100 points or more.
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Tick on "I have scanned the identity documents specified above that will be loaded to my application".
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Hit Next

3. Complete the online application with all of the clients details.

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You must use the [email protected] account for the email address.
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The purpose of the check is 'Commonwealth/Employment Purposes' and 'number 33 Immigration'.
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Hit on Next.

Then you'll see the Applicant Consent page.

You will need to download the consent page and email it to the client to sign before you can proceed to the next stage.

A sample of signed consent from a client.

When you have the signed consent you can continue with the police clearance application. If the applicant has been delayed in getting the signed consent form back to you then you may need to start a new application. You can use the signed consent form from the previous application as long as the details are correct.

Tick on "Details in my signed consent form match those above". Then hit Next.

Identification Documents page will show up.

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Choose File that needs to be uploaded.
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Click on Upload Files
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Tick on "I have uploaded 100 points of identification documents and have verified that these are the correct documents" then hit Next.

A sample of a filled out Identification Documents form page.

Applicant Details page will show up.

When you have completed the application and checked all identity document is uploaded correctly proceed to make a payment.

4. Input the Freedom Migration bankcard payment details. Then you'll see the payment confirmation page.

You'll see page this after you click on Confirm.

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Upon payment ensure the invoice (that is received via [email protected]) is sent to [email protected]
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Ensure the invoice is saved to the client's 'accounts folder'.
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The money must be recovered from the client for the AFP clearance. Follow up with your manager to ensure this is done.

Overseas Police Clearances

The Department of Immigration requires that people who apply for a visa to come to Australia are of good character. The way they check this is by having visa applicant's provide a police clearance for countries they have lived in for 12 months or more.

There are different kinds of police clearances in different countries. For example, there are provincial or state clearances and national police clearances. The immigration department in Australia keeps a list of which government body they need a police clearance from. This information can be obtained from here.

Select the country the person has resided in to obtain clear instructions. Seek advice from your supervisor about whether you are to support the applicant and apply for it or whether we are simply providing them with instructions by email.

For British Police Clearance: Make sure to get the email of the witness.