Mr Oliver

Hi

I sent off the required forms requesting a police certificate for my
interview and was aware it could take upto 60 days to get sent back to
me from New Scotland Yard. But I got something back in the mail today
which is only 16 days after I sent the forms out and although it is an
official letter, it is not what I was expecting back.

It says as
follows;

Section 7, Data Protection Act 1998 - Subject Access

In reply
to your request for information that may be held about you by the --------------
Police on computers in the following catergories:-

Person Record:
Prosecution/Conviction

The Data Protection Act places an obligation on
the Police when holding personal information on computer to provide a
copy of that information (unless an exemption applies) to the individual
concerned on request.

From the personal details supplied in your
request there is no information held about you in Person Record
catergory of the Police National Computer.

If you request any
catergories not shown above, the ----------- Police will send you a
seperate reply



Is this what i need, my police certificate? It's just
more a letter than a certificate I was expecting. I am in England btw so
if anyone can shed light on this for me it would be MUCH APPRICIATED


THANKS IN ADVANCE : )

CalgaryAMC

Originally posted by mr oliver
    > Hi
    >
    > I sent off the
required forms requesting a police certificate for my interview and was
aware it could take upto 60 days to get sent back to me from New
Scotland Yard. But I got something back in the mail today which is only
16 days after I sent the forms out and although it is an official
letter, it is not what I was expecting back.
    >
    > It says as follows;

    > Section 7, Data Protection Act 1998 - Subject Access
    >
    > In reply to
your request for information that may be held about you by the --------------
Police on computers in the following catergories:-
    >
    > Person Record:
Prosecution/Conviction
    >
    > The Data Protection Act places an obligation
on the Police when holding personal information on computer to provide a
copy of that information (unless an exemption applies) to the individual
concerned on request.
    >
    > From the personal details supplied in your
request there is no information held about you in Person Record
catergory of the Police National Computer.
    >
    > If you request any
catergories not shown above, the ----------- Police will send you a
seperate reply
    >
    >
    >
    > Is this what i need, my police certificate?
It's just more a letter than a certificate I was expecting. I am in
England btw so if anyone can shed light on this for me it would be MUCH
APPRICIATED
    >
    > THANKS IN ADVANCE : )

This is the correct
certificate. You got a good turn around time.

SeanHHH

Whilst I can't help directly - did you supply your fingerprints for this
letter ?
I know that in Australia you can get 2 kinds of certificate -
one after a name only check and a full fingerprint check version as
well. And the only one that the US Consulate here will accept is the
fingerprint version.

~Sean


Originally posted by mr oliver

    > Hi
    >
    > I sent off the required forms requesting a police
certificate for my interview and was aware it could take upto 60 days to
get sent back to me from New Scotland Yard. But I got something back in
the mail today which is only 16 days after I sent the forms out and
although it is an official letter, it is not what I was expecting back.

    >
    > It says as follows;
    >
    > Section 7, Data Protection Act 1998 -
Subject Access
    >
    > In reply to your request for information that may be
held about you by the -------------- Police on computers in the
following catergories:-
    >
    > Person Record: Prosecution/Conviction
    >
The Data Protection Act places an obligation on the Police when holding
personal information on computer to provide a copy of that information
(unless an exemption applies) to the individual concerned on request.

    > From the personal details supplied in your request there is no
information held about you in Person Record catergory of the Police
National Computer.
    >
    > If you request any catergories not shown above,
the ----------- Police will send you a seperate reply
    >
    >
    >
    > Is this
what i need, my police certificate? It's just more a letter than a
certificate I was expecting. I am in England btw so if anyone can shed
light on this for me it would be MUCH APPRICIATED
    >
THANKS IN ADVANCE :
)

CalgaryAMC

Originally posted by SeanHHH
    > Whilst I can't help
directly - did you supply your fingerprints for this letter ?
    > I know
that in Australia you can get 2 kinds of certificate - one after a name
only check and a full fingerprint check version as well. And the only
one that the US Consulate here will accept is the fingerprint version.

    > ~Sean

He got the correct certificate for the UK.

Mr Oliver

Thanks both for your replies, i'm glad it looks as though I have the
correct certificate. I guess I was just lucky with the quick turn-
around, shame VERMONT isn't as quick.

    : )

Den

The US Embassy's are largely restricted to what the various officials in
each country that they operate in will provide. Some countries will not
provide a 'police certificate' and the embassies know and accept this.

The London Embassy will be expecting exactly the certificate that you got
from New Scotland Yard. You did well getting such a rapid turn around on
it!

*** You've got the correct certificate. ***

I know what I'm about to say doesn't help (I know, I've been there!) - stop
worrying!!!

Good luck!

Best

Den

"mr oliver" <member20612@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:...
    > Hi
    > I sent off the required forms requesting a police certificate for my
    > interview and was aware it could take upto 60 days to get sent back to
    > me from New Scotland Yard. But I got something back in the mail today
    > which is only 16 days after I sent the forms out and although it is an
    > official letter, it is not what I was expecting back.
    > It says as
    > follows;
    > Section 7, Data Protection Act 1998 - Subject Access
    > In reply
    > to your request for information that may be held about you by
the --------------
    > Police on computers in the following catergories:-
    > Person Record:
    > Prosecution/Conviction
    > The Data Protection Act places an obligation on
    > the Police when holding personal information on computer to provide a
    > copy of that information (unless an exemption applies) to the individual
    > concerned on request.
    > From the personal details supplied in your
    > request there is no information held about you in Person Record
    > catergory of the Police National Computer.
    > If you request any
    > catergories not shown above, the ----------- Police will send you a
    > seperate reply
    > Is this what i need, my police certificate? It's just
    > more a letter than a certificate I was expecting. I am in England btw so
    > if anyone can shed light on this for me it would be MUCH APPRICIATED
    > THANKS IN ADVANCE : )
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Miztiki

I'm glad this subject was brought up. How long does it usually take to
get a police cert in London? My fiance received his paperwork today
asking him to gather up all of the different documents he'll need and he
was pretty upset thinking it will take a long time to get the police
cert.

How long did it take all of you? 16 days (or even less) sounds
good to me!

CalgaryAMC

Originally posted by Miztiki
    > How long did it take
all of you? 16 days (or even less) sounds good to me!

35
days.

Edited with additional following information:

My information
sent (from Canada) to Greater Manchester Police dated 24 July 2003.

My "certificate" dated 28 August 2003. Can't remember the day I
received it.

Sibsie

Originally posted by Miztiki
How long did it take all of
you? 16 days (or even less) sounds good to me! Mine took 2
months. They lost my first application and I had to resend it. I was
applying from outside of the UK though.

Mc898

Originally posted by Miztiki
    > I'm glad this subject
was brought up. How long does it usually take to get a police cert in
London? My fiance received his paperwork today asking him to gather up
all of the different documents he'll need and he was pretty upset
thinking it will take a long time to get the police cert.
    >
    > How
long did it take all of you? 16 days (or even less) sounds good to me!



For my fiance it took only 15 Days

He went to his local
police station in Shoeburyness

He requested it on January 8 and got
it on Jan 23