Police Checks
Applications for employment
purposes
Under the Data Protection Act 1998 everyone has a
right to see 'personal data' held about them on the Police National
Computer (PNC). However it was not specifically designed to
provide PNC disclosures for employment purposes. Whilst it is often
used for this purpose, if your request is for employment purposes
visit please visit Disclosure Scotland's
website. You do not need to live in Scotland to use this
service.
For checks for people who are going to work with children or
vulnerable adults please visit the Criminal
Records Bureau website.
Applications for Visas
Anyone requiring a police certificate to apply for visas, work
permits or residence in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South
Africa, the United States of America and others should log on to
the Association of Chief Police
Officers (ACPO) website for an application form.
If your application is for this purpose we would suggest you
contact ACPO Criminal Records Office (ACRO), as below, for an
updated list of countries covered.
Please note the certificate is processed entirely by ACRO. All
submissions and enquiries should be directed to them in one of the
following ways:
Phone: 0845 6013999 (during their office opening hours of 8.30am
to 4.30pm Monday to Friday)
E-mail: acro.policecertificates@acro.pnn.police.uk
Post: ACRO, PO Box 481, Fareham, PO14 9FS
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