From 1 September 2015, If you are applying for entry clearance as a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) or as an adult dependent (over 18 years old) of the main applicant in this route you must provide an overseas criminal record certificate for any country you have resided in continuously for 12 months or more, in the 10 years prior to your application. You must provide the following specified documents:
• The original certificate, for each country (excluding the UK) where you have resided continuously for 12 months or more in the last 10 years, since aged 18 years old, issued by the overseas authority,
and
•If the original is not in English, then you must provide a translated copy of certificate, in line with the requirements –
How to certify a document
Take the photocopied document and the original and ask the person to certify the copy by:
• writing ‘Certified to be a true copy of the original seen by me’ on the document
• signing and dating it
• printing their name under the signature
• adding their occupation, address and telephone number
The person certifying the document may charge you a fee.
Certifying a translation
If you need to certify a translation of a document that’s not written in English or Welsh, ask the translation company to confirm in writing on the translation:
• that it’s a ‘true and accurate translation of the original document’
• the date of the translation
• the full name and contact details of the translator or a representative of the translation company
.
Certificates will only be considered valid if they have been issued within 6 months of the visa application
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