We recently applied for our 820 visa on 08/04/21. Me British, sponsor Australian. On 17/04/2021 I received a general purpose advice letter to get my medical check and police clearance if ones I have were over 12 months old. we front loaded out application with all polices checks needed and...

Hi, I've been requested to provide additional information for my Partner visa application, including a police check from China where I lived with my partner before we moved to Australia. The process of obtaining the clearance is intense, with police checks only obtainable through an agent in...

I am collecting police clearances for our partner visa 309 as the sponsor. I am from Vietnam and now holding PR. I left the country in 2009 for oversea education, and over the last 10 years I did not spend more than 12 months in Vietnam. Do I need to provide police check for Vietnam? On DIBP...

Hi All, My partner and I had in the process of waiting for our 820 visa application to be approved. However, whilst regularly updates it I now have a few concern about my/our application. If anyone can help that would be amazing. I am from the UK living in Australia with my Australian Partner...

Hi. Can anyone please advise where abouts do we upload the Police Certificate on the IMMI website? Do we just use the regular "Attach Documents" section and pick one of the subsections? Or is there a specific area that we upload Police Checks? Thank you

Hello, does anyone happen to know who to direct a UAE Police Certificate to? Is it simply the "Australian Department of Home Affairs"? Our contact in UAE has asked us and I'm not sure what to tell him.

Hello, My fiance is an American citizen, and we are currently applying for a partner visa. I am her sponsor. As part of this process, we must submit an overseas penal clearance certificate for all of the countries that she has lived in for more than 12 months. She worked in China, Baoshan...

So I just got invited to become Australian PR (class 189). My visa application is complete and I'm ready to submit. However, do I need to wait for the health check report and police report before I can submit my application? Or those documents can come later?

Hi, To get Police Certificate of Clearance (COC), do we need to wait for case officer to contact me. While applying for Police COC, "Scanned documentary proof indicating that a COC is required and for what purpose" is required. From where I Can get this document. Thanks in Advance.

:confused: Hi all, I found some post but they are quite old and the thread is closed. Have someone requested this certificate recently? It states in the form that the organisation required this certificate has to complete the form. I will really appreciate any help. Thanks,

Hi, we have our invite for Visa 189 :D My husband is the main applicant. We have been married for over 6 years but my passport is in my maiden name so I have used this name for our visa application. In everyday life I am known by my married name, is this going to make it complicated? My...

Hello Everyone! After the age of 16 I have lived in three countries for over a year. Iran: 2006 to 2007 and 2015 China: 2007 to 2009 Malaysia: 2009 to 2014 I am now on a Temporary Graduate Visa Subclass 476. When I applied for this visa I got all my Police Clearances for all these countries...

This is a question I don't expect anyone can answer. And may I politely ask that no one leaves "I think" or Maybe "answers". I need actual valid information, not guesses! :) In the UK, Australian and the Commonwealth, there are various laws / acts saying you don't have to disclose spent...

We'd like to apply for a partner visa soon and my Taiwanese fiancé has spent about 18 months altogether in China on tourist visas (going back and forth every few months). This was about 5 years ago. Does he need to get a police certificate from China?

Hi, A couple of questions about applying for police certificates for an onshore partner visa application (801/820): - I know they are only valid for a certain period of time so should I apply when I submit the 801/820 application, or wait several months given that processing time is 12-15...

Hello, I'm hoping someone might have some answers for me! I am a NZ Citizen and my husband is a South African Citizen. In 2009 he was granted a Subclass 461 Visa and we then resided in Australia until 2011 at which point we moved to New Zealand. In doing so we cancelled his 461 visa (as that...

Hi, We are Indian citizens and have been in US for 9 and 4.5 years each as non-immigrants on Visas. We will be applying for Australia permanent residency soon. Will FBI background checks for both of us be enough? Or will we also need to get state checks done? I believe state checks are...

Hi, I would like to know if getting a police verification done before submitting EOI is a good idea? Also, should I be sending it to the Australian Immigration authorities or should I receive the police certificate and upload it on skillselect once I get an invite for the Visa? I'm getting it...

I am a Portuguese/German girl that has just applied for a DE FACTO visa with my Australian partner overseas, I'm currently in Portugal and my partner is in Australia. The embassy contacted me asking for medical examinations and police checks, from both Portugal and Australia as I have been in...

I did medical nd PC in last week of July 2013. How much time it normally takes to issue visa?