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Hello all,
Just wanted to confirm I have got this completely right.
I have been living in Australia since July 2007 and got my Australian citizenship in September 2015. Now I am married to someone from my home country. We will be applying for the partner visa soon and wanted to know if I (as the sponsor) required police checks from any other country I previously resided in.
Based on this wording on their website:
"If the sponsor has spent a total of 12 months or more outside Australia since turning 16, they must also provide a police certificate from any country, including their home country, that they spent a total of 12 or more months in the last 10 years."
and the wording in the actual 40SP (Sponsorship form) document which states:
"a foreign police check for every country in which you have
lived for a period of 12 months or more or a total period of
at least 12 months since the latest of the following dates:
- 10 years before the date of the request to provide the
police check(s); or
- the date you turned 16"
I am coming to the conclusion that I have to submit only my Australian police checks and not overseas police check. Before coming to Australia in 2007, I lived in 2 other countries for more than a year, but that was over 10 years ago.
If you guys can please help me out and make sure I have got it right - it is much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Just wanted to confirm I have got this completely right.
I have been living in Australia since July 2007 and got my Australian citizenship in September 2015. Now I am married to someone from my home country. We will be applying for the partner visa soon and wanted to know if I (as the sponsor) required police checks from any other country I previously resided in.
Based on this wording on their website:
"If the sponsor has spent a total of 12 months or more outside Australia since turning 16, they must also provide a police certificate from any country, including their home country, that they spent a total of 12 or more months in the last 10 years."
and the wording in the actual 40SP (Sponsorship form) document which states:
"a foreign police check for every country in which you have
lived for a period of 12 months or more or a total period of
at least 12 months since the latest of the following dates:
- 10 years before the date of the request to provide the
police check(s); or
- the date you turned 16"
I am coming to the conclusion that I have to submit only my Australian police checks and not overseas police check. Before coming to Australia in 2007, I lived in 2 other countries for more than a year, but that was over 10 years ago.
If you guys can please help me out and make sure I have got it right - it is much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!