Sorry to jump in. Can I ask if this is a new requirement (one of those effective 18 November 2017) that a sponsor must supply overseas police checks for any country that he / she has lived for more than 12 months?
Or it is provided upon request?
We take the safety and security of visa applicants very seriously. To help keep visa applicants safe, we have introduced new requirements for Partner and Prospective Marriage visas. From 18 November 2016, sponsors of these visa applications will need to:
provide Australian and/or foreign police checks when requested
consent to us disclosing their convictions for relevant offences to the visa applicant(s).
If the sponsor does not provide this consent, the visa application will be refused. We could also refuse an application if the sponsor does not provide the police checks within a reasonable time. Sponsors can apply for a police check using the application form available from the Australian Federal Police.
That grey area has been resolved. One of the RMAs posted a quote from DIBP discussing that issue and it says it is still recommended to wait until requested for police checks and medicals and it also still says so on the DIBP website.
Of course the choice is always up to the applicant. Personally, we chose to do ours shortly after applying and without being requested as we wanted everything ready for approval once looked at.
Savage_Flame is curious because his sponsorship has been approved before he uploaded police checks and his partner was requested them but not him.
What I would think is that COs make mistakes and maybe they missed it? Since you've already gone through the trouble of getting them, upload them anyway to avoid delays in case they decide to ask for them later. I will say that we haven't seen a sponsor not requested police checks in a long time which makes me think it was overlooked.
Thanks Skybluebrewer, TGNY and Savage_Flame. Much appreciated.
I was always under the impression that overseas police checks need to be provided upon request only as I referred to the booklet. Will definitely arrange for it since it doesn't cost much.
Not too hijack the thread but what police check are you supposed to get for a spouse visa as the applicant? Is it just the National Police check by the AFP (name only)
I've lived in Australia for the last 11 years with only going overseas for holidays (less than 2 months spent overseas in the last 11 years)
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