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Previously on "Criminal Record Checks - how to speed it up ?"
And there was me thinking that I couldn't remember racking up the £700 bill at an online casino and purchasing £400 of fabric from the asian haberdasher because I had been p*ssed at the time.
"Proof of Identity: ACRO require copies of your passport and 2 recent utility bills, bank statement, or other correspondence confirming your address (NOT the original). The copies will not be returned."
They will instead be left in a bin liner round the back of our offices where they will be harvested by identity thieves
Ah, that explains a lot.
And there was me thinking that I couldn't remember racking up the £700 bill at an online casino and purchasing £400 of fabric from the asian haberdasher because I had been p*ssed at the time.
"Proof of Identity: ACRO require copies of your passport and 2 recent utility bills, bank statement, or other correspondence confirming your address (NOT the original). The copies will not be returned."
They will instead be left in a bin liner round the back of our offices where they will be harvested by identity thieves
I have a contract offer in Germany pending a criminal record check from 'a competent authority in your home country'. This I am expected to produce myself. Phone calls have revealed that CRB won't do it as I won't be working with kids or vulnerable people - it is a straight up offfice tech job in finance. Besides CRB won't report an individual's record to the same individual.
So I was told to contact Police. Checked online and discussed with Police Information Officer in my home area. He said this will take 40 days to check the PNC - Police National Computer and is standard across all constabularies. They don't have any express or expedited service. I have submitted the paperwork anyway.
Informed the end client and agency. Response: they are in discussions today but bottom line: they won't wait more than 2 weeks for me and have other rejected candidates they will turn to. (Though presumably if they are from UK they will also need to wait 40 days.)
40 days makes no sense to me at all.
I've read on CUK of others needing to be checked but no one describes the delay or work-arounds.
In this market you'll know it wasn't easy to land the gig. Don't want UK gov to blow it up for me.
Ideas ?
For a price, these people will turn them around rather quicker.
It states that these are a pilot for the purposes of visa applications to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, although I can't see how the end use of the certificate would have much bearing on its production.
I should have taken a copy of mine and I could have had a look for you, but I sent it straight on.
Last edited by Gonzo; 7 June 2008, 17:17.
Reason: Clarity.
Obviously the company are aware of the difficulties and are using them as a pretext for avoiding hiring non-German candidates (assuming the company can't just reject foreign applicants, in case that might get it into trouble with the EU for discriminating against foreign EU nationals or something)
Some of you do come up with some cr*p
and later ..
Originally posted by LegendsWear7
Marina: I can't write about this on a public message board but as I know the end-client very well having done some work for them in the past (prior to criminal check rule): there may be something to your comment.
After pleading my case I have been given an exemption to commence work so long as the paperwork does eventually arrive.
An affidavit wouldn't have been accepted by this client but its a top idea for later.
I think I may drop a line to my MP or somewhere more appropriate to ask wtf does it take 40 days to check a database? This is no doubt costing people jobs and businesses money.
Thanks all.
Marina: I can't write about this on a public message board but as I know the end-client very well having done some work for them in the past (prior to criminal check rule): there may be something to your comment.
Trust me, I does work. I used to do it all the time.
It looks something like this.
AFFIDAVIT
Affiant details:
Name: <<name>>
Signed by the affiant <<name>>:
Witnessed By:
Wow. To HairyArsedBloke. This might do the trick. I think rather than ask the client, I'm just going to go to a solicitors now and get one of these run up. Send it to Germany and if they say 'that's not a competent authority' - - - then deal with it and say "In UK, this is acceptable" and blag and say I'll send off for police one.
Obviously the company are aware of the difficulties and are using them as a pretext for avoiding hiring non-German candidates (assuming the company can't just reject foreign applicants, in case that might get it into trouble with the EU for discriminating against foreign EU nationals or something).
Obviously the company are aware of the difficulties and are using them as a pretext for avoiding hiring non-German candidates (assuming the company can't just reject foreign applicants, in case that might get it into trouble with the EU for discriminating against foreign EU nationals or something).
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