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Do police certificates expire?

yednickteck

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May 10, 2018
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I'm a UK citizen living in the UK and applying outland for PR under family sponsorship (spouse). I know that I need to send a UK police certificate with my application. Will they accept the certificate I have from 2015 or do I need a new one? I know they used to require police certificates to be six months old or less but I can't find any guidance on this now.
 

WeegieInOttawa

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Jun 11, 2017
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I would definitely get a new one if your last is 2015!

Technically a cert is “old” the minute after its issued but 6 months is/was the guideline for “expiry”.