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UK Police Cert question & Bank account query

Scottish Aly

Star Member
Dec 20, 2018
83
83
34
Scotland UK
Category........
FSW
NOC Code......
5133
AOR Received.
19122018
Med's Done....
31082018
Hey guys,
I was one of the lucky ones to get an ITA on Dec 19th. :)
I thought i had all my documents in place until i got to my Checklist where it asks for a police certificate from Scotland (my residence/citizenship) and another from England.
The only thing i have is a Police Certificate from the UK (Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales) so i'm confused on how they are asking for separate documents here??

Also, i work overseas and would be unable to get a letter from my bank about when my account was opened etc...would 6 months statements be ok or will this cause an issue? Should i add a letter of explanation here?

Thanks so much for your help!! :) :)
 

Scottish Aly

Star Member
Dec 20, 2018
83
83
34
Scotland UK
Category........
FSW
NOC Code......
5133
AOR Received.
19122018
Med's Done....
31082018
The UK PCC covers Scotland and England.

You don't have a bank account at the city where you work?
Thank you.
I am a seafarer working onboard cruise ships. So I am still only a resident in Scotland and have only this permanent address.
 

bairn7

Hero Member
Feb 27, 2015
390
131
Congrats! I'm from Scotland too and also received an ITA last week.

Police cert point covered above. There is only one UK PCC. A point just to mention in the LOE to cover bases.

When you say that you wouldn't be able to receive a letter from your bank, do you mean because you won't be home before the deadline to submit your documents? Have you asked the bank if they could email a letter? Is there someone you could have the letter sent to who could scan the letter and send it to you? (as you need to scan it anyway). If not then 6 months of statements, with a suitable LOE explanation would be reasonable.
 

Scottish Aly

Star Member
Dec 20, 2018
83
83
34
Scotland UK
Category........
FSW
NOC Code......
5133
AOR Received.
19122018
Med's Done....
31082018
Congrats! I'm from Scotland too and also received an ITA last week.

Police cert point covered above. There is only one UK PCC. A point just to mention in the LOE to cover bases.

When you say that you wouldn't be able to receive a letter from your bank, do you mean because you won't be home before the deadline to submit your documents? Have you asked the bank if they could email a letter? Is there someone you could have the letter sent to who could scan the letter and send it to you? (as you need to scan it anyway). If not then 6 months of statements, with a suitable LOE explanation would be reasonable.
Congrats to you too!! :)
Thank you for the clarification on the police cert...i ended up sending off for a Disclosure Scotland cert too just to be safe and have included in in an LOE too.

Yes, i am onboard until May! I called Bank of Scotland and RBS yesterday, both of which were funny with me not going into my local branch. Managed to persuade RBS to email it to me and BoS are going to query with my local branch and hopefully send one via mail. I'm sure that during the holidays it'll take a while so i've included all i can in terms of statements etc and if they ask for the letters at a later date then hopefully i should have received them.
Thanks for your response, wishing you the best of luck with your application and a swift PR! :)