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Posted: Tue May 4, 2021 11:43pm

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Posted: Tue May 4, 2021 11:43pm

Can anybody tell me how o go about getting the criminal check please?  Who do I go to?


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Posted: Wed May 5, 2021 1:26pm

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Posted: Wed May 5, 2021 1:26pm

Chelseabluegirl wrote on Tue May 4, 2021 11:43pm:

Can anybody tell me how o go about getting the criminal check please?  Who do I go to?


thsnks 

Look up ACRO on Google.

Posted: Wed May 5, 2021 6:20pm

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Posted: Wed May 5, 2021 6:20pm

Chelseabluegirl wrote on Tue May 4, 2021 11:43pm:

Can anybody tell me how o go about getting the criminal check please?  Who do I go to?


thsnks 

Hi I got my Criminal record report back last week took about 3 weeks and it has got to be ACRO approved, go to 

police.certificates@acro.pnn.police.uk 

Good Luck.

Posted: Wed May 5, 2021 9:15pm

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Posted: Wed May 5, 2021 9:15pm

wardy31 wrote on Wed May 5, 2021 6:20pm:

Hi I got my Criminal record report back last week took about 3 weeks and it has got to be ACRO approved, go to 

police.certificates@acro.pnn.police.uk 

 

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Good Luck.

Hi

Just go to the gov.uk website and do a basic DBS check which cost £23.50 each person. Both my husband and I did this and it sufficed for the Spanish Embassy. 

I hope this helps.

Mandy 

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:26am

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Location: Mojacar

Joined: 10 Jul 2021

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:26am

Mandy1968 wrote on Wed May 5, 2021 9:15pm:

Hi

Just go to the gov.uk website and do a basic DBS check which cost £23.50 each person. Both my husband and I did this and it sufficed for the Spanish Embassy. 

 

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I hope this helps.

Mandy 

Hi Mandy,

I've literally just done a basic DBS check, so if it's possible to use that instead for the ACRO police certificate, that would be great.

Can you confirm how long ago you were able to use a basic DBS check and at what Embassy? Everyone else I've asked (including immigration solicitors) says that a DBS check is not sufficient and that is has to be an ACRO police certificate. But if it's possible to use DBS checks then that would save me some time.

Many thanks in advance for any advice you may have.

Steve

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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:06pm

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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:06pm

Steve888 wrote on Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:26am:

Hi Mandy,

I've literally just done a basic DBS check, so if it's possible to use that instead for the ACRO police certificate, that would be great.

Can you confirm how long ago you were able to use a basic DBS check and at what Embassy? Everyone else I've asked (including immigratio...

 

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...n solicitors) says that a DBS check is not sufficient and that is has to be an ACRO police certificate. But if it's possible to use DBS checks then that would save me some time.

Many thanks in advance for any advice you may have.

Steve

Hi Steve I got the basic DBS certificate sent it off to the lady helping me with my NLV and she told me that it's got to be a ACRO criminal certificate, so I had to get one of them going back at least 5 yrs. You can get one from ( acro.police.uk) hope this helps! Graham.

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:24pm

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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:24pm

Hi - I am in the process of getting all the docs ready for the NLV,  you do need the ACRO certificate,  I had mine back within 3 days,  £55 for turnaround in 12 days or £99 for turnaround in 4 days.

Hope this helps

Chris

Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:55pm

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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:55pm

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Hi Mandy,

Many thanks for this info. Really helpful. The information seems to differ with each lawyer I ask. 

Good to hear from someone who has done it with DBS and been successful. 

Thanks again!

Steve

Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:06pm

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Location: Velez-Rubio

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Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2021 9:06pm

You are correct we have just gone through it all as you have stated ☺️

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:48am

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Location: Arboleas

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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:48am

Brenver26 wrote on Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:39pm:

Hi there, just read your post and signed up for this forum. We want to live in Almeria and to be able to go this year. We are both retired so have a UK pension and will apply for a non lucrative visa. The form to download SC - 01 is in Spanish, do we have to translate this? Also do we need privat...

 

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...e health insurance as have UK pension? 

We are just starting out so this is all very new and at present all seems complicated.

Thanksfor this 

You need an S1 certificate from nhs just ring them and to register the S1 in the area you are going to move to (spain)just before you apply to the  spanish embassy as if it is already registered in spain you will NOT need private health. We used spanish solicitor that had office in london, they did the whole process. Ring round for best prices !

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