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Overseas applicant guidance
More and more organisations are recruiting from
overseas. The purpose of these guidance notes is to explain how to
complete a Disclosure application form, where an applicant's 5-year
address history contains non-UK
addresses.
Current Address
If the applicant's current address is a non-UK address, you must
still complete Section A, Items 1 - 6 as normal. However, you
should:
Enter the Province, Region or State followed by the country in
Section A, Item 7
Complete Section A, Item 8 if you have a postcode, otherwise leave
blank
Complete Section A, Item 9 as normal
Previous Addresses
If the applicant has lived at their current address for less
than 5 years, you must provide the applicant's previous address in
Section D. If the address is a non-UK address, you only need to
provide the following information:
Enter the word 'OVERSEAS' in Section D, Item 36
Enter the town/city in Section D, Item 38
Enter the country of residence in Section D, Item 41
Complete the period of residence in Section D, Items 42 - 45,
entering the 'from' and 'to' dates in MM/YYYY format.
If the applicant has more than one previous non-UK address in
the last 5 years, please use a continuation sheet and record the
information as above. For guidance on how to enter details of UK
addresses, please refer to 'An applicant's guide to completing the
Disclosure application form'.
Please note: The CRB can only access criminal records (convictions,
cautions, reprimands and warnings) held on the Police National
Computer. A CRB check may not provide a complete picture of any
criminal record that may exist for overseas applicants. To help
organisations access this information the CRB has set up a
dedicated advice service. Please refer to the guidance notes on our
Overseas Information Service. Failure to
comply with any of the above will result in the application form
being returned for correct completion and may delay the
application.
For further information
For more information, please call the CRB Information line on 0870
90 90 811.
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