Overseas Applicants
If an applicant has never previously lived in the UK, the person will not have a criminal record in this country. In a small number of cases however, overseas criminal records are held on the Police National Computer and would be revealed in a CRB check. People from some countries may apply to their home police force for a certificate of good conduct. The level of information contained in these certificates varies from country to country: some are complete extracts from the criminal record; others are partial. In the Republic of Ireland, legislation enables individuals to obtain a copy of annual record information that may be held on them by the Republic of Ireland Policy Authority. The CRB's website provides colleges with details of the sort of criminal record information which candidates may be able to obtain from their home countries. The CRB does not have any involvement in applications by individuals to overseas authorities. Colleges should also be aware that they will have to arrange for information returned from overseas authorities to be translated into English. At present the CRB website includes information about the following 23 countries:
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