Hi,
I'm asking for advice on the UK police search necessary for a partner visa. We have applied for a prospective spouse visa and there is no real problem. However although my partner is Dutch, and her dependent student daughter is also Dutch, her daughter is actually studying in Glasgow. Her daughter provided police searches from Holland and also from the Scottish Police Authority, as our reading of the websites was that if resident in Scotland, the police search had to be issued by the Scottish police authority (but the search does cover the UK) rather than ACPO police certificate. However our case officer has come back (rather belatedly) and said that she must have an ACPO certificate rather than a Scottish police authority certificate. One of the problems is that they are Dutch citizens and the application had to be lodged in Berlin, Germany, and they may not understand the police setup in UK. So can anyone enlighten me as to whether the Scottish police certificate is indeed the correct one for anyone who has been resident in Scotland and not any other part of the UK? Perhaps someone who has recently successfully migrated from Scotland might know?
Thanks in advance
Brissiestu