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Old 23-08-2004, 01:30 AM
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Hi there

With regard to the Police form, I downloaded the SUBJECT ACCESS form from the Met Police website. I had to attach a list of all the places I've lived in for the last 10 years, to be included in the check. When the form came back the small print at the bottom said that it was not the equivalent of a Certificate of Good Character (which the NZ application asks for), but a phonecall to NZ House confirmed that it was acceptable.

A word on photocopies and originals. My application checklist I got with my Partnership forms (but no doubt universal) said that in the first instance CERTIFIED copies of important documents (passport photo page / birth & marriage certificates, etc) were acceptable. If they needed to see the originals they would contact me. It's the getting the forms certified that was expensive - ?5 a pop, so with a family it soon adds up. Also, they were quite specific about who could certify the forms - no doctors or other 'professional' people that you can usually use to witness stuff, so we erred on the side of caution and got a solicitor to do - probably why it cost so much.

Hope this helps, if in doubt, give NZ House a call - even the most simplest of question I'm sure they've heard a hundred times before. :icon_wink:
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