New Criminal record check requirement for Healthcare/Edu

[rubyracer2]

From April 2017, any applicants applying for Tier2 clearance in the healthcare (NHS) and education sectors must produce a criminal record check from every country they have lived more than 12 months in the last 10 years.

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Applicants must provide a criminal record certificate from any country in which they have been resident for 12 months or more in the last 10 years unless they were 17 or under at the time that they lived in that country. The 12 month period will be calculated consecutively or cumulatively. For example, if an applicant has lived in a country for two separate periods of 6 months, then they will need to get a certificate from that country.

If the certificate is not in English, then the applicant must also provide a translation.

The certificate must be no more than 6 months old at the time that the application is submitted and must also be within any validity period expressly stated on the certificate itself.

[ozayh.malik]

This has only changed for the below SOC codes

From April 2017, Tier 2 visa applicants who are coming to work in one of the
following occupations will be required to provide a criminal record certificate:
1181 - Health services and public health managers and directors
1184 - Social services managers and directors
2211 - Medical practitioners
2212 - Psychologists
2213 - Pharmacists
2214 - Ophthalmic opticians
2215 - Dental practitioners
2217 - Medical radiographers
2218 - Podiatrists
2219 - Health professionals not elsewhere classified.
2221 - Physiotherapists
2222 - Occupational therapists
2223 - Speech and language therapists
2229 - Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified
2231 - Nurses
2232 - Midwives
2312 - Further education teaching professionals
2314 - Secondary education teaching professionals
2315 - Primary and nursery education teaching professionals
2316 - Special needs education teaching professionals
2317 - Senior professionals of educational establishments
2318 - Education advisers and school inspectors
2319 - Teaching and other educational professionals not elsewhere classified
2442 - Social workers
2443 - Probation officers
2449 - Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified

Thanks

[rubyracer2]

This has only changed for the below SOC codes

From April 2017, Tier 2 visa applicants who are coming to work in one of the
following occupations will be required to provide a criminal record certificate:
1181 - Health services and public health managers and directors
1184 - Social services managers and directors
2211 - Medical practitioners
2212 - Psychologists
2213 - Pharmacists
2214 - Ophthalmic opticians
2215 - Dental practitioners
2217 - Medical radiographers
2218 - Podiatrists
2219 - Health professionals not elsewhere classified.
2221 - Physiotherapists
2222 - Occupational therapists
2223 - Speech and language therapists
2229 - Therapy professionals not elsewhere classified
2231 - Nurses
2232 - Midwives
2312 - Further education teaching professionals
2314 - Secondary education teaching professionals
2315 - Primary and nursery education teaching professionals
2316 - Special needs education teaching professionals
2317 - Senior professionals of educational establishments
2318 - Education advisers and school inspectors
2319 - Teaching and other educational professionals not elsewhere classified
2442 - Social workers
2443 - Probation officers
2449 - Welfare professionals not elsewhere classified

Thanks

Hi Ozayh, thanks for the clarification. I'm currently in touch with the NHS and they told me it was for software developers too (SoC : 2136). Must have been wrong information then.

[ozayh.malik]

Actually, the SOC codes I have mentioned, My employer received them directly from the HO. My HR Manager forwarded me the file that is why I am sure it's only for the specific SOC codes. NHS should have the file as well I don't know how can I send you the file. Please ask them if they have received any email regarding this from HO because HO sent the SOC codes to every employer as per my knowledge.

Thanks