Security Industry Authority
If you are applying for an SIA licence and you live overseas, or you have spent 6 continuous months or more outside the UK, you must provide evidence of a criminal record check from the relevant country or countries. The checks must cover the 5 years prior to your application.
If you cannot give us evidence of a criminal record check, you can ask us for an exception. If we approve your request for an exception we will ask you to provide a sworn oath and a character reference instead. You should provide these using the document on this page.
We only approve exceptions if you cannot get a check from an official source. We will not accept a sworn oath or character reference from you unless we have already approved your overseas criminality exception request.