Need Advice From Any Serving Gardai

Jay Landsman

Hello,

I am in the process of trying to acquire a police letter of good conduct from abroad. However they will not send it to me directly but want a local law enforcement agency to receive it on my behalf and confirm my identity in their presence before handing it to me. I went to my local Garda station and asked the Garda if they would receive it on my behalf and he told me they don't do this. Can any serving Gardai advise me how I might go about resolving this issue please as it is essential I receive this clearance certificate for a my new job.

Jay Landsman

cushtac

Gardaí are not going to do this as to do so would imply that they have guaranteed it's authenticity. See if they'll send it to their embassy or consulate here.

discus

Hey J,

I'm having a similar problem. The foreign government I'm applying to can't go through the Garda Vetting Bureau. Neither can they get one for the foreign visas. It's ridiculous, all they want is a piece of paper saying no current convictions or warrants!

source

discus wrote: »

Hey J,

I'm having a similar problem. The foreign government I'm applying to can't go through the Garda Vetting Bureau. Neither can they get one for the foreign visas. It's ridiculous, all they want is a piece of paper saying no current convictions or warrants!

Discus you're looking for a police clearance cert, which is for naturalisation to a foreign country or for adoption purposes. Itbasically states that you have no convictions or warrants, you can get the form for it through your local Garda district HQ.

The op is having a problem in that a foreign police force wants to send something similar to him but wants to do it through An Garda Siochana which is something that is not done.

cushtac

discus wrote: »

Hey J,

I'm having a similar problem. The foreign government I'm applying to can't go through the Garda Vetting Bureau. Neither can they get one for the foreign visas. It's ridiculous, all they want is a piece of paper saying no current convictions or warrants!

The Garda Vetting Unit will only supply information to organisations that have registered with it, and only then on receipt of a signed official consent form. They don't deal with individuals and are quite specific about this on their portion of the Garda site.

All of this is in the FAQs on the Garda website, if people would bother to take the time to look.

Leo Demidov

Theres nothing in the post that you highlighted to suggest that the poster didnt read the FAQ's.:o

cushtac

wexfjord wrote: »

Theres nothing in the post that you highlighted to suggest that the poster didnt read the FAQ's.:o

He said the foreign government couldn't get clearance for a visa. The FAQs tell you exactly how to go about getting a clearance certificate for foreign residency applications.

PappaBoy

To be fair Gardaí, technology, internet, website and use in the same sentance dont really spring into most peoples thuought process...

Same for alot of the public service I'm afraid.

cushtac

Put 'Garda Vetting' into Google and you'd get pretty much the same info from the citizens information website. It's not hard, to be fair.

Paulzx

PappaBoy wrote: »

To be fair Gardaí, technology, internet, website and use in the same sentance dont really spring into most peoples thuought process...

Same for alot of the public service I'm afraid.

Irish Economy Forum this way >>>>>>>>>>>>>>:mad:

Leo Demidov

cushtac wrote: »

He said the foreign government couldn't get clearance for a visa. The FAQs tell you exactly how to go about getting a clearance certificate for foreign residency applications.

I'm sure he said "cant" and not "couldnt", still nothing to imply that research was not done. Regarding your Google comment, again a little irrelevant as neither of us know how much research this person has done. (That poster may well be the guy that looks after the FAQs on garda.ie, doesnt change the facts as presented in his post, assuming its a he)


I'm being pedantic rather than confrontational and our te ta te will achieve little bar entertain the masses. Knowing your background and good standing, i'm sure you'll concur.

Shield

wexfjord wrote: »

I'm being pedantic

Yes you are, so please give it a rest?

deadwood

wexfjord wrote: »

I'm being pedantic rather than confrontational and our te ta te will achieve little bar entertain the masses. Knowing your background and good standing, i'm sure you'll concur.

Surely a pedant would engage in a tête-à-tête?:D

Leo Demidov

psni wrote: »

Yes you are, so please give it a rest?

I fully intend to, thanks for the advice.

Does that apply to all pedants?

Shield

wexfjord wrote: »

I fully intend to, thanks for the advice.

Does that apply to all pedants?

It wasn't advice, it was a request.

Yes, it applies to all who have nothing to contribute to the OP's query.

tfitzgerald

jesus the op is looking for advice and he is getting this waffle ,should have ,why dont you ,google this and that, phek sake if he wanted a sermon he would have gone to mass. if there is anyone out there who can give him a piece of advice like he needs and wants please do so

Hooch

tfitzgerald wrote: »

jesus the op is looking for advice and he is getting this waffle

Then stop waffling if you have nothing to add. This has been covered my a moderator....

tfitzgerald

nice guy always wrote: »

Then stop waffling if you have nothing to add. This has been covered my a moderator....

see what i mean about useless advice its like yahoo answers

gerire

tfitzgerald wrote: »

jesus the op is looking for advice ........ if there is anyone out there who can give him a piece of advice like he needs and wants please do so

see what i mean about useless advice its like yahoo answers

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cushtac wrote: »

Gardaí are not going to do this as to do so would imply that they have guaranteed it's authenticity. See if they'll send it to their embassy or consulate here.

Surely the embassy/consulate of this country will be used to this and will be able to offer the correct advice;
I could not see any station doing this for the OP unless they knew someone in the job and even then

discus

Have it sorted now. No, it's not being done through the central vetting unit. Nor is it the naturalisation one. It's a just a police reference. Got a Garda to do it for me. Just says no convictions, warrents and he's a nice lad.

wexfjord wrote:

Theres nothing in the post that you highlighted to suggest that the poster didnt read the FAQ's.

cushtac wrote:

He said the foreign government couldn't get clearance for a visa. The FAQs tell you exactly how to go about getting a clearance certificate for foreign residency applications.

It's not for residency, I didn't say it was. It's just a job.