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Sworn oath and character reference: forms and guidance

Fill in these forms if the SIA has granted your overseas criminality exception request.

• From: Security Industry Authority
• Published: 23 November 2020
• Last updated: 27 September 2021 — See all updates

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Sworn Oath and Character Reference Forms and Guidance

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If you are applying for an SIA licence and you live overseas, or you have spent six continuous months or more outside the UK, you must provide evidence of a criminal record check from the relevant country or countries. The checks need to cover the five 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 we will ask you to provide a sworn oath and a character reference instead.

Use the ‘Sworn Oath and Character Reference Forms and Guidance’ to do this.

We will not accept a sworn oath or character reference from you unless we have already approved your overseas criminality exception request.

Published 23 November 2020
Last updated 27 September 2021 + show all updates

1. 27 September 2021

   Updated the document so that it is clearer on the types of people who can provide character references.

2. 23 November 2020

   First published.