Police checks and working with children checks

[fatgirlslim]

I am in SA and currently undergoing ICSI #1

I was HORRIFIED when they handed me a stat. dec to gt signed by a JP saying that I'd never been convicted of a crime yadda, yadda...

My thoughts went directly to the 16 year old girls that I see wandering the streets in the city asking for money... pushing 2 kids in a pram and one on the way...

Seriously...

[JBF]

Yes it is a little insulting. I have to say I am one of those who believes that if there were some way to have everyone get a license to have a child then we should however until this happens it is blatant discrimination to ask one section of the population to undergo police checks and working with children checks before they have there own child.

I can also understand that if you were giving a child up for adoption you would want to know that these sorts of check were being done on those adopting the child but this has already been happening for some time.

[JBF]

the most annoying thing is until I get them check doen for the UK I cant have any more treatment. I was supposed to have a FET this month but will have to wait. I am still not very good with the abbreviations FET is frozen embryo transfer right?

[Loula]

the most annoying thing is until I get them check doen for the UK I cant have any more treatment. I was supposed to have a FET this month but will have to wait. I am still not very good with the abbreviations FET is frozen embryo transfer right?

I know how frustrating waiting for a cycle is i had to wait till after i had some surgery once and that was 10mths! I sometimes wonder if you should just give them the Aus PC and wait and see if they ask for the UK one and if they do just say oh its coming, i also wonder if you can give them a receipt number and tell them that it is being processed?

With regards to FET yes you are correct

[JBF]

I am going to try and go ahead next month regardless. My friend in London said she would try and get the forms for me today.

I have to admit it feels a bit weird lining up to have more IVF. Not sure how I am going to juggle it all. It was pretty hard last time.

[MummaSue]

Perhaps try the Australian Immigration website as they have a list of all the contacts around the world to get your police check done - individual police stations don't do them, there is a central police checking place in the UK (I had to do this to get permanent residency just last year from here).

Actually, I'll give you the link -

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/char...cter-penal.pdf

It also tells you what you need to send off to get your police check.

S xx

[JBF]

Thank you so much for that, I have just managed to download the forms this should make it a lot easier. Now I just have remember all the addresses of the places I lived in over that 4 year period!