If you are from one of the countries listed above and Police Registration is a condition of your visa, you will require a Police Registration Certificate. If you are required to register, the condition is likely to be printed on your UK Entry Clearance Vignette (yellow sticker in your passport). Alternatively, if you have been granted leave to remain following an application made in the UK, it may be printed on your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). If you completed a paper-based immigration application form (rather than an online one) the condition will be included in your letter from the Home Office and not on your visa. If in doubt, please contact isscompliance@qub.ac.uk.

Police Registrations have now finished on the Queen’s campus and will resume across October and November 2022. Please note that you do not need to register within 7 days of arriving on campus. We have a special arrangement in place with the Police and will touch with you nearer to the time inviting you to book an appointment. 

If you require a completely new Police Registration certificate before this, you can obtain one at the Strand Road Police Station in Derry/Londonderry. Alternatively, you can call the below telephone number or send an email and the Lisburn Road Police Station will arrange to see students in small groups or personally in emergencies:

• Telephone number: 028 9065 0222 - Extension (22102)
• Email: InternationalVisitorRegistrationOffice@psni.pnn.police.uk

Please cite your full name and preferred contact email address & telephone number.

* Please note if you need to make a change to your current Police Registration certificate you will not need to pay for a new one. This can simply be updated at your local Police station. Details on how to do this can be viewed under the 'Registration Certificate Updates' section below.

When you register with the police, it is VERY IMPORTANT that you take the following items with you to your appointment:

You will need to bring with you on the day:
1. £34 in cash - card is not accepted (the exact amount in cash is required) 
2. 2 x passport sized photographs

Please bring both photocopies and the originals of the below documents:
1. Passport (photo page of passport)
2. Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) - (front and back)
3. UK Entry Clearance Vignette - page of your passport containing the date stamp that you received when you landed at the UK airport

You will need to be able to cite the below information to the Police:

1. Confirmation of your UK address
You will need to bring with you a copy of one of the following documents with your name on it and your current UK address including block / room number:

• Original accommodation contact
• Utility Bill

If you require proof of address and you are residing in QUB accommodation you can request a proof of resident letter. Please email accommodation@qub.ac.uk to request the forms required to submit this request.

Once completed, please send your form through to the relevant email address outlined below:
Elms BT9: accommodation@qub.ac.uk 
BT1: accommodationelmsbt1@qub.ac.uk 
BT2: accommodationelmsbt2@qub.ac.uk

Your letter can be collected from the respective site reception. Please note that this process takes approximately 24 hours.

If you are residing in private accommodation you can request this information from your landlord or provide a copy of your tenancy agreement to evidence your address.

2. The full title of your course of study at Queen's University Belfast

If you have not yet received your BRP card please let the International Visitor Registration officers know when registering your details.

You will not incur any penalties as long as you have got in touch to register your information within 21 days of arriving in Northern Ireland.

You will be required to update your existing Police Registration Certificate if you:
1. Change your UK address
2. Extend your current visa
3. Acquire a new visa
4. Change university
5. Renew your passport
6. Get married
7. If any of the other details on your certificate have changed

Please note that no fee will be incurred to update your Police Registration Certificate.

To make a registration certificate update you will need to present:

1. Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) 
2. Proof of your UK address

You will need to bring with you a copy of one of the following documents with your name on it and your current UK address including block / room number:

• Original accommodation contact
• Utility Bill

If you require proof of address and you are residing in QUB accommodation you can request a proof of resident letter. Please email accommodation@qub.ac.uk to request the forms required to submit this request.

Once completed, please send your form through to the relevant email address outlined below:
Elms BT9: accommodation@qub.ac.uk 
BT1: accommodationelmsbt1@qub.ac.uk 
BT2: accommodationelmsbt2@qub.ac.uk

Your letter can be collected from the respective site reception. Please note that this process takes approximately 24 hours.

If you are residing in private accommodation you can request this information from your landlord or provide a copy of your tenancy agreement to evidence your address.

3. Original Police Registration Certificate (PRC)
- if in receipt of this.

Please attend any operational police station where updates can be provided by staff at the front desk.