Work for Applicants

Useful Links

Obtaining a police check from your home country
Australia

We will require a National Police Clearance Certificate based on fingerprints and name check. Local police clearances are not acceptable. For further information contact:-

Australian Federal Police, Criminal Records Branch, Locked Bag 1, Weston ACT 2611, Australia Tel: (0) 2 6256 7777 or Fax: (0) 2 6287 0603 www.afp.gov.au then go to Employment & Services then go to Services

New Zealand

All the information and application forms are provided on www.justice.govt.nz. Click on “Information and Publications” and then select “Obtaining a Copy of Your Criminal Record” from the drop down menu. You must apply to the Ministry of Justice in writing by completing the appropriate form. You can download the form from the website or have it sent to you by writing to:

The Privacy Unit, Ministry of Justice, National Office, PO BOX 2750, Wellington, New Zealand Or by calling + 64 (4) 918 8800 or fax +64 (4) 918 8974

South Africa

Police clearance certificates can be applied for at any police station. Fingerprints will also be done there. The application form, together with fingerprints will then be forwarded to the Central Registry for processing. Contact your local police station for more information.

For other countries contact us or conduct a Google Search for information.

Obtaining a young working holiday-maker visa

If you are a young commonwealth citizen aged 30 or under you may be eligible to enter the UK as a working holidaymaker, provided you have not had a working holiday before and satisfy the certain criteria.

Go to www.ukvisas.gov.uk.

Click on “Do I need a UK Visa” and complete the three fields from the drop down menus.  You will then have access to the complete guidance on working holidaymakers and to the relevant visa application form: VAF1 2004.

Obtaining an ancestry visa

If you have or had UK grandparents then you may be entitled to enter and work in the UK by virtue of an ancestry visa.

Go to www.ukvisas.gov.uk.

Click on “Do I need a UK Visa” and complete the three fields from the drop down menus.  You will then have access to the complete guidance on ancestry visas and to the relevant visa application form: VAF1 2004.

The UK Visas Website also has links to the UK Home Office Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Transport
Airports
Buses to and from Oxford / Central London
Buses to and from Heathrow & Gatwick Airports / Oxford

For timetables, fares, etc. go to: www.oxfordbus.co.uk or www.stagecoachbus.com/oxfordshire.

Cheap Flights
Nationwide & European Coach Travel
Nationwide Train Travel
Accommodation
Oxford Youth Hostel, 2a Botley Road, Oxford, OX2 OAB

Reasonably priced shared accommodation (singles more expensive) with very good cooked breakfast.

Backpackers Hostel, 9a Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EW

Cheap but lively and popular with young backpackers and students.

Other Oxford Accommodation
National & Worldwide Accommodation
Maps

Enter a UK postcode into any of the following sites and you will get a map of the area:
maps.google.co.uk, www.multimap.co.uk or www.streetmap.co.uk.

Other useful sites
Telephone
Embassy details in UK Dial codes from UK
Australian High Commission 0207 379 4334 Australia 00 61
New Zealand High Commission 0207 930 8422 New Zealand 00 64
South African High Commission 0207 451 7299 South Africa 00 27
Operators  
International Operator 155 UK Operator 100

EMERGENCY : FIRE, POLICE, AMBULANCE : 999

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