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Straight answers, with the source behind each one

The questions we get asked every week, answered properly and checked against SIA guidance.

£204SIA fee for one licence
three yearsA licence lasts this long
at least 12 monthsFirst aid must have this left to run

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Every regulated answer carries the guidance it comes from and the date we last checked it. If the SIA changes a rule, the answer changes with it.

Lived abroad?

Overseas criminal record checks, country by country

If you have spent six continuous months or more in the last ten years or more in another country as an adult, the SIA wants a certificate from there. Pick the country for what to get and where.

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Ask Brian, our digital SIA trainer, and he will answer from the same checked guidance. Anything he cannot answer reaches a person the same working day.

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