Hello,
I'm thinking seriously of joining the Army Reserve but I think I might fall at the first hurdle. I hold UK citizenship and have done since birth, but I've been living in Poland continuously since 2003 excluding 2007-9 when I was back. I know that potential recruits have to be cleared before they can join, but I don't know if there is any way for the MoD to do that for people in my position, who have almost no reference points in the UK in their recent backgrounds. My age is against me moving back to the UK to build up history, because I'll be 48 tomorrow. So if there is no procedure for running checks on me as the expatriate I am now, I think I'm stymied.
I have trawled this forum for answers but I haven't turned up anything pertinent and dating from not too long back. If I've missed information that is here, sorry for wasting your time, and I'll take the chiding that I'll deserve!
Thanks in advance for all replies.
I'm thinking seriously of joining the Army Reserve but I think I might fall at the first hurdle. I hold UK citizenship and have done since birth, but I've been living in Poland continuously since 2003 excluding 2007-9 when I was back. I know that potential recruits have to be cleared before they can join, but I don't know if there is any way for the MoD to do that for people in my position, who have almost no reference points in the UK in their recent backgrounds. My age is against me moving back to the UK to build up history, because I'll be 48 tomorrow. So if there is no procedure for running checks on me as the expatriate I am now, I think I'm stymied.
I have trawled this forum for answers but I haven't turned up anything pertinent and dating from not too long back. If I've missed information that is here, sorry for wasting your time, and I'll take the chiding that I'll deserve!
Thanks in advance for all replies.