Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

This option is for applicants who live in the United Kingdom; please keep in mind that you will require a passport and the system will use a postcode checker to authenticate your address.

1) The first step is to pay for your DBS. Please log into your MyApplication portal to make the payment, the cost is £56.73 - more information can be found here.

2) Once payment has been received, we'll set up your online DBS application and you'll recieve the log-in details by email.

3) You will be automatically set up with a Digital ID check application, your ID will be checked digitally (you must download a digitial ID app), and the check will cost £5, which will be paid directly through the online application. 

The Digital ID check is the quickest and most cost-effective way to check your DBS application ID and the option we recommend. However, you can opt out of this service inside the application; please email dbs@brunel.ac.uk if you want to change your ID checking option to a Virtual ID check or a face to face ID check at the Post Office. (More information about these options will be provided on the application form itself).

This option is for applicants who do not live in the UK. You must complete your DBS application through a professional verifier ID check in your home country, prior to your arrival in the UK.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: You cannot complete your ID check via this method once you arrive in the UK.

If you have not completed the application and ID check prior to your arrival in the UK your registration will be delayed. You will need proof of residency in the UK and this can take weeks to obtain! Please contact dbs@brunel.ac.uk before you travel to check you have completed the necessary registration requirements. 

1) The first step is to pay for your DBS, the cost is £58.67, more information can be found here.

2) Once payment has been received we will initiate your DBS application and send you online log in information. Complete your application online and choose your ID as part of the application.

3) Then print off the online identity verification form and take the form along with your ID documents to a professional person in your home country i.e. a Police Officer, Solicitor, Doctor, Justice of the Peace, Legal Executive, Warrant Officer, Police Officer, Teacher, University Lecturer, Barrister, Chartered Accountant, Local Councillor, Member of Parliament. The professional person may charge an additional fee for this service. The professional person will complete the identity check form confirming your identity using your original ID.

4) You then need to email. the completed form to the Admissions Office at Brunel University of London.  Once received, we will verify this information and then release the application to the DBS.

Care of address

If you complete the application late in the summer you may wish to use Brunel as your care of address. This means that your completed certificate will be sent to the Admissions Office, instead of your home address, you can select this option in the care of address section in your DBS application.