Migrants who come to Britain to live or work must prove they have not committed a crime in the previous ten years under new measures to tighten up the nation ’ s borders . Foreigners from outside the EU will be forced to provide a criminal records certificate from their home country before being given a visa to enter the UK , the Mail can reveal . Ministers hope to bolster existing checks to prevent serious and violent criminals from being allowed to enter the UK . Tighter measures : Migrants who come to Britain to live or work must prove they have not committed a crime in the previous ten years under new measures to tighten up the nation ’ s borders . Under the scheme , which will begin to be rolled-out in the summer , non-EU migrants wanting to move to Britain to live or work will be compelled to produce a certificate from the authorities in any country they have resided in the previous decade . This would disclose whether they had a clean criminal record or had committed offences . A Home Office spokesman said : ‘ This power will enable us to require those applying for a visa to provide a criminal record certificate covering the last ten years – an additional tool to help stop criminals from coming to our country. ’ Some 1.9million people arriving on visitor visas , or those from 56 countries and territories which do not need visas , will not need to provide their criminal histories because this would be ‘ disproportionate ’ in terms of time , cost and bureaucracy . The system will also exempt under-18s , asylum seekers and those people where it is not ‘ reasonably practicable ’ . Tougher stance : Foreigners from outside the EU will be forced to provide a criminal records certificate from their home country before being given a visa to enter the UK .
Foreigners outside EU will be forced to provide criminal records certificate . Ministers hope to bolster checks to keep out serious and violent criminals . The new system will exempt under-18s and asylum seekers .