Iranian Applicants

[childress_london 3]

Yeah it sounds ridiculous, so I'm not sure I believe that.

[gol_e_ehsan 0]

From what Ive heard its more like 6 months for the police certificate. I think youre ok, but you can call the embassy to be sure and have some piece of mind

1 or 2 months?! Are you kidding? Then does that mean the one I have isn't valid either? We got ours a couple weeks ago, but by the time May 19th rolls around, it'll have been roughly 2 months. Gr.

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

My husband said he doesn't want to go to the police dept to get the police record the next time we go to Iran because he has quite a list of infractions from when he was a teenager into his 20s. He's been arrested once or twice for having long hair, wearing jeans, wearing a big belt, being in a park, having a goatee without a mustache and to top it all off he once bought a girl he didn't know an ice cream cone while he was standing in line at an amusement park kiosk.

Gasp. He's a ruthless criminal I tell ya.

No wonder they don't insist on Iranians providing a police cert. Everyone has a record of Islamic dress code violations. Meanwhile, they just let the drug smugglers go after collecting a bribe. I tried to tell him it might make the visa process go faster but he worries they would try to prevent him from leaving Iran.

[childress_london 3]

Well so far from what I've heard, they are not even interested in looking at the police certificate even if you bring it to the interview. So I wouldn't even bother with it.

[nooshin 0]

hi, just through experience, While the police certificate is not required from Iranians, two of my friends have had their husbands/wives take their police certificates (soo-e-pishine) to the interview anyhow, notarized by the US consulate in the swiss embassy in Iran. It has HELPED... meaning neither of their spouses were put through AP, but I don't know how it works with Fiances. It's better to be safe than sorry though I think. I'm definitely making my husband take his police certificate to the interview....no questions asked.

That is such a good idea... thanks for the tip...