How many countries for a police clearance?

[linh1 0]

The instructions for Packet 3 CR-1 from BKK USCIS state:

"POLICE RECORDS: Each applicant aged 16 years or over is required to submit a certificate from the appropriate judicial or police authorities from the country of the applicant’s nationality or current residence." (My emphasis.)

I am a Vietnamese national who lived in Vietnam until I was 23 (2010), and since then I have been a Thai resident on a an unbroken, long-term O Non-IMM visa. The USCIS instructions seem to say that I would only need a Thai police clearance.

However, I have seen other things in print that say I should get a clearance from everywhere I have lived since I was 16. Which would mean both Thai and Vietnamese clearance is necessary.

It seems that the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok may not be helpful for getting Vietnamese clearance, so a trip to Saigon might be needed.

Does anyone know about this?

Linh

[Cathi 5,740]

you need police clearance certificates for any and all countries you lived in for 1 year or more from the age of 16 on

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[aaron2020 11,651]

You need police certificates from both countries.

You are misreading the sentence. It's not send a police certificate from the country of your national or current resident. It's send police RECORDS (emphasis on the "S" in records) from any of those places identified.

[dwheels76 5,468]

The instructions for Packet 3 CR-1 from BKK USCIS state:

"POLICE RECORDS: Each applicant aged 16 years or over is required to submit a certificate from the appropriate judicial or police authorities from the country of the applicant’s nationality or current residence." (My emphasis.)

I am a Vietnamese national who lived in Vietnam until I was 23 (2010), and since then I have been a Thai resident on a an unbroken, long-term O Non-IMM visa. The USCIS instructions seem to say that I would only need a Thai police clearance.

However, I have seen other things in print that say I should get a clearance from everywhere I have lived since I was 16. Which would mean both Thai and Vietnamese clearance is necessary.

It seems that the Vietnamese Embassy in Bangkok may not be helpful for getting Vietnamese clearance, so a trip to Saigon might be needed.

Does anyone know about this?

Linh

Might want to check it out. And also talk with people from your countries froum about this and how they obtained from abroad.

Justice Record Check #2 Now Required With Immigrant / Fiancé(e) Visa Application

Beginning November 1, 2012, all Immigrant Visa (IV) and Fiancé(e) applicants will now be required to present a Justice Record Check #2 (also known as Police Certificate #2) instead of Justice Record Check #1 as part of the immigrant visa application. Justice Record Check #2 will remain valid for one year for each visa applicant, 16 years or older. For more information on how to obtain a Justice Record Check #2, please see the reciprocity schedule at:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_5455.html?cid=8987