Police Certificates

[Dwarf_Ogress 0]

Gosh, I hope Marlon gets his soon but considering the Jamaican postal service add an extra 2 or 3 weeks to that 40 days!

[esmp 1]

I went to the local police station on the 19th April and my certificate was sent to me last week. Presuming it is the right one (blue bar at top and bottom saying no details of wrongdoings held in the West yorkshire police database or words to that effect?)

The local bobby did say that it would be best to pay with cash as cheques/postal orders add to the time it takes due to clearing etc. So anyone who has not requested one yet might want to consider paying cash.

Thought it might be a bit helpful.

Emma

[Dan&Tiffany 0]

Update: exactly 40 days, Dan got his police cert today.

[Dwarf_Ogress 0]

Update: exactly 40 days, Dan got his police cert today.

That means Marlon should be getting his soon. What date did you order it? (Sorry, I don't feel like doing the math! lol)

[Dan&Tiffany 0]

Update: exactly 40 days, Dan got his police cert today.

That means Marlon should be getting his soon. What date did you order it? (Sorry, I don't feel like doing the math! lol)

Well...27th or 28th of April he says. Of course this was AFTER they gave him the wrong form to fill out and getting it returned with the right form.

[Dwarf_Ogress 0]

Update: exactly 40 days, Dan got his police cert today.

That means Marlon should be getting his soon. What date did you order it? (Sorry, I don't feel like doing the math! lol)

Well...27th or 28th of April he says. Of course this was AFTER they gave him the wrong form to fill out and getting it returned with the right form.

That's around the same time Marlon requested his. Thanks and good luck!

[Converse34 1]

Conrad just did his today. He was fluffing around with it for a couple of weeks and we had a few road blocks. He took it to his doctor to sign only to be told a few days later when he went to collect that this doctor didn't know him and his old doctor was no longer in practice. So he managed to get a solictor he knew to sign - but it took him all day to track him down. Then our local police station was supposed to be open until 8pm, but was closed at 4pm! He finally got it in today after waiting over an hour to hand it in... I wish we would done it much sooner, oh well!!

[Dan&Tiffany 0]

Update: exactly 40 days, Dan got his police cert today.

That means Marlon should be getting his soon. What date did you order it? (Sorry, I don't feel like doing the math! lol)

Well...27th or 28th of April he says. Of course this was AFTER they gave him the wrong form to fill out and getting it returned with the right form.

That's around the same time Marlon requested his. Thanks and good luck!

Good luck to you, too, FM. Seems they do tend to ride out that whole 40 days, or most of it, anyways.

[TimsDaisy 0]

Just reviving this old one to add data to it: Tim got his police cert in the mail sometime over the weekend while he was away. So it took about 38-41 days (not sure which day it came in out of the stack of mail waiting for) after the May 9 date in his confirmation receipt. And it took a few weeks to get THAT receipt that started the 40 day clock.

I think it's advisable, if you're a non-VSC filer, to send away for that puppy once you hit day 60 or so of the NOA2 wait time. They definitely take their full allowed time to get it back!

[Mags 112]

Just reviving this old one to add data to it: Tim got his police cert in the mail sometime over the weekend while he was away. So it took about 38-41 days (not sure which day it came in out of the stack of mail waiting for) after the May 9 date in his confirmation receipt. And it took a few weeks to get THAT receipt that started the 40 day clock.

I think it's advisable, if you're a non-VSC filer, to send away for that puppy once you hit day 60 or so of the NOA2 wait time. They definitely take their full allowed time to get it back!

I've always maintained in any of my police certificate posts that you should allow at least 8 weeks for this.

[TimsDaisy 0]

Just reviving this old one to add data to it: Tim got his police cert in the mail sometime over the weekend while he was away. So it took about 38-41 days (not sure which day it came in out of the stack of mail waiting for) after the May 9 date in his confirmation receipt. And it took a few weeks to get THAT receipt that started the 40 day clock.

I think it's advisable, if you're a non-VSC filer, to send away for that puppy once you hit day 60 or so of the NOA2 wait time. They definitely take their full allowed time to get it back!

I've always maintained in any of my police certificate posts that you should allow at least 8 weeks for this.

[rebeccajo 14]

Just reviving this old one to add data to it: Tim got his police cert in the mail sometime over the weekend while he was away. So it took about 38-41 days (not sure which day it came in out of the stack of mail waiting for) after the May 9 date in his confirmation receipt. And it took a few weeks to get THAT receipt that started the 40 day clock.

I think it's advisable, if you're a non-VSC filer, to send away for that puppy once you hit day 60 or so of the NOA2 wait time. They definitely take their full allowed time to get it back!

A UK police certificate will be accepted at the London consulate as long as it is less than 12 months old. Many beneficiaries order them well in advance of the petition filing.

[featherB 1]

Just reviving this old one to add data to it: Tim got his police cert in the mail sometime over the weekend while he was away. So it took about 38-41 days (not sure which day it came in out of the stack of mail waiting for) after the May 9 date in his confirmation receipt. And it took a few weeks to get THAT receipt that started the 40 day clock.

I think it's advisable, if you're a non-VSC filer, to send away for that puppy once you hit day 60 or so of the NOA2 wait time. They definitely take their full allowed time to get it back!

A UK police certificate will be accepted at the London consulate as long as it is less than 12 months old. Many beneficiaries order them well in advance of the petition filing.

I was going to say... for K-1s (and, I think, K-3s, although I'm a bit hazier about their timelines and have no real idea about the timelines for other visa types!), at least, you might just as well apply for the thing not long after sending the I-129F off (y'know, when you're just itching to feel like SOMETHING is happening - having your police certificate arrive midway through the wait for NOA2 feels like you're achieving something!)... unless something goes very wrong, it's not going to expire by the time you get your interview, and it's one less thing you need to worry about when you're preparing to send off Packet 3. You might want all the financial stuff to be much more recent at the time of the interview, but a police certificate that's a few months old is (as far as I'm aware) just as good as one issued a few weeks before the interview.

I think I sent off for mine about a month after we filed... it arrived waaaay before I needed it, but hey, its arrival was a little milestone that broke up the 'waiting for NOA2' monotony!

Edited June 19, 2007 by featherB

[JandC 0]

I received my police cert yesterday.....it took exactly 40 days.

[Dan&Tiffany 0]

I received my police cert yesterday.....it took exactly 40 days.

Haha - same as ours (taking 40 days.) Nothing like riding it out until the last possible minute. Well, glad you got it!