Police certificates

[OsLoraTamm 0]

Hi everyone.......Our journey has been very long and difficult....we finally have gotten to the embassy stage......but the issue is that the mail in Peru sucks.......The embassy mailed his instruction letter over 2 weeks ago and he still has not recieved it....I have all of our forms completed...all of our evidence together....the state department told me the interview date as April 1....but we need the info for the medical which is 3 doctor's in Lima and the police certificates.....which is also in Lima....this is what I do not understand....why are we getting police, judical certificates from Lima when he has never lived there....since 2000 he has lived in Arequipa and from 1994 to 2000 in Cusco......We have the embassy keep telling us we need to wait for the letter.......but it has never come....help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited March 13, 2008 by OsLoraTamm

[payxibka 10,047]

Hi everyone.......Our journey has been very long and difficult....we finally have gotten to the embassy stage......but the issue is that the mail in Peru sucks.......The embassy mailed his instruction letter over 2 weeks ago and he still has not recieved it....I have all of our forms completed...all of our evidence together....the state department told me the interview date as April 1....but we need the info for the medical which is 3 doctor's in Lima and the police certificates.....which is also in Lima....this is what I do not understand....why are we getting police, judical certificates from Lima when he has never lived there....since 2000 he has lived in Arequipa and from 1994 to 2000 in Cusco......We have the embassy keep telling us we need to wait for the letter.......but it has never come....help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They say this because:

Police Records

Police records (Certificado de Antecedentes Policiales) are available to applicants over the age of 16, and are issued on green paper with the heading “Policia Nacional del Peru, Division de Identificacion, Certificado de Antecedentes Policiales”. The applicant's photo is attached to the certificate. Applicants without criminal records will have "No Registra Antecedentes" printed on the form. A negative certificate does not necessarily mean the subject has no police record, since police records may be deleted upon completion of sentence. A police record may be issued to residents or non-residents upon application to Policia de Investigaciones del Peru. Division de Identificacion, Av. Aramburu No. 550, Lima 34, Lima. The applicant must first request a fingerprint chart (ficha de canje internacional) and provide one photo. Processing time is normally three days. There is a small fee.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3649.html

[Gringita/Morenito 0]

Hi everyone.......Our journey has been very long and difficult....we finally have gotten to the embassy stage......but the issue is that the mail in Peru sucks.......The embassy mailed his instruction letter over 2 weeks ago and he still has not recieved it....I have all of our forms completed...all of our evidence together....the state department told me the interview date as April 1....but we need the info for the medical which is 3 doctor's in Lima and the police certificates.....which is also in Lima....this is what I do not understand....why are we getting police, judical certificates from Lima when he has never lived there....since 2000 he has lived in Arequipa and from 1994 to 2000 in Cusco......We have the embassy keep telling us we need to wait for the letter.......but it has never come....help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He can go to the embassy and request a copy of the packet at window 14 between 9 and 10 am local time in Lima. It is very common that the packets don't make it through the mail. If it has been two weeks it is way too long.

He will need the letter from the embassy to do a lot of the things he needs to do. And not to freak you out but there is not a lot of time to do all that needs to be done. It takes a while, and somethings take longer than others. The Certificado de Antecedentes Judiciales (a nivel nacional) can take quite some time, especially if he has not been living in Lima. Some are told 5 days, others 10, and at least one couple on VJ waited 15.

[BRIAN AND ISA 0]

From what I remember there is a national background check and local ones as well. The national one can only be done in Lima. Let us know if you need any more help and congratulations.

[Gringita/Morenito 0]

Hi everyone.......Our journey has been very long and difficult....we finally have gotten to the embassy stage......but the issue is that the mail in Peru sucks.......The embassy mailed his instruction letter over 2 weeks ago and he still has not recieved it....I have all of our forms completed...all of our evidence together....the state department told me the interview date as April 1....but we need the info for the medical which is 3 doctor's in Lima and the police certificates.....which is also in Lima....this is what I do not understand....why are we getting police, judical certificates from Lima when he has never lived there....since 2000 he has lived in Arequipa and from 1994 to 2000 in Cusco......We have the embassy keep telling us we need to wait for the letter.......but it has never come....help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh I just re-read your post. The certificates are not actually covering Lima. They are the national level, covering the entire country. The offices are just located in Lima. Unfortunatly.

[OsLoraTamm 0]

Hi everyone.......Our journey has been very long and difficult....we finally have gotten to the embassy stage......but the issue is that the mail in Peru sucks.......The embassy mailed his instruction letter over 2 weeks ago and he still has not recieved it....I have all of our forms completed...all of our evidence together....the state department told me the interview date as April 1....but we need the info for the medical which is 3 doctor's in Lima and the police certificates.....which is also in Lima....this is what I do not understand....why are we getting police, judical certificates from Lima when he has never lived there....since 2000 he has lived in Arequipa and from 1994 to 2000 in Cusco......We have the embassy keep telling us we need to wait for the letter.......but it has never come....help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh I just re-read your post. The certificates are not actually covering Lima. They are the national level, covering the entire country. The offices are just located in Lima. Unfortunatly.

thanks for the info....I think he is going to Lima this week to get all of his papers and medical hopefully....It is a 14 hour bus trip for him........this is oh so wonderful for the U.S. government to require all of this in 2 weeks......I am glad for the short wait but the rest is not easy for him......Oh well....I have learned one thing........Nothing worth anything is easy......So Oscar and I together should be golden after 10 1/2 months of waiting.....thanks......Lora

[Kenny y Elvira 0]

That are crazy thing in the Peruvian burocratic, be pacient.

[Shannon and David 0]

Hi!

So I'm confused... the travel.state.gov site says that he needs the Certificado de Antecedentes Policiales... here Gringita says that we need the Certificado de Antecedentes Judiciales! He was able to get the Certificado in his hometown; they're sending it to Lima. Should we be doing this a different way?

Help!!!