foreign police certificate

[inlovewetrust 0]

i'm about to have my interview at the embassy, on 9 days, here in peru. i lived in spain on 2003 for 12 months and don't know exactly about the police records, i'm not sure how long does it take for the embassy to give me the document that says i don't have any. i'll send a letter tomorrow but i'm worried cause i'm not sure if i'll have them in time and if that would be a problem

i lived in USA too, for around 12 months, from 2006 till 2007 and i thought they wouldn't need the clear records from that period cause the consulate should have that info already.

please some help! my interview is soooo soon!

thanks!

[Shannon and David 0]

Hi,

Yep, you'll need the police certificates from all the places that you've lived for 12 months or more since you were 16. It might take a while to get the documents... You'll have to check out the travel.state.gov site for reciprocity agreements with the different countries.

Here's the one for Spain. http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3673.html

I don't know what you would do for US records... hmmm??

Yes, it will be a problem if you don't have the records. Your visa probably wouldn't be approved on the spot if you don't have them. There is another Peruvian couple on this site that had to wait to get their visa until his police certificate from Mexico came in. They still went to the interview and eventually got the visa, but it was delayed.

Hope this helps!

Besos, S

[Shannon and David 0]

Hi,

Yep, you'll need the police certificates from all the places that you've lived for 12 months or more since you were 16. It might take a while to get the documents... You'll have to check out the travel.state.gov site for reciprocity agreements with the different countries.

Here's the one for Spain. http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3673.html

I don't know what you would do for US records... hmmm??

Yes, it will be a problem if you don't have the records. Your visa probably wouldn't be approved on the spot if you don't have them. There is another Peruvian couple on this site that had to wait to get their visa until his police certificate from Mexico came in. They still went to the interview and eventually got the visa, but it was delayed.

Hope this helps!

Besos, S

FaSa2008 is the name of the couple. You could check out her page for what this process is like.

[Gringita/Morenito 0]

i'm about to have my interview at the embassy, on 9 days, here in peru. i lived in spain on 2003 for 12 months and don't know exactly about the police records, i'm not sure how long does it take for the embassy to give me the document that says i don't have any. i'll send a letter tomorrow but i'm worried cause i'm not sure if i'll have them in time and if that would be a problem

i lived in USA too, for around 12 months, from 2006 till 2007 and i thought they wouldn't need the clear records from that period cause the consulate should have that info already.

please some help! my interview is soooo soon!

thanks!

You can check out here on this link, your time in the US will not need a police certificate.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/in...195.html#police

Police Certificates from Spain are available and necessary. The link Shannon gave is perfect for finding what you need

I think if it were me I would request the Spain certificate right away and then if it is not in in time go ahead and go to the interview and let them know it has not arrived yet. It will delay a bit you but as long as everything else is in order they will just issue you a yellow slip with instructions on how to send back the certificate (and passport) to the embassy via DHL. After reviewing and finding all in order, the passport with the VISA will be sent back to the DHL office for you to retreive. Once the certificate is sent to them it is really only a matter of 2-3 additional days so while frustrating not too bad.

We had a delayed Peru certificate, and even with 2 holidays in the week we had the VISA 7 days after the interview.

Best of luck!

Sam