STILL NOT GOT POLICE RECORD FROM KENYA!

[goldie 0]

i slowly start to be afraid what i will do,if i dont get it. what, if it is lost? they seem to be totaly in a mess there.. i called several times the kenya consulate in switzerland, and they promise me always the same, they will ask, they will call, but nothing is going on. i tried to call myself, but the lady there kept telling me i should pass there at the office by myself..!!! i tried to explain her, that i call from switzelrand, europe... that si cant just pass by!! she continued telling me, i should just pass by! and she got impationed as well... what can i say. what will happen, if i dont get the record? and i go for the interview? guess i dont geth the visa, right? i really dont know what to do......

[aussiewench 9]

So you sent a written request plus fingerprints to the Criminal Investigations Department in Nairobi? On the reciprocity site it states only 2-4 weeks so your wait of even 3 months seems an awfully long time. I am thinking maybe it is lost and never reached there. Perhaps sending it again might be the best. Do you have an interview date yet? If you have the interview before you get the police certificate, your visa wont be issued until you submit it, but you will get it if otherwise approved.

[goldie 0]

So you sent a written request plus fingerprints to the Criminal Investigations Department in Nairobi? On the reciprocity site it states only 2-4 weeks so your wait of even 3 months seems an awfully long time. I am thinking maybe it is lost and never reached there. Perhaps sending it again might be the best. Do you have an interview date yet? If you have the interview before you get the police certificate, your visa wont be issued until you submit it, but you will get it if otherwise approved.

i just was on the phone with the kenyan embassy of swiss again, the guy told me he called again, its not even lost, they just bloody need endless time to do it. to say the truth, they really give a ###### on timelines or what they promise.. its africa.. sorry but its a fact. i stayed there for 10 years... all i can do is to push the guy at the embassy and call him daily.. its a headache. i havent got yet the interviev, the NOA 2 has just been issued on the 1. of may, but i will feel a whole lot better if i get the record soon.... not on the last minute...thanks

[asante 0]

Am very familiar with Kenya,lived there over 20 years and the best thing to do is not to ask for this report from the HQ CID offices where they are very busy. Try a smaller office and you will likely get it quicker.

Also, be friendly to ONE person and work with a specific contact.Surely if you lived there for 10 years you must know someone who can go there personally to talk to a live person and follow it up for you.Just send them a letter and introduce the person or call them if they doubt it.

Making distant calls especially from abroad will delay you further and further.

Thats how things work there.