Missing Police Certificate at time of interview

[vanessa-john 0]

Hi,

I am new here, I hope you can help me. I am an Aruban citizen.

My American fiance filed an I-129F on my behalf in May. We were approved in September. On September 16th, we received a letter from the NVC saying they would send the application to the Embassy in Caracas within a week and that I would receive a packet with instructions from them. When a month passed and I had not received anything, I emailed the Embassy and received a reply the day after, telling me my appointment for my interview would be 3 weeks later and a whole list of documents I needed to bring with me.

I have been stressing and running, trying to get everything in order, but I am pretty certain I am not going to get my Police Certificate for the 9 years I lived in the Netherlands in time for the interview. All my other documents are in order.

Should I email the embassy and let them know? Should I try to reschedule the interview? I have heard that is a bad idea. Or should I just go and explain the situation when I am there? I will have to fly to Venezuela for the interview, so it is not like I can go back easily.

Thanks for your help.

Vanessa

[Mononoke28 135]

Vanessa,

There's a Colombian girl who lived in Aruba for quite a long time as well and she paid someone to help her get her police certificate from there. I think this person, a lawyer, got it for her in 2 weeks I believe, but I'm not sure how difficult it was to get.

In any case, try to go to contact the embassy and see what they say. This girl did the same thing thinking she won't get it in time and they said not to miss her interview, she didn't cancel and received her certificate before then.

Diana

[vanessa-john 0]

Vanessa,

There's a Colombian girl who lived in Aruba for quite a long time as well and she paid someone to help her get her police certificate from there. I think this person, a lawyer, got it for her in 2 weeks I believe, but I'm not sure how difficult it was to get.

In any case, try to go to contact the embassy and see what they say. This girl did the same thing thinking she won't get it in time and they said not to miss her interview, she didn't cancel and received her certificate before then.

Diana

Thanks Diana. I actually did hire a lawyer to help me get the Police Certificate but ended up having to do everything myself because she never filed the petition for it. Thankfully I had not paid her yet. I don't intend to either.

[payxibka 10,045]

Netherland's is an oddity... the request MUST come from the US consulate

Police Records

Available. Police records can only be requested for immigrant visa applicants by the United States Consulate or Embassy where the applicant's case is being processed. Any certificate presented directly by applicants cannot be accepted. To request a police record, the visa processing post should send an email to the Consulate General in Amsterdam at ImmigrantVisasAMS@state.gov. The request must include:

Applicant's full name(s) including aliases:

Date, city/town and country of birth;

Complete address of last residence in The Netherlands.

The Consulate General in Amsterdam may need up to 15 working days to obtain the certificate, provided there is no derogatory information concerning the applicant. If there is derogatory information it may take up to five weeks.

The certificate, which is in the Dutch language, covers criminal investigations only. Criminal records are expunged after a number of years, depending on the offense, following termination of the case (i.e., after service of any prison sentence) provided no other offense is committed in the interim. Police records may, therefore, not constitute a full summary of criminal records. Applicants with a criminal history can obtain their own conviction record from the sentencing court.

These certificates may be used only in processing immigrant visa applications and may not be given to the applicant or to any private individual. The visa applicant may not be informed of the source of any derogatory information contained in the police certificate.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3634.html

[vanessa-john 0]

Netherland's is an oddity... the request MUST come from the US consulate

Police Records

Available. Police records can only be requested for immigrant visa applicants by the United States Consulate or Embassy where the applicant's case is being processed. Any certificate presented directly by applicants cannot be accepted. To request a police record, the visa processing post should send an email to the Consulate General in Amsterdam at ImmigrantVisasAMS@state.gov. The request must include:

Applicant's full name(s) including aliases:

Date, city/town and country of birth;

Complete address of last residence in The Netherlands.

The Consulate General in Amsterdam may need up to 15 working days to obtain the certificate, provided there is no derogatory information concerning the applicant. If there is derogatory information it may take up to five weeks.

The certificate, which is in the Dutch language, covers criminal investigations only. Criminal records are expunged after a number of years, depending on the offense, following termination of the case (i.e., after service of any prison sentence) provided no other offense is committed in the interim. Police records may, therefore, not constitute a full summary of criminal records. Applicants with a criminal history can obtain their own conviction record from the sentencing court.

These certificates may be used only in processing immigrant visa applications and may not be given to the applicant or to any private individual. The visa applicant may not be informed of the source of any derogatory information contained in the police certificate.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3634.html

Thank you so much for making me aware of this information. It turns out the certificate I requested will be ready in time after all, but I notified the Embassy of this information and they said they would also request their own.

Thanks again!