Police certificate issues

[danvil101 0]

Hi. My wife (a US citizen) has filed a petition for me for an immigrant visa. She's currently on the process of filing the AOS and on my part, I am preparing all the documents requirements.

I am a Filipino citizen who is now working here in Saudi Arabia for almost 5 years. Also we decided to process the visa application here in Saudi Arabia. As per the requirement, I need to obtain a police certificate for the locality where i lived for more than 6 months.

My questions are:

1. Do I need to obtain both NBI clearance from Philippines & police clearance here in Saudi Arabia?

2. In obtaining police certificate in Saudi Arabia, do I still need to make an appointment to the nearest US consulate in requesting the letter for police clearance or I can just walk-in to the consulate?

For those who have been into the same situation, please help. The nearest consulate is about 100km from where I lived so I need to be sure with the requirements first before going to them. Thank you.

[Lancelotte25 1]

Hi. My wife (a US citizen) has filed a petition for me for an immigrant visa. She's currently on the process of filing the AOS and on my part, I am preparing all the documents requirements.

I am a Filipino citizen who is now working here in Saudi Arabia for almost 5 years. Also we decided to process the visa application here in Saudi Arabia. As per the requirement, I need to obtain a police certificate for the locality where i lived for more than 6 months.

My questions are:

1. Do I need to obtain both NBI clearance from Philippines & police clearance here in Saudi Arabia?

2. In obtaining police certificate in Saudi Arabia, do I still need to make an appointment to the nearest US consulate in requesting the letter for police clearance or I can just walk-in to the consulate?

For those who have been into the same situation, please help. The nearest consulate is about 100km from where I lived so I need to be sure with the requirements first before going to them. Thank you.

Magandang araw sayo kabayan, we are in the same boat, I'll give you infos based from my experience on how to obtain Saudi PCC.

Question number 1, YES, you have to have both.

Question number 2, In order to facilitate and not to waste your time, you have to make an appointment on their website.

Where are you exactly in Saudi?

[danvil101 0]

Magandang araw sayo kabayan, we are in the same boat, I'll give you infos based from my experience on how to obtain Saudi PCC.

Question number 1, YES, you have to have both.

Question number 2, In order to facilitate and not to waste your time, you have to make an appointment on their website.

Where are you exactly in Saudi?

Magandang araw din. Glad to hear from you kabayan. I just posted the same questions on your post in "Philippines" forum. You're right, we're on the same boat right now except that you're a bit ahead of me in the application process. I did not send my DS-230 yet coz I'm afraid I may not get all the documents on time.

I am working here in Abqaiq (Eastern Province). The nearest US consulate is in Dhahran which is around 100km from my place. Were you able to get your NBI & police clearance already?

[Lancelotte25 1]

Magandang araw sayo kabayan, we are in the same boat, I'll give you infos based from my experience on how to obtain Saudi PCC.

Question number 1, YES, you have to have both.

Question number 2, In order to facilitate and not to waste your time, you have to make an appointment on their website.

Where are you exactly in Saudi?

Magandang araw din. Glad to hear from you kabayan. I just posted the same questions on your post in "Philippines" forum. You're right, we're on the same boat right now except that you're a bit ahead of me in the application process. I did not send my DS-230 yet coz I'm afraid I may not get all the documents on time.

I am working here in Abqaiq (Eastern Province). The nearest US consulate is in Dhahran which is around 100km from my place. Were you able to get your NBI & police clearance already?

Abqaiq, I see, I am from Dammam. Yes, I already got those docs. Make sure to have your NBI ready, it's valid for one year so not to worry.

I got delayed because of NBI, it took one month before I got mine.

[danvil101 0]

Abqaiq, I see, I am from Dammam. Yes, I already got those docs. Make sure to have your NBI ready, it's valid for one year so not to worry.

I got delayed because of NBI, it took one month before I got mine.

Glad you already made that far. Can you pls send me the details how you got those docs?

[Desert Princess 0]

Hi. My wife (a US citizen) has filed a petition for me for an immigrant visa. She's currently on the process of filing the AOS and on my part, I am preparing all the documents requirements.

I am a Filipino citizen who is now working here in Saudi Arabia for almost 5 years. Also we decided to process the visa application here in Saudi Arabia. As per the requirement, I need to obtain a police certificate for the locality where i lived for more than 6 months.

My questions are:

1. Do I need to obtain both NBI clearance from Philippines & police clearance here in Saudi Arabia?

2. In obtaining police certificate in Saudi Arabia, do I still need to make an appointment to the nearest US consulate in requesting the letter for police clearance or I can just walk-in to the consulate?

For those who have been into the same situation, please help. The nearest consulate is about 100km from where I lived so I need to be sure with the requirements first before going to them. Thank you.

Hi. I am also processing my CR-1 visa here in Riyadh embassy thru DCF.

I'll try to share my personal experience to you. To answer your queries:

Q1. Yes, you need to obtain both NBI from Manila but you can actually go to the Philippine for the fingerprinting and filing of the form. Then, they will send this form with your fingerprints to Manila. It will help if you kept your old NBI clearance, in that case it will be renewal.

Q2. You also need to obtain Saudi Police Clearance Certificate. You can just go to the US Embassy (no need for appointment) for the Request Form which you will need to be carry with you to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for attestation. Don't forget to bring your passport to the embassy. From there, you will proceed to Deerah Police Station for fingerprinting. It'll take 1 week for the issuance of your clearance.

Hope this will help. Goodluck!

[danvil101 0]

Hi. I am also processing my CR-1 visa here in Riyadh embassy thru DCF.

I'll try to share my personal experience to you. To answer your queries:

Q1. Yes, you need to obtain both NBI from Manila but you can actually go to the Philippine for the fingerprinting and filing of the form. Then, they will send this form with your fingerprints to Manila. It will help if you kept your old NBI clearance, in that case it will be renewal.

Q2. You also need to obtain Saudi Police Clearance Certificate. You can just go to the US Embassy (no need for appointment) for the Request Form which you will need to be carry with you to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for attestation. Don't forget to bring your passport to the embassy. From there, you will proceed to Deerah Police Station for fingerprinting. It'll take 1 week for the issuance of your clearance.

Hope this will help. Goodluck!

Hi Desert Princess. Thanks for the info. I had already my NBI clearance renewed and it will be claimed on 19th this month. I just sent authorization, old NBI clearance (thank God I still have the copy) & passport copy to my brother and they accepted it. Thanks also for the info about bringing the passport upon going to the embassy. It's just that, when I called the consulate here in Dhahran, they told me that I need to have an appointment first before going there so I made appointment online and I'll be going there on Monday.

Good luck to us!