Do I need Police Certificates?

[mimister 0]

Hi

First I'd like to say thank you for this website, it's really reassuring knowing other couples are going through the same process and for all the information it provides!

I hope someone can help me as I've not found this anywhere.

My question is: I was backpacking around australia for 7 months in 2002. Does this mean I have to provide a police certificate to cover the period I was there for? I was moving from place to place so didn't have a fix address.

I was also in New Zealand for 8 months, working for 3 of them and then backpacking around. So do I have to provide a police certificate for NZ as well?

I am a UK citizen and going through the K1 process.

Thanks

[AniaJ 0]

Hi

First I'd like to say thank you for this website, it's really reassuring knowing other couples are going through the same process and for all the information it provides!

I hope someone can help me as I've not found this anywhere.

My question is: I was backpacking around australia for 7 months in 2002. Does this mean I have to provide a police certificate to cover the period I was there for? I was moving from place to place so didn't have a fix address.

I was also in New Zealand for 8 months, working for 3 of them and then backpacking around. So do I have to provide a police certificate for NZ as well?

I am a UK citizen and going through the K1 process.

Thanks

hey, when I was going through my K-1 process in Poland I tried to figure out that issue because I was an au pair in Ireland for 2 school years. My instructions said I need a police certificate if I lived abroad for a year. So maybe , if the rules are the same, you don't need one if you weren't there for more than 12 months. You may call to find out. I was in Ireland for 10 months one year and 8 months the following year. I called the embassy and they told me the consul can sum the periods up so I'd better have it. It took me 1 month to get it (and only because my host family helped me)! Then, when I had it, my mail from the embassy was answered and they said I didn't need it. Imagine my confusion. Good luck!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hi

First I'd like to say thank you for this website, it's really reassuring knowing other couples are going through the same process and for all the information it provides!

I hope someone can help me as I've not found this anywhere.

My question is: I was backpacking around australia for 7 months in 2002. Does this mean I have to provide a police certificate to cover the period I was there for? I was moving from place to place so didn't have a fix address.

I was also in New Zealand for 8 months, working for 3 of them and then backpacking around. So do I have to provide a police certificate for NZ as well?

I am a UK citizen and going through the K1 process.

Thanks

Based on my experience, I am going to have to say YES. We have a son who studies in Moscow and we were told in writing he did not need a Russian police certificate as he was a student and did not have a Russian address and therefore did not "live there". I wasn't completly comfortable with the answer and several weeks before his K2 to follow interview I called the consulate and asked the supervisor of the visa section. Guess what? Yes, he did need the certificate! Not only that but I was told that if you were ever in a country for a cumulative 6 months after age 16 you needed one! I suppose there may be some latitude in interpretation of this rule by consulates, but to be safe, I would say YES. Again, beware of what you get in email from the consulate as I have a couple evidences of their advice being wrong.