Police Clearance validity duration

[robbyjones 0]

My fiancee's PCC expired Jan18 and her interview is feb 15, she is trying all she can to get a new one at the moment but they move like molasses over there. I have read in other threads that USEM considers a PCC valid for 1 year despite it says 3 months on the thing itself. Can anyone confirm or deny this.

thanks a lot

[robbyjones 0]

some references that support the 1 year idea

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=236143

"For consulate purposes the PC is valid for up to one year.... Check with USEM to conform.."

http://suva.usembassy.gov/police_clearance2.html

"4. VALIDITY: ALL POLICE CLEARANCE ARE VALID FOR ONE YEAR AND MUST BE RE-DONE ONCE THEY HAVE EXPIRED. "

[HeatDeath 430]

A similar thing happened to me in Canada. My police certificate technically expired on the day of my interview, and that only because I got my interview date very quickly after faxing in my Packet 3 stuff. It would have been expired under any normal circumstances, so had I emailed the consulate to ask about that. They responded:

Validity of documents - in general, all documents are valid for one year

from the date of issuance, including police certificates.

So it seems like they don't particularly care about the validity date on the police certificate itself.

Might be a good idea to email/call them about it though.

Edited February 10, 2010 by HeatDeath

[pushbrk 13,027]

My fiancee's PCC expired Jan18 and her interview is feb 15, she is trying all she can to get a new one at the moment but they move like molasses over there. I have read in other threads that USEM considers a PCC valid for 1 year despite it says 3 months on the thing itself. Can anyone confirm or deny this.

thanks a lot

Consulates give no heed to expiration dates on PCC's. They only care that they are issued within a year of submission. Everybody knows you could get arrested for armed robbery a week before the interview and be out on bail when you submit your unexpired PCC.