Police Certificate- what to bring to MVD?

[NeneSpark 0]

Does anyone know what to bring to the MVD to request the police certificate (spravka ob otsutstvie sudimosti)? Specifically through the Main Information Center, because my husband (the beneficiary) is a foreigner in Russia too- he's a citizen of Azerbaijan- and we have to go through this specific office.

Do you write up an official letter requesting the spravka, or just go in and ask for one?

Big surprise- the office that does these does not EVER answer the phone. Since my husband has to get time off from work to go all the way down to their office at Novye Cheremushki we don't want to do it twice- hopefully some one here has done the same thing!

We're doing a DCF as we live in Russia and the whole process has been excellent so far- we went in together and submitted the I-130 and were approved on the spot after an interview with an officer. We received packet 4 in the mail 2 weeks later, with a visa interview 6 weeks after that- so all told the process will take only 2 months which is faster than we ever expected! Working through the paperwork now- police certificates, trying to dig up his vaccination record which doesn't seem to exist....

[slim 1,530]

Bring extra money.

[elya 17]

if i remember correctly you will have to write the typical "zayavlenie na imya direktora" type letter - if you go there they will have a template for you to copy. Bring extra blank paper and a pen. And original and copies of birth certificate and passport. Since he's not a Russian citizen I would assume also all documents regarding his legal status in Russia. Bring photocopies for them to keep if they want to.

I will double-check with my fiance tonight. But he did get it from his local police station, not the central office.

[elya 17]

correction - he didn't actually have to write the letter. that was for voenniy bilet. passport only - they wrote up the form themselves. he says it was pretty simple.

they approved your I-130 on the spot?? that's awesome! if i had waited just 2 more months in russia we could have done DCF... bummer. well anyway, good luck to you and your husband!

Edited April 19, 2011 by elya

[NeneSpark 0]

Thanks for info! I wrote up a letter already, just in case. But now he can't find the notarized translation of his passport to bring in with him... so now he has to do that, guess he'll go to MVD tomorrow.

My husband is so not excited about going to MVD- being from the Caucasus, it's like going into the lion's den

From what other people said we thought it was going to take 3-4 months to do everything through DCF, and now it's only 2. After working so hard to get all the documents together for the I-130, we were taking a little breather before doing the police certificate, medical exam etc- but then packet 4 arrived and now we're running to get documents both here and in Azerbaijan. USCIS here was great, hoping for a good experience with consular too.

correction - he didn't actually have to write the letter. that was for voenniy bilet. passport only - they wrote up the form themselves. he says it was pretty simple.

they approved your I-130 on the spot?? that's awesome! if i had waited just 2 more months in russia we could have done DCF... bummer. well anyway, good luck to you and your husband!

[elya 17]

My husband is so not excited about going to MVD- being from the Caucasus, it's like going into the lion's den

I can imagine... :-( one of the most unpleasant things in Russia, the racism

From what other people said we thought it was going to take 3-4 months to do everything through DCF, and now it's only 2. After working so hard to get all the documents together for the I-130, we were taking a little breather before doing the police certificate, medical exam etc- but then packet 4 arrived and now we're running to get documents both here and in Azerbaijan. USCIS here was great, hoping for a good experience with consular too.

I understand it must be pretty stressful to have to get everything together on such short notice but it sure is nice to see something get done FAST for a change! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you for a successful document collection, interview and prompt approval ;-)

[eekee 182]

Are you going with him? They might treat him better if he has an American with him.

[NeneSpark 0]

He went with his uncle, a Russian citizen, and everything went fine, even without the translation of his passport! It will be ready in a month.

Are you going with him? They might treat him better if he has an American with him.