Police Certificate for Adjustement of Status?

[Charlesrs 0]

Hello Guys and thanks a lot for all the information you provided on this website.

I am pretty much am in the same situation:

• I am actually finishing my MBA in the US, thus under a F1 visa
  
• Just got married, we have been together for 4 year.
  
• I just received my Employment Authorization Card. starting date in May, i will be able to work in the USA for a year.
  
• we are working on my adjustment of status and I-130.
  

I simply have 2 questions relative to the process:

1. I lived in Australia for 1.5 years, even though USCIS does not ask for it in their instructions, a lot of people on VJ are talking about "Police Certificate". Some people argue that you need it, some other disagree. Thus, do I need to provide it? Do i also need to provide one for France (my home country). not really a problem, just a pain.
   
2. Regarding the "Applicant's residence last five years" section of the G-325a, should i left my address in France for the period corresponding to the beginning of my stay in Australia ( 4 months during which i was traveling permanently, thus definitely a tourist)?
   

Thanks for your help!

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

**** Moving from AOS from Family visa to AOS from Student visa as OP came on a F1 *****

[Little_My 464]

I responded to your other post on this same topic yesterday. Here's the response:

You do not need a police certificate. One of the main reasons for the biometrics (which includes fingerprinting) is so that USCIS can run a background check on applicants. You only need to submit police certificates if you have been charged with/found guilty of a crime which you would have to declare and explain as part of the AOS paperwork. If there is no criminal charges in your past, you don't need to submit anything. Remember that not everyone here is going through the exact same process as you are, which is why some people do actually need a police certificate.

Put down the addresses you actually lived in. If you were traveling for months in a foreign country, I would personally use the address wherever your mail was going to while you were on the road.

Edited April 8, 2012 by Little_My