documents to bring to your interview, help needed

[lydia44 0]

Hello,

I am French, currently living in France, and I am going through the process of getting a K1 visa. The petition has just been approved, and I'm now waiting on packet 3.

I read that you should show a police certificate from every country where you have lived for more than 6 months since age 16 at the visa interview. I lived in the US for 8 months under a J-1 visa. Then, do I need to get a police certificate from the US?

I saw on the FBI website that it could take up to 8 weeks to get it...Does anyone had to do that and if yes how long did it take?

I would really appreciate your responses, thank you!

[GlobeHopperMama 95]

For immigrant visa processing, police certificates are deemed unnecessary for any period of residence in the US:

Note: Present and former residents of the United States need NOT obtain any U.S. police certificates

(source)

Having done the FBI checks several times in the past few years, I can definitely say it's an aggravating wait, and fortunately not something you have to worry about for the US immigration process, as they do their own checks when you do biometrics and everything else.

Edited July 10, 2012 by GlobeHopperMama