Calling anyone from Johannesburg!

[TucsonBill 0]

Hello from USA and Thailand

My fiance lived in South Africa for about a year, both before and a short time after her previous marriage. She was never issued a SA ID number because she was always there on a visitors visa and always returned to Thailand before the end of it. (She lived near Johannesburg).

The problem is, I think we are going to need a police clearance / report because she did live there more than six months, or at least US Immigration MAY construe things that way, and I am wondering what we can do or who we can contact regarding such clearance / report. According to what I read, a K-1 fiance visa applicant must provide police reports from any country they have lived since age 15 (or something like that). Can you give me a phone number to call or an email address to write? Is there a form you could maybe scan and email to me? If you have a form I can mail or fax, please PM me.

Thanks,

Bill (& Pao)

[payxibka 10,047]

Hello from USA and Thailand

My fiance lived in South Africa for about a year, both before and a short time after her previous marriage. She was never issued a SA ID number because she was always there on a visitors visa and always returned to Thailand before the end of it. (She lived near Johannesburg).

The problem is, I think we are going to need a police clearance / report because she did live there more than six months, or at least US Immigration MAY construe things that way, and I am wondering what we can do or who we can contact regarding such clearance / report. According to what I read, a K-1 fiance visa applicant must provide police reports from any country they have lived since age 15 (or something like that). Can you give me a phone number to call or an email address to write? Is there a form you could maybe scan and email to me? If you have a form I can mail or fax, please PM me.

Thanks,

Bill (& Pao)

Typically the requirement is 6 mos. locally or 12 mos if living abroad since the age of 16. I would doube check the BKK consulate to see if it is noted.

From the DOS:

To obtain a certificate that is issued in single copy only, fingerprints must be taken by the local police in the applicant’s place of residence. The South African police forwards the completed fingerprint chart and the fee to the head office in Pretoria for issuance of the police clearance certificate. If the applicant is residing in the United States, he or she should forward a bank draft in the aount of R41.00 together with a completed fingerprint chart (bearing an official signature and stamp of the local police station) to:

South African Police Service

Criminal Record Centre

Private Bang X308

Pretoria 0001, South Africa

Alternatively, he/she should authorize a friend/relative in South Africa to submit the application on behalf of the applicant.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/C...outh_Africa.htm

[TucsonBill 0]

Hello from USA and Thailand

My fiance lived in South Africa for about a year, both before and a short time after her previous marriage. She was never issued a SA ID number because she was always there on a visitors visa and always returned to Thailand before the end of it. (She lived near Johannesburg).

The problem is, I think we are going to need a police clearance / report because she did live there more than six months, or at least US Immigration MAY construe things that way, and I am wondering what we can do or who we can contact regarding such clearance / report. According to what I read, a K-1 fiance visa applicant must provide police reports from any country they have lived since age 15 (or something like that). Can you give me a phone number to call or an email address to write? Is there a form you could maybe scan and email to me? If you have a form I can mail or fax, please PM me.

Thanks,

Bill (& Pao)

Typically the requirement is 6 mos. locally or 12 mos if living abroad since the age of 16. I would doube check the BKK consulate to see if it is noted.

From the DOS:

To obtain a certificate that is issued in single copy only, fingerprints must be taken by the local police in the applicant’s place of residence. The South African police forwards the completed fingerprint chart and the fee to the head office in Pretoria for issuance of the police clearance certificate. If the applicant is residing in the United States, he or she should forward a bank draft in the aount of R41.00 together with a completed fingerprint chart (bearing an official signature and stamp of the local police station) to:

South African Police Service

Criminal Record Centre

Private Bang X308

Pretoria 0001, South Africa

Alternatively, he/she should authorize a friend/relative in South Africa to submit the application on behalf of the applicant.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/C...outh_Africa.htm

Thanks, we're working on it now

Edited October 30, 2006 by TucsonBill