Do I Need to travel to Guatemala for a police record?

[Jbyrd 0]

Greetings everyone,

My fiance is from Nicaragua, but lived in Guatemala for a year as a student over 10 years ago. The US Embassy in Nicaragua has said she will need a police record from Guatemala, but it's been said to us that the only way to get a Guatemalan police report is to go to Guatemala and apply for one in-person.

Does anyone know if it's possible to get a police record from Guatemala without visiting? Will she really have to travel to Guatemala to get a police record? It seems like a lot to ask. And it seems strange that there's no other way to get one without visiting in-person. Are there lawyers we could hire or people we could contact to help us?

Thanks for your thoughts!

Justin

[TBoneTX 45,849]

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[NickD 203]

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When I wanted to bring my fiancée and dead lost with all those immigration forms, elected to hire an immigration attorney for guidance. He told me about those criminal records, with the USCIS, we are all guilty until we prove ourselves innocent. So I called her telling she needed a piece of paper saying she had no criminal record. In Venezuela, was also dead lost on this subject even where to start to find where to get it.

I am still exactly clear on the details, but she hired a notary to help her with that, its not like here is a complete database on criminal records, still using filing cabinets. So she had to show up in person, where she lived and go to some local courthouse to get that piece of paper stating she and her 13 year old daughter did not have a criminal record.

Perhaps you can find some notary on the internet in your home country that can advise you, but be careful with that, a lot of crooks, in particular in Latin America on the internet. won't give you a quote, how long it will take, but more than happy to give you their account number at some Miami bank.

All I know is that during our AOS, they wanted to see that piece of paper, and translated into English. Found that strange as well, as met very few people at our USCIS field office that were fluent in English. Not even the then director of the USCIS, Emilo is not fluent in English, one reason I assume those forms are so screwed up. Going through this immigration stuff really gave me a different view on MY country.

I think she has to show up in person based on our own experiences. Ever notice the drastic increases in airline tickets? More than doubled in the last few years. Then another major competitive airline is being eaten up. Going back to the days when Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan owned this entire country. The rest of us were slaves.

Edited February 18, 2013 by NickD

[Nica_In_Love 98]

If it's anything like Nicaragua, she will have to go in person to request it.