British fiance of USC requesting advice on Chinese Police Certs

[Simie 0]

Greetings to All,

I am new to the forum, but am so impressed by the depth of discussion, support and information. My apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place but, my question is: I am a British citizen engaged to a USC, and we are filing a K1 Visa application. I know that I will need a police clearance from China, as I lived in Guangzhou for just over 5 years and in Beijing for 3. I have my police cert from Beijing, but information about how to go about getting one from Guangzhou is utterly confusing. I mostly had F visas in the beginning and one Z. I also read that police certs are not issued for F and L visas and neither the British Consulate in Guangzhou nor the Chinese Consulate in London have provided too much practical insight. I spoke to an immigration lawyer who told me that I could attempt to get an official letter stating that the Chinese authorities do not issue such clearance documents for F visas, but again, so far, the authorities I've contacted have not given any real guidance on this. Does anyone have any practical experience of this problem? I really want to get all my documents ready in time.

Many thanks,

Simon

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Greetings to All,

I am new to the forum, but am so impressed by the depth of discussion, support and information. My apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place but, my question is: I am a British citizen engaged to a USC, and we are filing a K1 Visa application. I know that I will need a police clearance from China, as I lived in Guangzhou for just over 5 years and in Beijing for 3. I have my police cert from Beijing, but information about how to go about getting one from Guangzhou is utterly confusing. I mostly had F visas in the beginning and one Z. I also read that police certs are not issued for F and L visas and neither the British Consulate in Guangzhou nor the Chinese Consulate in London have provided too much practical insight. I spoke to an immigration lawyer who told me that I could attempt to get an official letter stating that the Chinese authorities do not issue such clearance documents for F visas, but again, so far, the authorities I've contacted have not given any real guidance on this. Does anyone have any practical experience of this problem? I really want to get all my documents ready in time.

Many thanks,

Simon

The London embassy website http://london.usembassy.gov/document_checklist.html#police_certificate_uk refers people here to the Dept of State http://travel.state.gov/visa/fees/fees_5455.html?cid=9015#docs

It confirms police certificates aren't issued for L or Z. I would print that for the interview and perhaps a write a log of contacts you made trying to get one. I am aware of at least one other person who was allowed a visa in London without a police certificate from a country in South America because it could not be obtained.

[Simie 0]

Many thanks, Nich-Nick-I will do that, and will keep all official correspondence I have received on the subject. It's encouraging to hear that others have succeeded, despite unobtainable police certs.

Thanks again!