Packet 3 checklist - Police Certificate (Australia)

[elgarta 0]

Hi all,

I haven't done much posting personally as my fiancee has been taking care of alot of that, but I wanted to get some clarification on something regarding the Police Certificate & the DSL-1076 (Statement of readiness to be Interviewed)

We recieved the packet 3 yesterday, and I have filled in all of the paperwork and sent the DS-230 (Part I) back to the Sydney consulate office. Now, the checklist we got with the DSL-1076 clearly says what paperwork we need to send away for, but I am having some confusion over the police certificate.

I recently had a name-check done, and thought this would be sufficient as the embassy, state department, local police & federal police websites & call centres didn't specify that I needed a fingerprint check done for a visa application, which apparently I do. So I went and got my prints taken last night and am filling in the paperwork to get another police check done (Grr).

After quite some runaround with talking to the local polce station, state police call center, Australian Federal Police call center & even the embassy call center, it appears as though I can request for the certificate/clearance to be sent directly to the consulate office once it has been completed, which is apparently within 30 days.

Now is it possible to send off my DSL-1076 and attach a page stating that the police certificate is going to be sent to them directly from the federal police, so I can hopefully avoid waiting up to 2 months for an interview, or am I actually required to send them the certificate personally? The embassy website says that residents of NSW & QLD will have theirs sent directly to the Embassy, so surely it would be fine? If I can do this, would I be safe to assume that when I provide the alternate address to forward it on to, someone will see my case # if I put 'CASE# SYD*******" in the attention field?

Any insight to this would be greatly appreciated. So close to being able to be with fiancee again and would like to overlap any waiting periods now so that I don't need to wait months upon months to see this through.

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[elgarta 0]

Thanks for that.

[stevie b 141]

Hi all,

I haven't done much posting personally as my fiancee has been taking care of alot of that, but I wanted to get some clarification on something regarding the Police Certificate & the DSL-1076 (Statement of readiness to be Interviewed)

We recieved the packet 3 yesterday, and I have filled in all of the paperwork and sent the DS-230 (Part I) back to the Sydney consulate office. Now, the checklist we got with the DSL-1076 clearly says what paperwork we need to send away for, but I am having some confusion over the police certificate.

I recently had a name-check done, and thought this would be sufficient as the embassy, state department, local police & federal police websites & call centres didn't specify that I needed a fingerprint check done for a visa application, which apparently I do. So I went and got my prints taken last night and am filling in the paperwork to get another police check done (Grr).

After quite some runaround with talking to the local polce station, state police call center, Australian Federal Police call center & even the embassy call center, it appears as though I can request for the certificate/clearance to be sent directly to the consulate office once it has been completed, which is apparently within 30 days.

Now is it possible to send off my DSL-1076 and attach a page stating that the police certificate is going to be sent to them directly from the federal police, so I can hopefully avoid waiting up to 2 months for an interview, or am I actually required to send them the certificate personally? The embassy website says that residents of NSW & QLD will have theirs sent directly to the Embassy, so surely it would be fine? If I can do this, would I be safe to assume that when I provide the alternate address to forward it on to, someone will see my case # if I put 'CASE# SYD*******" in the attention field?

Any insight to this would be greatly appreciated. So close to being able to be with fiancee again and would like to overlap any waiting periods now so that I don't need to wait months upon months to see this through.

yes, some countries send it directly to the embassy.. mine will

if there is already a process in place for the police to send it directly to the embassy, nvc will already know about it in their reciprocity information

for others that don't and have to be submitted to nvc, there are many success stories in bypassing the police cert needed by nvc

you can submit it directly to the embassy during the interview, but you have to get nvc to sign off on that

you are best served spending the time on the phone and getting a nvc supervisor to help you

I read of one recent member who was able to do this, but it took a few tries on the phone with nvc to get it done

[elgarta 0]

yes, some countries send it directly to the embassy.. mine will

if there is already a process in place for the police to send it directly to the embassy, nvc will already know about it in their reciprocity information

for others that don't and have to be submitted to nvc, there are many success stories in bypassing the police cert needed by nvc

you can submit it directly to the embassy during the interview, but you have to get nvc to sign off on that

you are best served spending the time on the phone and getting a nvc supervisor to help you

I read of one recent member who was able to do this, but it took a few tries on the phone with nvc to get it done

Well, the information regarding a police process is muddled at best. The US Embassy states that they recieve them directly, and the Police state that they only send it to an address they are provided, which can be an embassy. (But will normally send it back to the applicants address if no alternative is provided).

Not sure if the process is different in other countries, but for Australia at least, the NVC sends the embassy the case# and then has no further involvement in the process (or at least that is my understanding of it, based on previous phone calls with the NVC).

I got off the phone to the Embassy earlier and asked them "Can I submit my paperwork without the Police Certificate, and organise them to send it directly to embassy?", and I was told that they couldn't say and that I needed to speak with a different department who only communicates via email. So I wrote to them and am waiting for a response.

Hopefully some further clarification (and hopefully success stories) can be shared so a bit more light is shed on the situation

[stevie b 141]

Well, the information regarding a police process is muddled at best. The US Embassy states that they recieve them directly, and the Police state that they only send it to an address they are provided, which can be an embassy. (But will normally send it back to the applicants address if no alternative is provided).

Not sure if the process is different in other countries, but for Australia at least, the NVC sends the embassy the case# and then has no further involvement in the process (or at least that is my understanding of it, based on previous phone calls with the NVC).

I got off the phone to the Embassy earlier and asked them "Can I submit my paperwork without the Police Certificate, and organise them to send it directly to embassy?", and I was told that they couldn't say and that I needed to speak with a different department who only communicates via email. So I wrote to them and am waiting for a response.

Hopefully some further clarification (and hopefully success stories) can be shared so a bit more light is shed on the situation

I would recommend you do two things

1. http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=131666

and

2. go to the immigrations tab at the top.. choose your petition type, select your country and then message someone who just went through your same process.. I say same process because you are not helping the site by omitting your own petition information

[elgarta 0]

I would recommend you do two things

1. http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=131666

and

2. go to the immigrations tab at the top.. choose your petition type, select your country and then message someone who just went through your same process.. I say same process because you are not helping the site by omitting your own petition information

I apologise, my intention was not to omitt any information or anything like that. My fiancee is normally the one who maintains things on this site but she has been busy so I decided to jump on and check some things on my own account, which I last used prior to us formally starting the process. I have linked our timeline now to my profile.

[Alex&Amy 28]

Get it sent to you, send it to the consulate with the packet 3. What state are you in? Usually it will take 4 or 5 days in NSW to get a criminal record check done on your fingerprints, it costs approximately $175

[elgarta 0]

I live in QLD. Is it really that quick? I kept hearing it was around 30 days.

[Alex&Amy 28]

I live in QLD. Is it really that quick? I kept hearing it was around 30 days.

The State police checks are very quick, the Federal Police check is very slow definitely do not get one. The only reason I'd say get it sent to you and then send it off with your packet 3 yourself is because you don't want it getting lost at the Sydney Consulate, it's better to have all your paperwork in one envelope and send it all off together.

[elgarta 0]

Thanks, I appreciate that. Well I will run to the police station later today and do that. It doesn't help that the local police station is very slack and actually told me to just go through to federal without giving me a reason or anything to work with.

[austex 42]

Elgarta, I am in Queensland and my Police Certificate only took two weeks. I got the one that cost $175.

M

[elgarta 0]

Elgarta, I am in Queensland and my Police Certificate only took two weeks. I got the one that cost $175.

M

Thanks for that. Fingers crossed mine isn't too long either.

As you were in QLD, which of the medical clinics did you go to for your medical? Did they forward the results to the embassy or to you?

I am waiting on my appointment (had to reschedule) and the receptionist said she didn't know when I asked, and apparently some clincs do mail directly.

[austex 42]

We are still here as we don't leave for another two weeks.

The clinic I had to go to was Anzac Square medical centre in Brisbane. Dr Ross. He is sooooooo nice and makes the appointment very pleasant. I am not sure where they do the x-ray now because where I got mine done closed down. I do know this for sure because I thought I lost my X-ray (but found it when we moved out of our house) so I called the medical clinic and they gave me the phone number and they are now in Cleveland. So I am not sure where the city medical centre get the X-rays.

My experience with the medical was only a total of about 1 hour, but also I had already had my injections so I didn't have to worry about those. My husband picked up the results three days later.

I hope that helped.

M.

[elgarta 0]

That did, thank you very much! That is the same one I am going to, but I have a Dr. Taylor. At least it doesn't sound like invasive medical testing or anything