london police cert

[lynn&al 1]

hi everyone!

We sent our K1 to Vermont just last week so no NOA's yet but i like to gather info for the next steps and I was wondering approx how long it takes to obtain a police cert from London.. and how long its valid for. Also, I would like to attend the interview with my fiance and we were trying to guesstimate approx when it would be.. vacation scheduling at work is difficult and they promised to try to work with me but do you think that the first week of august is too opimystic?? lol i know i may be dreaming but like everyone else im missing my love and even august seems to far away although im not so sure we can afford me traveling twice this year plus the time off from work. fingers crossed we will get lucky.

[ddurkin 0]

My fiance's report took the full 40 days that Scotland Yard says. I believe its good for a year, but you'll want to verify that.

[TracyTN 237]

I believe ddurkin is right.

[RichiJenny 14]

Yeah its valid for one year. Mine took about 38 days to arrive.

[lynn&al 1]

hmmm was thinking of asking my fiance to request it soon if its valid for a year we should be safe. and, if i ask him to request it now he may get around to it in a month or so he can be a bit of a slacker at times but i love him!

Edited January 31, 2006 by lynn&al

[RichiJenny 14]

I know VSC can have its off days, but I think its the quickest on average. It'll be a little easier to gauge once its gone thru NVC which MAY be in about 3 weeks or so if it goes as smoothly as many.

From start to finish, 4 or 5 months maybe? (providing all goes well)

[ladybutterfly 0]

I received mine in 14 days. Like the others have said, its good for one year so if you want to start preparing now, by all means go ahead and do so, I did!!! As for timing your vacation time to conincide with the interview, that could be difficult as you wont know the date of the interview until a few weeks before its scheduled. What I can say is that you are going through Vermont which is the quickest service centre for processing, so in all honesty, even with an RFE, I think you will get your K1 visa way before August! I went through California Service Center and our K1 journey from start to finish took three and a half months, so who knows, you may be back together again by May ... Good Luck!

[lynn&al 1]

May would be amazing! we have both been reading others stories and checking some timelines but we both decided that we would rather think that its going to take longer then get our hopes up for a quick and painless processing well at least thats what we tell each other but i have my fingers and toes crossed that we will be together again by summer but dont tell him i said so he will just say that im jinxing it

Edited January 31, 2006 by lynn&al

[Rosie420 2]

Our process took just over 6 months from the day we sent the initial paperwork 'til the day the visa was in my fiance's hand. We went through Nebraska, so I'd think you'll definitely have the visa before August, going through Vermont! Danny's police certificate took the full 40 days to arrive. I'd say it's better to get it early, since it's good for a year. Good luck on your journey!

edited for typos

Edited January 31, 2006 by Rosie420

[ladybird216 2]

Our K1 process took 8 months from start to Visa....and my UK police certificate took 38 days....I applied for mine early because of the 1 year time limit because I really didn't want that to hold things up.

Jen

[lynn&al 1]

thanks everyone for the replies! Just one more thing... I know my fiance needs to request the police cert from his local police department does anyone know what form he needs to fill out for the request?

[ladybird216 2]

Not sure what the form is, but I just went into my local police station and told them what I wanted and they knew what form it was.

Also, he will need his passport as ID...I also had to take a utility bill showing my address in the UK, but I am not sure whether this is standard...might be worth checking out though.

Oh yeah and the fee is 10 pounds.

Jen

Edited January 31, 2006 by ladybird216

[RichiJenny 14]

if he takes i.d. to his local station, ie passport/driving licence, they'll probably do his application there for him.

',Its called the Subject Access.

[AFQuaid 18]

This thread caught my eye. My fiance & I have sent in our petition, got a NOA1 and then a RFE that we met. We're just gathering all the evidence to send back to them by March 4th (the deadline they gave us). I believe there will be a request for a police certificate later on. Would it be for me (the BC) or for my fiance? If I sent away for it now would the embassy accept it if they see it was asked for months before the embassy requested it?

[RichiJenny 14]

Apply for your (beneficiary) police certificate now.

Its valid for a year and MAY take 40 days to arrive. I got mine in Nov, the Embassy will be fine, dont worry about that.

Heres the link for the Met Police Subject Access. I used West Mids so was able to send copies of docs.

http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection/forms.htm