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Hello all,

I have a question regarding police report.

My CN is DV2015 AS26XX so, I'm expecting an interview around December if all goes well. Currently I'm residing in Malaysia where I'll be having my interview. I have gathered all the required documents including a police report from my home country when I visited there early May (last month). However, this police report states that it is valid for six months. As such, it will be expired by the time I have my interview. I got the police report on May 2nd and left my home country the following day (May 3rd) and haven't been back there ever since and won't be until the time of my interview. Additionally, the reciprocity page of the Department of State for my home country under police records indicates that they are available to citizens and non-citizens who are PHYSICALLY present there, UNAVAILABLE to others.

So my question is: would I have a problem showing up with an expired police report given the above facts? Do I need to make a trip back home (which will cost me a lot of money) just to get a new police record?

I would appreciate your enlightenment on this especially senior members here.

Thanks,

Sam

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zuroma999   12

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I've read other people mention on these boards that as long as the police record covers your entire stay in that country, and you've never been back to live in that country, then the certificate should be ok if expired. You should also print out the reciprocity page which indicates that reports are not available to those not present there. But others can answer if they have more info.

DV-2015 Selectee - Case Number SA03xx - Born in Trinidad, WI / Grew up in Canada - Successful interview: Oct 2nd, 2014 @ Montreal
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Hello all,

I have a question regarding police report.

My CN is DV2015 AS26XX so, I'm expecting an interview around December if all goes well. Currently I'm residing in Malaysia where I'll be having my interview. I have gathered all the required documents including a police report from my home country when I visited there early May (last month). However, this police report states that it is valid for six months. As such, it will be expired by the time I have my interview. I got the police report on May 2nd and left my home country the following day (May 3rd) and haven't been back there ever since and won't be until the time of my interview. Additionally, the reciprocity page of the Department of State for my home country under police records indicates that they are available to citizens and non-citizens who are PHYSICALLY present there, UNAVAILABLE to others.

So my question is: would I have a problem showing up with an expired police report given the above facts? Do I need to make a trip back home (which will cost me a lot of money) just to get a new police record?

I would appreciate your enlightenment on this especially senior members here.

Thanks,

Sam

sam,,

as my understanding, if you have stayed in malaysia for more than 1 year, you should get police record from malasia authority.

just check again, may be, i could be wrong

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/MY.html#docs

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Thanks adyjoan. I'm asking about the police certificate from my home country where I'm not living at the moment.

Thanks Zuroma999.

I'm hoping I can hear more from Senior members too.

I think my answer still stands, that if the certificate covers your enter stay in Malaysia and you've never been back there for more than 12 months to live, then you should be fine. But if you want to leave nothing to chance, and you are close to Malaysia, you can always travel back there to obtain a new certificate.

You can also email or call the consulate where you will be doing the interview to see if they will answer you regarding this. Unfortunately this does not always work. I emailed the Montreal consulate where I will be interviewing and their answer did not clear anything up! I visited India 20 years ago for 14 months. The reciprocity page says non-Indians outside of India cannot get police certificates. I emailed the Montreal consulate to ask if I would be ok with no certificate from India and they replied with "You may discuss your situation with the consular officer on the day of the interview." and then pasted some info from the reciprocity page.

DV-2015 Selectee - Case Number SA03xx - Born in Trinidad, WI / Grew up in Canada - Successful interview: Oct 2nd, 2014 @ Montreal
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I visited India 20 years ago for 14 months. The reciprocity page says non-Indians outside of India cannot get police certificates. I emailed the Montreal consulate to ask if I would be ok with no certificate from India and they replied with "You may discuss your situation with the consular officer on the day of the interview." and then pasted some info from the reciprocity page.

So did you attend an interview and what happened?

I visited India stayed there for 4 years and expecting an interview in Dec, contacted KCC to inquire; they advised to follow up with US embassy where my interview will be (Abu Dhabi). gonna go there and check with them !!

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So did you attend an interview and what happened?

I visited India stayed there for 4 years and expecting an interview in Dec, contacted KCC to inquire; they advised to follow up with US embassy where my interview will be (Abu Dhabi). gonna go there and check with them !!

No, not yet. My interview will probably be in October. Post here what answer you get from the embassy.

I'm sure just printing out the reciprocity page will be good enough for me, but I'm also putting in a request for a certificate from an outsourcing company to be safe. But they said for non-Indians it could take anywhere from 4-12 months.

DV-2015 Selectee - Case Number SA03xx - Born in Trinidad, WI / Grew up in Canada - Successful interview: Oct 2nd, 2014 @ Montreal
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Thanks Zuroma999,

I've emailed the embassy and will let you know what their feedback will be.

I think in your case it's pretty straight forward and you should be fine. However, in my case, given that it is my home country, I'm afraid they would expect me to go back and get another one. Frankly, a trip back home just to get a new police certificate would cost me at least 3k which is a lot! Hopefully the embassy will get back to me though I doubt they'll give a straight answer!

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