Police Clearance from Another Country

[MrsAyilliath 0]

Hi, I'm happy to report that things are rolling along fairly quickly for hubby and I. We just celebrated our one year anniversary and even though the NVC originally sent his information to the wrong embassy, it was at the correct embassy within two weeks. Now we are in the process of gathering everything we need which leads me to the big question.

Hubby lived and worked in Saudi for several years. Of course we are going to need a pcc from this country. Do you have any suggestions about how to obtain this certificate? We think there is a Saudi Embassy there in New Delhi but they dont' have website...so in the event they don't how else can a pcc from another country be obtained?

Thanks for the help everyone!

[YuAndDan 153]

According to the State Department's Reciprocity Table, unless your Spouse is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, they cannot obtain a certificate from that country, only exception is if they are a foreign resident still living in the country.

POLICE CERTIFICATE

Police clearances are available for Saudi citizens and resident third country nationals. Saudi citizens currently residing overseas must return in person to process the police clearance.

Saudi citizens and third country nationals residing in the Kingdom process the police clearances by first obtaining a police clearance request letter from U.S. Embassy Riyadh, U.S. Consulate General Jeddah, or U.S. Consulate General Dhahran. This police clearance request letter, signed by a consular officer, must be attested by the Saudi Ministry of Affairs (current fee is SR30). The applicant must then appear personally with a passport-sized photograph and a national ID or residency permit at the regional Criminal Investigation Department for fingerprinting. Fingerprinting for women is done in a separate room. The police clearance should be available for collection after a week or two.

Police clearances are available for Saudi nationals residing outside of the Kingdom. The expatriate Saudi citizen obtains the police clearance by returning to the Kingdom and obtaining a police clearance request letter from U.S. Embassy Riyadh, U.S. Consulate General Jeddah, or U.S. Consulate General Dhahran. This police clearance request letter, signed by a consular officer, must be attested by the Saudi Ministry of Affairs (current fee is SR30). The applicant must then appear personally with the attested police clearance request letter, a passport-sized photograph and a national ID at the Regional Criminal Investigation Department for fingerprinting. Fingerprinting for women is done in a separate room. The police clearance should be available for collection after a week or two.

Police clearances are unavailable for third country nationals who no longer reside in the Kingdom.

The optimal time to conduct these procedures at the police stations is 10:00 Saturdays-Wednesdays.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/C...audi_Arabia.htm

Another list showing that as unavailable is the Embassy in London. http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/visa/iv/pbcerts.html

You lucked out there one less thing to have to get, the embassy or consulate in India should be aware that you can not get one from that country.

[MrsAyilliath 0]

Sending you HUGE hugs and kisses!!! I hope this that the Consulate is aware of this and doesn't try to make hubby jump through hoops. Thank you so very much for doing the research on this. I didn't even know where to begin.

Hi, I'm happy to report that things are rolling along fairly quickly for hubby and I. We just celebrated our one year anniversary and even though the NVC originally sent his information to the wrong embassy, it was at the correct embassy within two weeks. Now we are in the process of gathering everything we need which leads me to the big question.

Hubby lived and worked in Saudi for several years. Of course we are going to need a pcc from this country. Do you have any suggestions about how to obtain this certificate? We think there is a Saudi Embassy there in New Delhi but they dont' have website...so in the event they don't how else can a pcc from another country be obtained?

Thanks for the help everyone!