Police Certificate Help

[MickeyB 15]

I put on my fiancé's G-325A, I put that my fiancé was in Germany from July of 2014 to July of 2015 but I was off on that by a month and he actually left Germany earlier in June of 2015. Will the embassy base him needing a police certificate off of my dates or off of his actual passport dates? Trying to decide if we need to get a German police certificate or not.

Also, he plays soccer, so when he was in Germany, he left for holiday for a month breaking up his time there making it not a consecutive full year. Would that make him not need a German police certificate as well?

[Greenbaum 12,259]

More than 6 months is the length of time not a year.

State Department - Look here by country for all Police Records Requirements for USA Visa application.

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

With the K-1, police clearance is not needed by NVC or USCIS in the States.

Police clearance is only for the embassy visa process... IF you have lived in a foreign country for 6 mos. or more from the age of 16 or older you will need to secure a police clearance from each of those countries.

Follow the embassy instructions letter for what is required for the visa application process.

From <http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/524797-police-clearance/>

Official document stating what countries will not give a PC and that USEM is aware of this.

http://usvisa.com/policecertificates.shtml

Edited September 5, 2016 by Greenbaum

[MickeyB 15]

More than 6 months is the length of time not a year.

State Department - Look here by country for all Police Records Requirements for USA Visa application.

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

With the K-1, police clearance is not needed by NVC or USCIS in the States.

Police clearance is only for the embassy visa process... IF you have lived in a foreign country for 6 mos. or more from the age of 16 or older you will need to secure a police clearance from each of those countries.

Follow the embassy instructions letter for what is required for the visa application process.

From <http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/524797-police-clearance/>

Official document stating what countries will not give a PC and that USEM is aware of this.

http://usvisa.com/policecertificates.shtml

Actually, for the UK, the length of time is 12 months, a year, not 6 months.

"Required for all countries where you have lived for more than 12 months since the age of 16 and any country where you have been arrested, even if you were not resident there. U.S. police certificates are not required. Police certificates from certain countries are unavailable or are obtained directly by this office. Fingerprints are required for certain countries. A list of UK police stations who can provide fingerprinting services is available from the Embassy website, here."

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I put on my fiancé's G-325A, I put that my fiancé was in Germany from July of 2014 to July of 2015 but I was off on that by a month and he actually left Germany earlier in June of 2015. Will the embassy base him needing a police certificate off of my dates or off of his actual passport dates? Trying to decide if we need to get a German police certificate or not.

Also, he plays soccer, so when he was in Germany, he left for holiday for a month breaking up his time there making it not a consecutive full year. Would that make him not need a German police certificate as well?

He will fill out new Information on the DS-160 which should straighten out the dates.

Going on holiday from the place where you live wouldn't count in my opinion. If he still had a residence to return to, a lease, bills, mail, and general stuff, I would say he still lived in Germany.

[MickeyB 15]

He will fill out new Information on the DS-160 which should straighten out the dates.

Going on holiday from the place where you live wouldn't count in my opinion. If he still had a residence to return to, a lease, bills, mail, and general stuff, I would say he still lived in Germany.

Oh ok, gotcha. He actually had no lease or bills because it was covered/paid by the team. The only tie he had was paid by the team. Maybe we will order one just to be safe than sorry.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Actually, for the UK, the length of time is 12 months, a year, not 6 months.

"Required for all countries where you have lived for more than 12 months since the age of 16 and any country where you have been arrested, even if you were not resident there. U.S. police certificates are not required. Police certificates from certain countries are unavailable or are obtained directly by this office. Fingerprints are required for certain countries. A list of UK police stations who can provide fingerprinting services is available from the Embassy website, here."

Thanks for the correction. Anything can be of a different requirement or process from Embassy to Embassy. I'm familiar with the Philippines and there it's 6 monts. Edited September 6, 2016 by Greenbaum