Foreign Police Certificate - lived in same country twice (China)

[Rose_3001 23]

Hello,

 

I'm new here and hoping someone can help. I'm currently assembling documents for the K1 interview at the US embassy in London. 

 

I understand that a police certificate is required when you've lived abroad for longer than 12 months. 

 

My current problem is this: I lived in China twice, on two separate visas. The first time was a Z (work) visa, for one year, and the second was a temporary student visa, for 4 months. 

I have a police certificate that covers me for the year I spent working in China, but I haven't got a further certificate from the period in which I studied in China. 

 

August 2014 - July 2015 = in China on Z work visa (possess police check certificate for this period)

September 2015 - December 2016 = in China on student visa (don't possess police check certificate for this period)

 

Has anyone had experience with a similar situation (not necessarily in China)? I know that these time periods are consecutive and amount to over a year together, but seeing as I have a police certificate from the majority of the time I spent there, do I definitely need to obtain one to cover the further 4 months?

 

Any advice would be most welcome, I'm stressing about this as know what a huge headache it is to get the police check once you've left China, without going through agencies who charge 1000s of RMB...

 

Many thanks!

[Greenbaum 12,260]

You only need the PC for any time period over 6 months.  As your student visa never reached 6 months duration in the country you do not have to submit one for that time period only the first one on the Z visa.

 

Additional information can be found here:  https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/reciprocity-by-country/CH.html#slide-7  Select Police, court and Prison records along the left column

Edited January 2, 2017 by Greenbaum