police records for staying in foreign country more than 12 months

[Dan and Wee 9]

If my fiancee stayed in a foreign country (not her home country) for work, never stayed there longer than 12 months consecutively, but total time there was more than 12 months total over 2 trips, does she still need to get a police report thing showing that she was never arrested or in any legal issues?

 

Thanks

 

 

 

[geowrian 22,337]

It's anywhere she has lived for 6 months or longer, actually. If any single trip was at least 6 months, or she had residency there for at least 6 months, then they may require the police certificates.

 

"Police certificates from your present country of residence and all countries where you have lived for six months or more since age 16 (Police certificates are also required for accompanying children age 16 or older) "

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/fiance-k-1.html

[Dan and Wee 9]

 

Why would they say 12 months on the Thai embassy website then, if that will only set everyone up failure?  I'm so confused.

[geowrian 22,337]

I recall others seeing this as well. Unfortunately I don't have much information on how that embassy works, but embassies do have their own rules that can differ from the DOS guidelines. I'd say go by what it says in packet 3 (that screenshot) as that's from the embassy and they are the ones issuing the visa and the ones that will request/review the police certificates.

 

Was she living in that country for over 12 months? You can live in a foreign country and still only visit other countries (or your home country). For instance, my fiancee is Filipino but worked in KSA for several years. She visited PI a couple times throughout the year, but her residence remained in KSA (until her contract ended and she moved back to Philippines). While she never spent over 12 months consecutively in KSA (or even 6 consecutive months), she did "live" there for over 12 months.

[Dan and Wee 9]

Her situation was that she was there for work at first, and then left after a few months to return back to Thailand because she got sick and couldn't work.  She only visited that same country after that because I was there.  The total time she spent there was over 12 months, but there were breaks in between and never consecutively. 

 

The reason I'm not sure is because I could make 12 one-month trips to the the same country, and that's completely different than living there for 12 months even if it covers the same timeframe.  So this is just confusing to me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[geowrian 22,337]

13 minutes ago, Dan and Wee said:

Her situation was that she was there for work at first, and then left after a few months to return back to Thailand because she got sick and couldn't work.  She only visited that same country after that because I was there.  The total time she spent there was over 12 months, but there were breaks in between and never consecutively. 

 

The reason I'm not sure is because I could make 12 one-month trips to the the same country, and that's completely different than living there for 12 months even if it covers the same timeframe.  So this is just confusing to me.

Trust me, I 100% understand. I've never seen a clear definition of what qualifies as "living" in a country (Is it physical presence? What breaks count towards it? Is it based on visa type?). Hopefully somebody else who has gone through your embassy can chime in with their experience...I really don't have a clear answer either, sorry. I mean, to be safe, getting one cannot hurt. Worst case is they don't request it and you're out the fee and some time/effort.

 

Best wishes!

Edited August 1, 2017 by geowrian

[Knel112011 5]

Hi, Yes its required. I also lived in foreign country for more than 12 months and i requested my police clearance in UAE.. its better to be safe than sorry so try to get your fiance' a police clearance once you get a case # in NVC. good luck to both of us! :-) 

[Knel112011 5]

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