Police Certificate

[valentinasc 330]

Good afternoon,

 

I'm still waiting for my i130 approved (4 months in) however im looking at police certificates and our lawyer is telling me i need to provide a certificate of countries i lived for more than 6 months.

I was born and raised in Italy and i've been travelling around the world since i was 11 years old with my family so i lived in Italy, Honduras, Colombia, Usa, Australia and New Zealand (currently living in Colombia since husband is deployed and visa is processing), do i need to get a police certificate from all of those countries ? Or countries i lived for more than 6 month after turning 18 years old? 

 

Thanks!!

[Liam2021 583]

19 minutes ago, valentinasc said:

countries i lived for more than 6 month after turning 18 years old

You already got the answer.

[valentinasc 330]

1 minute ago, H&T said:

You already got the answer.

got the answer somewhere else, since turning 16 years old.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[K&E2009 71]

Correct me if I'm wrong... I was under the assumption that it was only a police cert for countries you lived for more than 6 months in the last 5 years? 

[valentinasc 330]

1 minute ago, K&E2009 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong... I was under the assumption that it was only a police cert for countries you lived for more than 6 months in the last 5 years? 

since the age of 16 :/ 

the 5 years is for addresses and work experience, but police certificates since you've turned 16

[payxibka 10,045]

3 minutes ago, K&E2009 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong... I was under the assumption that it was only a police cert for countries you lived for more than 6 months in the last 5 years? 

You are wrong...  Since the age of 16

[payxibka 10,045]

2 minutes ago, K&E2009 said:

Understood. Follow-on question (not to hijack OP); I lived in the US from 2012 to 2015. Do I need a police certificate? Or will they request that when they conduct a background check? 

PC for time inside the USA is not required

[valentinasc 330]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

PC for time inside the USA is not required

Oh boy! I'm so confused now..my lawyer says i need one since i lived in the us from 2009-2013 and currently awaiting overseas so im looking to obtain an FBI background check -.-

[payxibka 10,045]

1 minute ago, valentinasc said:

Oh boy! I'm so confused now..my lawyer says i need one since i lived in the us from 2009-2013 and currently awaiting overseas so im looking to obtain an FBI background check -.-

Time to get a new attorney

[valentinasc 330]

3 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Time to get a new attorney

"Present and former residents of the United States do NOT need to submit any U.S. police certificates"  

but im not either of those, so to my understanding yes i'd need one

Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it

[payxibka 10,045]

2 minutes ago, valentinasc said:

"Present and former residents of the United States do NOT need to submit any U.S. police certificates"  

but im not either of those, so to my understanding yes i'd need one

Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it

You said:  "I lived in the US from 2012 to 2015."

 

You are a FORMER resident

[valentinasc 330]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

You said:  "I lived in the US from 2012 to 2015."

 

You are a FORMER resident

my bad, but yes i'll tell my lawyer, she made a couple mistakes before but it's all we have with me overseas and my husband deployed!

[payxibka 10,045]

You hire someone to help you with this process and pay them a good fee only to have to verify and double check there work utilizing a free resource

[valentinasc 330]

12 minutes ago, payxibka said:

You said:  "I lived in the US from 2012 to 2015."

 

You are a FORMER resident

if u dont mind me asking, do u know if it changes if i was there illegally?