Expired Police Clearance

[Dustyb 5]

Hi there everyone,

 

My question is regarding an expired police clearance certificate.

 

I lived and worked in South Korea for 1 year back in 2012. I am back living in South Africa now and applied for a police clearance certificate for South Korea last year. I received the certificate in October last year, but the application process took longer than expected and by the time of my interview my Korea police clearance will have been long overdue.

 

However I have read somewhere that it doesn't matter if a police clearance is out of date if you haven't returned to that country since. I will of course have an up-to-date South African police clearance certificate.

 

Can anybody tell me if this is true?

 

Thank you in advance

[jan22 3,053]

It's true.  Check out the last paragraph under the "Police Certiticate" tab that starts out "Important".

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-5-collect-supporting-documents.html

 

Hmmmm....don't know why part of the link broke.  But, you can cut/paste it into your browser and it should work.  Sorry.

Edited July 27, 2018 by jan22

[Dustyb 5]

 

5 minutes ago, jan22 said:

It's true.  Check out the last paragraph under the "Police Certiticate" tab that starts out "Important".

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-5-collect-supporting-documents.html

 

Hmmmm....don't know why part of the link broke.  But, you can cut/paste it into your browser and it should work.  Sorry.

 

Fan-friggin-tastic, thank you very much

[jan22 3,053]

7 minutes ago, Alex Gaillard said:

 

 

Fan-friggin-tastic, thank you very much

No problem...happy to relieve at least one point of anxiety for you.

[BelzMark 14]

To tag onto the question. Does this include if you have been back to the country to visit? I have an expired police certificate from the UK where I used to live. But I went and visited for 1 month in May. Would I need to get a new certificated because of this?

Thanks.