Do I need a police certificate for a country I lived in under the age of 16?

[Ahoy01 31]

So I am prepping for my interview and organizing myself and I notice something that is concerning me, in fact I am freaking out a little.

 

So when I was kid (under the age of 15) I lived a country for a couple of years. I was not a citizen of the country and I have never returned to the country ever since I left it.  According to NVC I don't require a police certificate from here (according to 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).  In fact, I called NVC and confirmed if this was true when I was submitting the Document and the said yes, and I moved through NVC, with out any hassle in regards to this.

 

Now that I am getting ready for my interview, I am going through the Consulate specific checklist and it says the following:

"If you are older than 16 years of age: The original police certificate from your country of current residence, any countries where you lived for more than 12 months, and any country where you have been arrested....." ( I quoting this from page 4 of this document: https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/iv-dv-supplemental/MTL-Montreal.pdf)

 

According to the above statement is sounds like I need a police certificate from the country I lived in under that age of 16, where I was not a citizen off. Are the requirements for the consulate and NVC different and do I need to look into getting a police certificate from this country?

 

Thank you!

[debbiedoo 2,339]

If you are older than 16 years of age

 

it doesn't get any plainer than that. were you older than 16 or meet the other criteria. police check. under 16 no police check.

Edited November 4, 2018 by debbiedoo

[NikLR 13,227]

~~moved to process and procedures from progress reports ~~

 

[pushbrk 12,889]

20 hours ago, debbiedoo said:

If you are older than 16 years of age

 

it doesn't get any plainer than that. were you older than 16 or meet the other criteria. police check. under 16 no police check.

I don't believe that is a direct or exact quote as, if you were exactly sixteen, you would need the report.  Before age 16, no police report is needed.  EXACT quote, "from the police authorities of the applicant's country of current residence if the applicant has resided there for at least six months after attaining the age of sixteen;"