Police Certificates from Kuwait (57 Days Stay), Qatar (72 days Stay)

[virgo2019 0]

Hi Guys,

 

I am Pakistani national living in Saudi Arabia. I have question regarding Police Certificate. As per the general guidelines  i have to submit Police certificate for any country where i have stayed for more than 12 months. Based on that criteria I have to get certificate for Pakistan and Saudi Arabia which i have done. However after submitting IV application I saw two additional police certificates requests in required documents field.  One for Kuwait and another for Qatar. Now the thing is I have visited Qatar twice in my life. Once for work and other time for vacations. My first trip was for 70 days in Jan 2010 and second trip was for 2 days  in Dec 2014. As for Kuwait, I stayed there for work from Jan 2011 to March 2011 for 57 days. Clearly I don't fall into the criteria of getting police certificates from these two countries but NVC requested those anyway.

 

Kuwait 

Now things get bit complicated when I checked the Kuwait document reciprocity. It says 

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Registration Criteria: Available only to applicants residing in Kuwait.  A police clearance certificate is required for U.S. immigrant visa applicants age 18 and over who are currently residing in Kuwait for 6 months or more. This is not available for former residents of Kuwait.

 

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Comments:  U.S. Citizens and other individuals: Available only to those residing in Kuwait; age 18 and above must get the police clearance certificate if they resided in the country for 6 months or more.

 

I called the Kuwait embassy in Saudi Arabia and they don't have any information.  Meanwhile , I am trying to contact Kuwait embassy in Pakistan but so far i couldn't. 

My question is what are my options? Do I have to get it since it is in the list of required documents and if yes how? or just upload a paper saying that it is not available as per document reciprocity link. 

 

Qatar

Since I live in Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia doesn't have diplomatic relations with Qatar, so my only options are to get it though

1. friend or relative,
2. Qatar embassy in Pakistan (for which i have to travel to Pakistan) or
3. through express mail.

 

Again, do I really have to get it when my total stay in that country is 70+2 days?   Is it worth it to talk to NVC and explain the situation. Do they issue exemption in such cases?

 

Many Thanks 

 

 

 

[NikLR 13,227]

You only need police certificates from your home country or country of residence 6+ months or foreign country for 12+ months.  You don't need police certificates from either Qatar or Kuwait.  You also don't need one from Pakistan. 

[virgo2019 0]

54 minutes ago, NikLR said:

You only need police certificates from your home country or country of residence 6+ months or foreign country for 12+ months.  You don't need police certificates from either Qatar or Kuwait.  You also don't need one from Pakistan. 

Thanks for your reply. So do I leave the document status missing as it is right now (see attached pic) or upload some sort of explanation why I am not attaching these docs. Also, would it even let me submit with some fields  still showing missing?  

[LilyJ 1,258]

3 hours ago, virgo2019 said:

Thanks for your reply. So do I leave the document status missing as it is right now (see attached pic) or upload some sort of explanation why I am not attaching these docs. Also, would it even let me submit with some fields  still showing missing?  

You can write a statement of why police certificates from that country are not required/cannot be obtained. I would also print out the statement, sign and date it in ink, and scan and then upload that under the police certificates

[CaylinObinna 50]

17 hours ago, virgo2019 said:

Hi Guys,

 

I am Pakistani national living in Saudi Arabia. I have question regarding Police Certificate. As per the general guidelines  i have to submit Police certificate for any country where i have stayed for more than 12 months. Based on that criteria I have to get certificate for Pakistan and Saudi Arabia which i have done. However after submitting IV application I saw two additional police certificates requests in required documents field.  One for Kuwait and another for Qatar. Now the thing is I have visited Qatar twice in my life. Once for work and other time for vacations. My first trip was for 70 days in Jan 2010 and second trip was for 2 days  in Dec 2014. As for Kuwait, I stayed there for work from Jan 2011 to March 2011 for 57 days. Clearly I don't fall into the criteria of getting police certificates from these two countries but NVC requested those anyway.

 

Kuwait 

Now things get bit complicated when I checked the Kuwait document reciprocity. It says 

 

 

I called the Kuwait embassy in Saudi Arabia and they don't have any information.  Meanwhile , I am trying to contact Kuwait embassy in Pakistan but so far i couldn't. 

My question is what are my options? Do I have to get it since it is in the list of required documents and if yes how? or just upload a paper saying that it is not available as per document reciprocity link. 

 

Qatar

Since I live in Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia doesn't have diplomatic relations with Qatar, so my only options are to get it though

1. friend or relative,
2. Qatar embassy in Pakistan (for which i have to travel to Pakistan) or
3. through express mail.

 

Again, do I really have to get it when my total stay in that country is 70+2 days?   Is it worth it to talk to NVC and explain the situation. Do they issue exemption in such cases?

 

Many Thanks 

 

 

 

They did the same thing with my husband. He only lived in Nigeria but worked in Ghana for a little less that 3 months. Our immigration laywer wrote a formal letter stating the time frame he lived in Ghana, for what purpose, and then also listed the Rules stated Per NVC website of what is required for police certificates. He also signed it.

 

 

That WORKED! they accepted it and we were DQ. 

 

That being said my lawyer did warn us that if they came back and did NOT accept the letter than it might be better to go ahead and just get the police report ONLY to keep from batteling NVC back and forth and delaying the process. So just be prepared there could be a slight possibility that letter will get rejected if they are dead set on you getting it. Pray that they MUST follow their own rules they out in place. Good Luck!