Validity of Police Clearance

[nasse_forelle 4]

Hi - VJ members,

 

While I am waiting on NOA1 (still early in the process), my foreign fiance is mulling over obtaining police clearance report, since this will be needed later. Does anyone know what is the validity of the police report? My fiance said it's only valid for 3 months, but he's not sure. If there's no expiration date, then I would tell him to do it now and keep it.

[payxibka 10,045]

27 minutes ago, nasse_forelle said:

Hi - VJ members,

 

While I am waiting on NOA1 (still early in the process), my foreign fiance is mulling over obtaining police clearance report, since this will be needed later. Does anyone know what is the validity of the police report? My fiance said it's only valid for 3 months, but he's not sure. If there's no expiration date, then I would tell him to do it now and keep it.

For immigration purposes it is typically one year

[RKarim 2]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

For immigration purposes it is typically one year

Will the uscis know what country u have been to I'm having issues getting police certificate from a country I visited since 2007? Thanks

[geowrian 22,337]

21 minutes ago, RKarim said:

Will the uscis know what country u have been to I'm having issues getting police certificate from a country I visited since 2007? Thanks

USCIS does not care. They just adjudicate the petition.

DOS will care. It must be declared on the DS-160 (non-immigrant visa application). They will also see it in the passport or during checks. Do not hide it.

Edited February 1, 2020 by geowrian

[RKarim 2]

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

USCIS does not care. They just adjudicate the petition.

DOS will care. It must be declared on the DS-160 (non-immigrant visa application). They will also see it in the passport or during checks. Do not hide i.

Thanks

I've lost that passport a while now and have a new one will it still matter and can over staying in another Caribbean country affect my k1 process or approval? 

[geowrian 22,337]

46 minutes ago, RKarim said:

Thanks

I've lost that passport a while now and have a new one will it still matter and can over staying in another Caribbean country affect my k1 process or approval? 

Nope, no issue with a new passport or overstaying in a country other than the US.

[nasse_forelle 4]

1 hour ago, geowrian said:

USCIS does not care. They just adjudicate the petition.

DOS will care. It must be declared on the DS-160 (non-immigrant visa application). They will also see it in the passport or during checks. Do not hide it.

If I  just visited Egypt for 2 weeks on vacation , do I need to get a police report from Egypt ?

[geowrian 22,337]

9 minutes ago, nasse_forelle said:

If I  just visited Egypt for 2 weeks on vacation , do I need to get a police report from Egypt ?

No, the short version is PCCs are only needed form where you have resided for 6+ months or longer from age 16 onward. There's a good summary of the details here: https://www.visatutor.com/k-1-visa-interview-tutorial/us-embassy-processes-case/fiancee-k-1-visa-police-certificate/

Always defer to your consulate's instructions if they state otherwise.

[dothehustle 27]

Since it must be maximum 6 months old when submitting to the NVC, and a maximum of 1 year old at the time of the interview, I would wait. Either way, obtaining it in Austria is relatively straightforward.

 

EDIT: sorry, I thought this was for a CR-1 visa, rules might be different for K-1.

Edited February 1, 2020 by dothehustle

[MelOe 187]

9 hours ago, nasse_forelle said:

Hi - VJ members,

 

While I am waiting on NOA1 (still early in the process), my foreign fiance is mulling over obtaining police clearance report, since this will be needed later. Does anyone know what is the validity of the police report? My fiance said it's only valid for 3 months, but he's not sure. If there's no expiration date, then I would tell him to do it now and keep it.

If your fiance has previously lived in another country and is now not living there anymore and not planning any visits they can already start the process of getting the police report. However for countries where they still live now or plan on travelling to while the k1 process is ongoing the validity period will be important at the time the embassy requests the police reports so I would wait before requesting it.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

5 hours ago, dothehustle said:

Since it must be maximum 6 months old when submitting to the NVC, and a maximum of 1 year old at the time of the interview, I would wait. Either way, obtaining it in Austria is relatively straightforward.

 

EDIT: sorry, I thought this was for a CR-1 visa, rules might be different for K-1.

They also can be different for each embassy. So OP needs to be careful. I advocate to have time sensitive documents prepared as close to the interview as possible.

 

We need a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.

 

So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.

 

Go to the top right of this page select your name (it's on the upper right-hand corner)>my profile>[below your picture on the right column] edit my profile. Scroll to the bottom and fill in "Immigration Info". There now we can better serve you.

 

Once you finish that then return and you will see a flag in your profile. Select it and see what wonderful information will open up for you.

 

Thanks

 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

8 hours ago, RKarim said:

Will the uscis know what country u have been to I'm having issues getting police certificate from a country I visited since 2007? Thanks

We need a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.

 

So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.

 

Go to the top right of this page select your name (it's on the upper right-hand corner)>my profile>[below your picture on the right column] edit my profile. Scroll to the bottom and fill in "Immigration Info". There now we can better serve you.

 

Once you finish that then return and you will see a flag in your profile. Select it and see what wonderful information will open up for you.

 

Thanks

[RKarim 2]

3 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

We need a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.

 

So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.

 

Go to the top right of this page select your name (it's on the upper right-hand corner)>my profile>[below your picture on the right column] edit my profile. Scroll to the bottom and fill in "Immigration Info". There now we can better serve you.

 

Once you finish that then return and you will see a flag in your profile. Select it and see what wonderful information will open up for you.

 

Thanks

I'm trying to but it's not letting me input my info correctly maybe because I'm from the Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago to be exact 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

12 minutes ago, RKarim said:

I'm trying to but it's not letting me input my info correctly maybe because I'm from the Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago to be exact 

Looks like you have it set up. Thanks.

[Ryan H 3,812]

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