I-130/I-485 Criminal Record documents

[slee0539 0]

My wife who is a South Korean citizen is studying in America with a F-1 Visa and she is applying for marriage based permanent resident in America with me who is a U.S. Citizen.  She used to live in China for 8 years as a University student (left China in 2015).  Using I-485 she is applying for permanent resident. Do we need to submit criminal record certificate from S Korea and China or is it optional if she doesn't have any criminal record.  Are there any documents she would need to obtain from China or S Korea?  There is a lot of difficulty getting documents from other countries with COVID situation we are unable to go there due to quarantine.

[JFH 12,191]

I responded to this and then realized you are doing AOS not a spousal visa.

If she has no arrests or convictions she won’t need them. 
 

Thst said, even if she did, not being able to travel there due to COVID-19 restrictions isn’t usually an issue as most countries allow such records to be requested online, by mail, by phone or via the embassy here in the US. 

 

 

Edited July 8, 2020 by JFH

[JFH 12,191]

*~*~*moved from “IR-1/CR-1 spouse visa process and procedures” to “AOS from work/study/tourist visas” as the OP is adjusting status, not applying for a visa*~*~*

[slee0539 0]

Thank you so much for responding.  Yes it is not a spouse visa, she is currently living in america and changing status from F-1 visa to permanent resident as a spouse of US citizen.  Just wanted to double check as I didn't see it on the checklist but some sources are saying we need criminal record.