Police Clearance

[Coreyj17 0]

Hi has anyone had to retreive a south Korean police clearance document for the US embasy.  We need to retreive a cleareance document. We went to Korean embassy but they stated they they could pull current name of spouse.  This doesn't sound right. Because she didnt change her name until we married. And she spent 12 years in abroad in  Korea 

[M2r13 12]

Hi, There are 2 kinds of police certificate in Korea:

 

1) Criminal Records Check Reply and Investigation Records Check Reply - This can be issued as one document titled "Criminal (Investigation) Records Check Reply or as separate documents. You can only obtain this from the local police station in South Korea. Last year, I ask my friend who was still in Korea to get this on my behalf. So i filled up the application form and the power of attorney then I had it authenticated first by the Korean embassy in my country then i gave it to her along with the copy of the passport/passport stamps that i used when i was in South Korea. But now, as far as I know it seems that their policy has changed and they don't release this even if you have the power of attorney. 

 

2) Criminal Records Certificate - This is the one issued by the embassy. All you have to do is to fill up the application form which is available on their website then go to the embassy in person, submit the form along with the other requirements. I used my maiden name for my police certificate but my friend got her certificate with her married name on it (she was not married yet when she lived in Korea). She just gave them a copy of her marriage certificate. 

 

Actually, this is little confusing because on the travel.gov website, they said that for For Foreign national applicants, the Criminal Records Certificate (this is issued by the embassy) is required but i got an RFE at NVC because in the comment section, the title of the certificates that they need should be Criminal Records Check Reply and Investigation Records Check Reply which is issued only at local police stations. So i provided them with both types police certificates. 

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to Asia: East and Pacific regional forum; topic is South Korea specific.

[Coreyj17 0]

Thanks we have provided a police cleareance document. The embassy still wants us to provide a clearance document with my wife's x husband last name on it. My spouse did not change her name during that time. Why does the embassy want this alias if she never used it?