Police Certificates? (merged)

[Crazy Cat 42,320]

2 minutes ago, Kuchiki said:

His wife did live in other country(ies) for less than 12 months but more than 6 months I believe. Which means he does not need to submit a police certificate.

My thoughts as well.  Thanks.

[Zin-Zin 21]

3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

My thoughts as well.  Thanks.

Thanks. 

Any recommendations on how to proceed? Do I upload a letter in place of the Police Certificate on CEAC? 

[JeanneAdil 6,655]

3 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Do you have a reference link for that t?  The chart is pretty clear.

Yep,, from the following site US immigration site:

 

  INSTRUCTION FOR IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICANTS

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Supplemental/RGA%20-%20Riga.pdf

 

5.POLICE CERTIFICATES: Each visa applicant at least 16 years of age, must submit an original police certificate:  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;

[Zin-Zin 21]

Just now, JeanneAdil said:

Yep,, from the following site US immigration site:

 

  INSTRUCTION FOR IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICANTS

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Supplemental/RGA - Riga.pdf

 

5.POLICE CERTIFICATES: Each visa applicant at least 16 years of age, must submit an original police certificate:  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;

I'm sorry, but that clause is for "country of current residence." The country I am talking about is NOT our current residence nor is it the applicant's country of nationality. 

[JeanneAdil 6,655]

OP

you do not have a timeline or state your country/ embassy or visa type

u need to do this

 

some embassies  have specific requirements for different documents 

like ours needs 2 police clearances 

 

please do a timeline

please ID your country 

and also check that country's portal for past experinces 

 

also go the the US embassy webpage for specific instructions regarding document needs 

[JeanneAdil 6,655]

i did not read in any of his responses where he told us where she currently lived and if this was her country

he says it will be difficult to get but he does not ID embassy ,  her country and give enough info for a good reasonable response 

our embassy request 2 clearances (criminal report and driving record) and clearance from any country lived in for 6 months 

[Zin-Zin 21]

42 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

i did not read in any of his responses where he told us where she currently lived and if this was her country

he says it will be difficult to get but he does not ID embassy ,  her country and give enough info for a good reasonable response 

our embassy request 2 clearances (criminal report and driving record) and clearance from any country lived in for 6 months 

Our case is currently scheduled to be interviewed in Taipei, but I have submitted an email inquiry to the NVC to move the case to my wife's home country of France. 

[Chancy 6,243]

5 hours ago, Zin-Zin said:

So do I just select 'Not Available' on the Civil Document upload menu? 

 

Do not select "Not Available" for police certificates, unless your wife never lived in France (country of nationality) or Taiwan (country of current residence) for more than 6 months after age 16.

 

[Zin-Zin 21]

2 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Do not select "Not Available" for police certificates, unless your wife never lived in France (country of nationality) or Taiwan (country of current residence) for more than 6 months after age 16.

 

We have those police certificates. 

She lived in Ireland at 18 for 7 months and Korea 15 years ago for 10 months, but we do not have those. We did not get them b/c they are clearly outside the bounds of the guidelines set out by the government. 

For Ireland and Korea do I put 'Not Available'? I've read others writing an explanation letter and submitting that. 

[EmTi 41]

4 hours ago, Kuchiki said:

I agree with what is written. It indeed states 12 months. But some have received RFEs for a PC if the applicant stayed 6 months or more. 

My husband and I are examples too. We submitted a screenshot similar to yours showing that if we moved from a country after the last certificate was obtained and haven’t been back, we don’t need to submit an updated one from that country. Well, we got an RFE.
If it’s possible to get one, I recommend getting one. 

[Zin-Zin 21]

2 minutes ago, EmTi said:

My husband and I are examples too. We submitted a screenshot similar to yours showing that if we moved from a country after the last certificate was obtained and haven’t been back, we don’t need to submit an updated one from that country. Well, we got an RFE.
If it’s possible to get one, I recommend getting one. 

Thanks. 

What did you upload to the CEAC site in place of the police certificates that it was looking for? 

[Chancy 6,243]

16 minutes ago, Zin-Zin said:

For Ireland and Korea do I put 'Not Available'? I've read others writing an explanation letter and submitting that. 

 

Irish and South Korean police certificates are available to those who are required to have them.  In your wife's case, upload a letter stating that the requirement is not applicable because of the short duration of your wife's stay.  Note that the interviewing officer has discretion to ask for the police certificates anyway, but that's rare.

 

[EmTi 41]

2 minutes ago, Zin-Zin said:

Thanks. 

What did you upload to the CEAC site in place of the police certificates that it was looking for? 

We uploaded a detailed letter indicating that based on the State department’s website, a new certificate is not required. And we included the screenshot from the website. We added my husband’s old expired certificate showing the date of the previous certificate, along with a lease from the new country we were in to show he lives in a new country.

[Zin-Zin 21]

2 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

Irish and South Korean police certificates are available to those who are required to have them.  In your wife's case, upload a letter stating that the requirement is not applicable because of the short duration of your wife's stay.  Note that the interviewing officer has discretion to ask for the police certificates anyway, but that's rare.

 

Thank you. So upload the letter at CEAC in lieu of the Police Report at this menu? (See attached photo). 

Upload it under "Upload Document'? 

3 minutes ago, EmTi said:

We uploaded a detailed letter indicating that based on the State department’s website, a new certificate is not required. And we included the screenshot from the website. We added my husband’s old expired certificate showing the date of the previous certificate, along with a lease from the new country we were in to show he lives in a new country.

Sorry to hear you had to go through that. Hopefully all finished now? 

[EmTi 41]

Just now, Zin-Zin said:

Thank you. So upload the letter at CEAC in lieu of the Police Report at this menu? (See attached photo). 

Upload it under "Upload Document'? 

But, we ended up getting a new certificate after all so thankfully when we got an RFE, we were prepared to submit the new one.