police clearance of other countries

[mnieto 2]

Hi guys,

I'm wondering if somebody has some advice about this:

I'm a German citizen, but also have a Croatian passport. My parents were Croatian born,and due to the civil war everybody who had a drop of Croatian blood was able to get the Croatian citizenship without giving up the Citizenship they were holding ( in my case the German Citizenship).

I attended College in Croatia from 1996-2000, spend four years there, basically as a Croatian citizen.

Reading about the requirements for the embassy interview, it clearly states that I will have to provide police clearances for every country where I've spent more than 12 month. Not a problem, I can get that. But...

now I've talked to somebody who said that the fact that I've spent four years in Croatia can possibly delay our K1 petition, as Croatia is being considered in the US as one of the former communist countries. (?)

Is that correct??? Is that possible? Or do they focus soley on the fact that the police clearance is clean,no matter what country it was?

Another question:

is it possible that they will give me a hard time based on the fact that I spent four years in Croatia as an Croatian citizen? I suppose that the police clearance will state that I am a Croatian citizen.

I mean, I'm all confused now, whereas I had been pretty confident before...

I appreciate any suggestions!!! Thanks a lot!

[Otto 83]

Hi guys,

I'm wondering if somebody has some advice about this:

I'm a German citizen, but also have a Croatian passport. My parents were Croatian born,and due to the civil war everybody who had a drop of Croatian blood was able to get the Croatian citizenship without giving up the Citizenship they were holding ( in my case the German Citizenship).

I attended College in Croatia from 1996-2000, spend four years there, basically as a Croatian citizen.

Reading about the requirements for the embassy interview, it clearly states that I will have to provide police clearances for every country where I've spent more than 12 month. Not a problem, I can get that. But...

now I've talked to somebody who said that the fact that I've spent four years in Croatia can possibly delay our K1 petition, as Croatia is being considered in the US as one of the former communist countries. (?)

Is that correct??? Is that possible? Or do they focus soley on the fact that the police clearance is clean,no matter what country it was?

Another question:

is it possible that they will give me a hard time based on the fact that I spent four years in Croatia as an Croatian citizen? I suppose that the police clearance will state that I am a Croatian citizen.

I mean, I'm all confused now, whereas I had been pretty confident before...

I appreciate any suggestions!!! Thanks a lot!

flyguy26,

You should still remain confident - I suppose anything is possible, but you wouldn't be the first in your situation Frankfurt has seen... Just focus on your documentation and you should be just fine.

[nivesito 0]

now I've talked to somebody who said that the fact that I've spent four years in Croatia can possibly delay our K1 petition, as Croatia is being considered in the US as one of the former communist countries. (?)

This isn't true. It's not important what country you're from or where you lived, it's not going to delay your petition. I lived my whole life in Croatia and it didn't delay our K1 petition unless 20 years ago you where a member of a communist party

I was also getting my tourist visa (ok, it's not immigrant visa) in Frankfurt (I lived in Germany for 2 years doing my Masters) and all they asked me is what am I doing in Germany and few other easy questions and gave me the visa.

Who ever told you that doesn't know what he's talking about.

[mnieto 2]

now I've talked to somebody who said that the fact that I've spent four years in Croatia can possibly delay our K1 petition, as Croatia is being considered in the US as one of the former communist countries. (?)

This isn't true. It's not important what country you're from or where you lived, it's not going to delay your petition. I lived my whole life in Croatia and it didn't delay our K1 petition unless 20 years ago you where a member of a communist party

I was also getting my tourist visa (ok, it's not immigrant visa) in Frankfurt (I lived in Germany for 2 years doing my Masters) and all they asked me is what am I doing in Germany and few other easy questions and gave me the visa.

Who ever told you that doesn't know what he's talking about.

...I swear to God: I've never been a member of a communist party!

How about that dual Citizenship issue? Any ideas about that?

Thanks a bunch, guys!!!

~Rahela

[nivesito 0]

now I've talked to somebody who said that the fact that I've spent four years in Croatia can possibly delay our K1 petition, as Croatia is being considered in the US as one of the former communist countries. (?)

This isn't true. It's not important what country you're from or where you lived, it's not going to delay your petition. I lived my whole life in Croatia and it didn't delay our K1 petition unless 20 years ago you where a member of a communist party

I was also getting my tourist visa (ok, it's not immigrant visa) in Frankfurt (I lived in Germany for 2 years doing my Masters) and all they asked me is what am I doing in Germany and few other easy questions and gave me the visa.

Who ever told you that doesn't know what he's talking about.

...I swear to God: I've never been a member of a communist party!

How about that dual Citizenship issue? Any ideas about that?

Thanks a bunch, guys!!!

~Rahela

As I know they don't care but I'm not sure if you'll be able to keep both of them if you're going to take US citizenship.

[mnieto 2]

now I've talked to somebody who said that the fact that I've spent four years in Croatia can possibly delay our K1 petition, as Croatia is being considered in the US as one of the former communist countries. (?)

This isn't true. It's not important what country you're from or where you lived, it's not going to delay your petition. I lived my whole life in Croatia and it didn't delay our K1 petition unless 20 years ago you where a member of a communist party

I was also getting my tourist visa (ok, it's not immigrant visa) in Frankfurt (I lived in Germany for 2 years doing my Masters) and all they asked me is what am I doing in Germany and few other easy questions and gave me the visa.

Who ever told you that doesn't know what he's talking about.

...I swear to God: I've never been a member of a communist party!

How about that dual Citizenship issue? Any ideas about that?

Thanks a bunch, guys!!!

~Rahela

As I know they don't care but I'm not sure if you'll be able to keep both of them if you're going to take US citizenship.

Thanks, Nives!

Is there anybody on VJ who is citizen of two countries,too? Was it a problem during the interview? Did they ask any questions about that? Any experiences?

[Jigi 0]

hi,

i dont think as long as your petition file will be in embassy in germany there wont be any problem. But if you get all the documents and clearances perfectly. It wont be a problem at all.

Jigi

[mnieto 2]

Hi guys, sorry.... me again with my old worries and same old question:

I have all my stuff together now for the interview but still am pretty worried about my dual citizenship issue.

I won't be able to hide it as I've spent quite a while in Croatia and therefore have to provide a police cert from there ....(which is clean as a tear drop, by the way ).

So I need some advice: shall I just keep quiet about it and wait until the consular checks the Croatian police cert (which states that I am a Croatian citizen) ..... or should I be proactive and explain the situation to him?

How would you guys handle my dual citizenship problem during the interview?

Or am I just freaking out over nothing?

Thanks, folks...

[Elvis 0]

Don't worry

I am from Bosnia which is also one of former communist countries

I di not see anyone who has a problem nbecause of that reason

And as you might know there are around 1 000 000 people from ex Yugoslavia here in USA

they did not have any problem coming here

I have some friends who brought they wifes recently from Bosnia or Croatia not having any problems

It goes faster then some middle east countries ( they are main concern right now, because of terrorist threat)