police clearance check for aussie who worked in uk

[petefromoz 0]

hi all K1'ers

I am an aussie awaiting K1 visa interview date to be scheduled.

After acquiring what I thought was all the needed documentation for scheduling Sydney K1 visa interview, (including Aussie police clearance check, medical check etc etc) US consulate notified me I need an additional police clearance check from UK for the 12 month period Jan -Dec 2000, when I was there for a teaching exchange.

This I submitted hastily to UK, but I had to have local police authority submit my paper work, (with payment ONLY permissable in UK pounds sterling cheque) to National Information Service in London, whi say by law, they are entitled to take up to 40 days to check any criminal history against date of birth, with no prioritising of urgent cases...

I share this in case there are other applicants who may have worked outside of their country of origin for a short period, who may get this similar surprise..

[petefromoz 0]

national identification service in london I should say, not national information service

hi all K1'ers

I am an aussie awaiting K1 visa interview date to be scheduled.

After acquiring what I thought was all the needed documentation for scheduling Sydney K1 visa interview, (including Aussie police clearance check, medical check etc etc) US consulate notified me I need an additional police clearance check from UK for the 12 month period Jan -Dec 2000, when I was there for a teaching exchange.

This I submitted hastily to UK, but I had to have local police authority submit my paper work, (with payment ONLY permissable in UK pounds sterling cheque) to National Information Service in London, whi say by law, they are entitled to take up to 40 days to check any criminal history against date of birth, with no prioritising of urgent cases...

I share this in case there are other applicants who may have worked outside of their country of origin for a short period, who may get this similar surprise..