South Africa Police Certificate - How to get

[HaoRan 0]

Hi all,

I-130 petition - CR1

My wife spent 3 years in South Africa from 1999 to 2002 and needs the police certificate for that time period. She is Chinese from Shanghai. Can anyone help with understanding on how to get this done?

She went to the South African Consulate in Shanghai who were not much help. They told her to go to her local Chinese police station and get finger prints and send them to South Africa to get the certificate. However, when she was in South Africa she never got fingerprints so there are none on record there.

I would be grateful for any information or help.

Thank you!!

[YuAndDan 153]

Dificult but not imposible to get, a few members had similar problem with Japan, the consulate will hold you to getting the required reports, unless the DOS resiprocity table indicates that they are NOT available.

Police Records

Available. Criminal records since 1901 covering the entire Republic are maintained at the South African Police Headquarters, Pretoria. The period The Commissioner of the South African Police issues certificates upon application, stating whether or not a criminal record exists, and, if so, particulars of the offense as well as any sentence passed.

The police authorities require an applicant to present verification of identity, such as a Book of Life, or valid passport, and a payment of R41.00 (South African rand forty one payable in cash, cheque or postal order, made payable to the South African police).

To obtain a certificate that is issued in single copy only, fingerprints must be taken by the local police in the applicant’s place of residence. The South African police forwards the completed fingerprint chart and the fee to the head office in Pretoria for issuance of the police clearance certificate. If the applicant is residing in the United States, he or she should forward a bank draft in the aount of R41.00 together with a completed fingerprint chart (bearing an official signature and stamp of the local police station) to:

South African Police Service

Criminal Record Centre

Private Bang X308

Pretoria 0001, South Africa

Alternatively, he/she should authorize a friend/relative in South Africa to submit the application on behalf of the applicant.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3672.html

Moving this to NVC forum, Police certs are sent to NVC for document processing.