Police Records

[Hakan Karaman 0]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this forum, so I'd like to say hello to everyone and wish you all a speedy acceptance of your petition. I'm the applicant/ petitioner and my fiancee, the beneficiary, is in the Ukraine. Our petition was filed, with the Vermont Service Center, back on 10/27/2008. Our application was pending until last week when they sent a notice of action. I guess I didn't give them exactly what they wanted, initially when I filed the petition. I have more than 3 alcohol or controlled substance related crimes on my record. They want me to submit certified copies of all court and police records, showing the charges and dispositions for every such conviction. My question is what exactly do they mean by police records? Do they want the police incident reports for each charge or do they want a background check from the police station? A police incident report would be a report stating what exactly happened when I was arrested, that is if the police even wrote up a report. A background check is available at the police station, which just states each arrest in any given county. It appears that they don't just give out incident reports, a subpoena is required which needs to go through court, at which point a judge would decide whether or not to release such information. I've tried calling and asking, but they won't tell me exactly what they're asking for, this is very annoying. I've already got certified copies of the dispositions, now I'm trying to get background checks and police incident reports, but they won't give out the incident reports. My convictions are in two different counties. When I went to the police station and asked for a police report they gave me a background check. I would really appreciate it if someone who was or is in a similar situation would help steer me in the right direction. I have two DUI charges and a Possession of Marijuana charge, just misdemeanors. Thanks for your help guys, and good luck with your own applications.

[PB&JAM 1]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this forum, so I'd like to say hello to everyone and wish you all a speedy acceptance of your petition. I'm the applicant/ petitioner and my fiancee, the beneficiary, is in the Ukraine. Our petition was filed, with the Vermont Service Center, back on 10/27/2008. Our application was pending until last week when they sent a notice of action. I guess I didn't give them exactly what they wanted, initially when I filed the petition. I have more than 3 alcohol or controlled substance related crimes on my record. They want me to submit certified copies of all court and police records, showing the charges and dispositions for every such conviction. My question is what exactly do they mean by police records? Do they want the police incident reports for each charge or do they want a background check from the police station? A police incident report would be a report stating what exactly happened when I was arrested, that is if the police even wrote up a report. A background check is available at the police station, which just states each arrest in any given county. It appears that they don't just give out incident reports, a subpoena is required which needs to go through court, at which point a judge would decide whether or not to release such information. I've tried calling and asking, but they won't tell me exactly what they're asking for, this is very annoying. I've already got certified copies of the dispositions, now I'm trying to get background checks and police incident reports, but they won't give out the incident reports. My convictions are in two different counties. When I went to the police station and asked for a police report they gave me a background check. I would really appreciate it if someone who was or is in a similar situation would help steer me in the right direction. I have two DUI charges and a Possession of Marijuana charge, just misdemeanors. Thanks for your help guys, and good luck with your own applications.

I'm pretty sure this is country specific, so u may want to post this in the Europe/Eurasia forum. Hope someone can help!

[Brad and Vika 129]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this forum, so I'd like to say hello to everyone and wish you all a speedy acceptance of your petition. I'm the applicant/ petitioner and my fiancee, the beneficiary, is in the Ukraine. Our petition was filed, with the Vermont Service Center, back on 10/27/2008. Our application was pending until last week when they sent a notice of action. I guess I didn't give them exactly what they wanted, initially when I filed the petition. I have more than 3 alcohol or controlled substance related crimes on my record. They want me to submit certified copies of all court and police records, showing the charges and dispositions for every such conviction. My question is what exactly do they mean by police records? Do they want the police incident reports for each charge or do they want a background check from the police station? A police incident report would be a report stating what exactly happened when I was arrested, that is if the police even wrote up a report. A background check is available at the police station, which just states each arrest in any given county. It appears that they don't just give out incident reports, a subpoena is required which needs to go through court, at which point a judge would decide whether or not to release such information. I've tried calling and asking, but they won't tell me exactly what they're asking for, this is very annoying. I've already got certified copies of the dispositions, now I'm trying to get background checks and police incident reports, but they won't give out the incident reports. My convictions are in two different counties. When I went to the police station and asked for a police report they gave me a background check. I would really appreciate it if someone who was or is in a similar situation would help steer me in the right direction. I have two DUI charges and a Possession of Marijuana charge, just misdemeanors. Thanks for your help guys, and good luck with your own applications.

I have done some time as a law clerk (years ago) and will make a few suggestions here. Please take them with a grain of salt, as laws and criminal procedure do differ from city to city, and state to state. You did not, and should not, be specific here about your criminal history - but that forces me to generalize a bit. If your initial arrest report or citation or summons (what you got from the police on the scene, or delivered to your home) has specific commentary and maybe a case number on it, that should work. Submit those documents with your certified dispositions. The important thing is that a clerk at USCIS (with no legal taining) needs to be able to connect the dots between your charges and dispositions - the results should not matter. Case numbers, dates etc. will really help. You might provide a summary sheet of the cases with numbers too - kind of like an index for USCIS. On a related subject, it might help to show that your SO is aware of the history, and is OK with it. Good luck.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this forum, so I'd like to say hello to everyone and wish you all a speedy acceptance of your petition. I'm the applicant/ petitioner and my fiancee, the beneficiary, is in the Ukraine. Our petition was filed, with the Vermont Service Center, back on 10/27/2008. Our application was pending until last week when they sent a notice of action. I guess I didn't give them exactly what they wanted, initially when I filed the petition. I have more than 3 alcohol or controlled substance related crimes on my record. They want me to submit certified copies of all court and police records, showing the charges and dispositions for every such conviction. My question is what exactly do they mean by police records? Do they want the police incident reports for each charge or do they want a background check from the police station? A police incident report would be a report stating what exactly happened when I was arrested, that is if the police even wrote up a report. A background check is available at the police station, which just states each arrest in any given county. It appears that they don't just give out incident reports, a subpoena is required which needs to go through court, at which point a judge would decide whether or not to release such information. I've tried calling and asking, but they won't tell me exactly what they're asking for, this is very annoying. I've already got certified copies of the dispositions, now I'm trying to get background checks and police incident reports, but they won't give out the incident reports. My convictions are in two different counties. When I went to the police station and asked for a police report they gave me a background check. I would really appreciate it if someone who was or is in a similar situation would help steer me in the right direction. I have two DUI charges and a Possession of Marijuana charge, just misdemeanors. Thanks for your help guys, and good luck with your own applications.

I have done some time as a law clerk (years ago) and will make a few suggestions here. Please take them with a grain of salt, as laws and criminal procedure do differ from city to city, and state to state. You did not, and should not, be specific here about your criminal history - but that forces me to generalize a bit. If your initial arrest report or citation or summons (what you got from the police on the scene, or delivered to your home) has specific commentary and maybe a case number on it, that should work. Submit those documents with your certified dispositions. The important thing is that a clerk at USCIS (with no legal taining) needs to be able to connect the dots between your charges and dispositions - the results should not matter. Case numbers, dates etc. will really help. You might provide a summary sheet of the cases with numbers too - kind of like an index for USCIS. On a related subject, it might help to show that your SO is aware of the history, and is OK with it. Good luck.

I cannot speak for all jursidictions, but in most (if not all) the court clerk will have these records. You can ask them to pull this file and review all that is in the file. Then usually they will make copies of anything you want for a small fee. If you just ask for a disposition, that is all you will get. Ask to see the whole file which should have the police charges, etc., everything realted to the case. You may even have to wait a few days to get this if it is an older case. The court clerk will usually need a case number, but sometimes you can get them with just your name and birthdate.

Also, you NEED to tell your fiancee if you haven't already because the consulate WILL. A friend recently had his interview and they told his fiancee of his previous DUI charge. She already knew about it, so it was no big deal, but they WILL tell your fiancee of your previous criminal history at the interview.

PS, it is "Ukraine" not "the Ukraine". (cringe)