police cert from taiwan many yrs ago

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Hi guys, I have question regarding my police cert from taiwan. I worked there so many yrs ago 1999-2001 and i got my police certificate last 2003. now i am wondering if it still valid since its 2009 now but i was only there for that period of time do you think the NVC will accept it? or they will ask me to get a new one? I got my new local PCC last month from where im living now. Anybody have an idea? pls give me your insights. I am going to send the ds230 to my hubby today and just want to be ready just in case they will not accept my old one from taiwan. waiting for you reply thank you all.

[gracies 0]

Hi guys, I have question regarding my police cert from taiwan. I worked there so many yrs ago 1999-2001 and i got my police certificate last 2003. now i am wondering if it still valid since its 2009 now but i was only there for that period of time do you think the NVC will accept it? or they will ask me to get a new one? I got my new local PCC last month from where im living now. Anybody have an idea? pls give me your insights. I am going to send the ds230 to my hubby today and just want to be ready just in case they will not accept my old one from taiwan. waiting for you reply thank you all.

for as long as you were not back in taiwan from the time you have the certificate, i guess that's ok....but to make it sure, just get a new one, its very easy and affordable to apply through mail. I did it myself...normally police certificate valid only for a year.

[steve&eden 0]

i worked at Taiwan 2000-2005 and before going back home i got my Police Clearance.I thought it is good enough since it is the last time i was there..

Hi guys, I have question regarding my police cert from taiwan. I worked there so many yrs ago 1999-2001 and i got my police certificate last 2003. now i am wondering if it still valid since its 2009 now but i was only there for that period of time do you think the NVC will accept it? or they will ask me to get a new one? I got my new local PCC last month from where im living now. Anybody have an idea? pls give me your insights. I am going to send the ds230 to my hubby today and just want to be ready just in case they will not accept my old one from taiwan. waiting for you reply thank you all.

for as long as you were not back in taiwan from the time you have the certificate, i guess that's ok....but to make it sure, just get a new one, its very easy and affordable to apply through mail. I did it myself...normally police certificate valid only for a year.

[CaNdiD wiTcH 0]

You might be needing the recent one..

Police Records

Taiwan issues police certificates, although the information is not always comprehensive. Also, legislation is pending in Taiwan that will cause criminal convictions resulting in a penalty of a fine, probation, a suspended sentence, or a sentence of less than two years be deleted from a person's criminal record. Crimes committed by juveniles are not part of the criminal record. Therefore, under the new legislation, a police clearance certificate will not show these convictions. Crimes relevant to visa issuance may be included in those that may not be shown on a person's police clearance certificate. Conversely, convictions, once part of a person's record, remains in the person's record indefinitely. The information reported by the police on police clearance certificates is reliable, but applicants have been able to exclude relevant convictions by specifying specific dates for which the check is to be performed. Information recorded in police clearance certificates comes from a national database of criminal convictions that is updated weekly. If posts suspect that a Taiwan visa applicant is concealing a criminal conviction despite presentation of a clean police clearance certificate, posts should send a completed DS-156 with a photocopy of the bio page of the applicant's passport to the Fraud Prevention Unit at AIT.

Taiwan does not use a standard system for romanizing names, resulting in a wide range of name spellings. However, every Taiwan citizen is assigned a unique national identification number that never changes. Whenever possible, queries should include a person's national identification number. Applicants with Taiwan passports should apply for a police certificate from the police headquarters having jurisdiction over the county or city in which the applicant's household is registered, as recorded in the Household Registration certificate. A third party can assist in this application. Previous residents of Taiwan not holding a Taiwan passport may apply for a police certificate by writing to:

Foreign Affairs Division

Taipei Municipal Police Department

No. 96, Yen Ping South Road

Taipei, Taiwan

Applicants should enclose a completed application form (available from Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Offices (TECRO) or Republic of China Embassies). There is a processing fee of US$11.00). No police certificate is available for previous residents of Taiwan who were dependents of U.S. military personnel and covered by the Status of Forces Agreement or persons living in Taiwan prior to August 1945."