Police Certificate

[colonia 0]

Hey everybody,

I am new to this forum and maybe someone can help me with my question(s) regarding the police certificate needed for the K 1 visa (for which my fiance and i plan to apply by end of August):

-do I need to bring it with me to the interview or do i need to send it in earlier?

- how old/new is the police certificate supposed to be when handing it in?

Since i work in the humanitarian aid business and am going to Asia in a couple of weeks (for six months) this question is pretty important to me since I may encounter problems with getting the certificate while being abroad (in Germany you have to show up in person at city hall to have it issued).

if i need it for the interview (for which i will fly to Germany for a week or two) i could just get it then, otherwise i need to fly back to Germany just for a five minute visit to city hall.

It would be great if somebody had an answer to my question.

[Mew 0]

As I understand it, you're the foreign fiance, right?

Since you haven't applied yet and depending on which service center will process your petition, it'll take some months till you get to the interview date. Also, scheduling interviews may take less or more time according to the embassy or consulate where it'll take place.

But in short, you'll need the police certificates for the interview. Instructions on how/when to obtain them will be in packet 3, sent by the foreign consulate to the beneficiary, after the petition's been approved and forwarded to the beneficiary's country.

As for how long they're good, it also varies according to the country you're getting them. For example, in Brazil, state certificates are only valid for one month and federal ones are valid for 90 days.

I'm not sure, but I've read somewhere that you can get the police certificates through the embassies. So, even if you're in Asia, maybe you could call the embassy from your country in whichever country you are in to find out whether it can be done.

Edited July 27, 2006 by Mew

[dwar49 0]

How to obtain police certificates from all countries.

police certificates

Remember if you have lived in any country for a year (doesnt not have to be all at one time) (i.e. in france for 6 months one time, then 3 months later, there for 6 months) you have to have police certificate for that country.

Police certificates are only needed for foriegn national not USC.

[colonia 0]

Thanks so much for answering my question!

I always thought that i needed to provide police certificates for all places lived longer than six months but if its the case that its longer than a year i wont have to get one for my study exchange to the US (10 months).

[vartan 0]

us doesnt do police certs anyways

[dwar49 0]

Even if you were in US longer than a year you dont do one there. It is done when you do interview. By the way it does include your home country and normally that is only 6 months. Other countries are 1 year.

Last thing, I wouldnt wait until you get packet 3 many countries take month or two to send you police certificate. Check embassy website where your interview will be but I believe they are good for at least a year. Confirm that though.

[colonia 0]

Hallo,

i just checked the link dwar49 has sent me: i can get my police certificate while being abroad, i just have to subit the request in written form and have it delivered to the german embassy in the country where i will be working. juhu!

good thing also to know that i wont need a police certificate for my exchange year in the US; now i just have to get one from from the Sri Lankan authorities (did 11 months of internship there) but that should be easy since my next job assignment will be in Sri Lanka (so i can take care of it on the spot).

thanks so much everybody for answering my questions!

[Mew 0]

Hallo,

i just checked the link dwar49 has sent me: i can get my police certificate while being abroad, i just have to subit the request in written form and have it delivered to the german embassy in the country where i will be working. juhu!

good thing also to know that i wont need a police certificate for my exchange year in the US; now i just have to get one from from the Sri Lankan authorities (did 11 months of internship there) but that should be easy since my next job assignment will be in Sri Lanka (so i can take care of it on the spot).

thanks so much everybody for answering my questions!

Good to know! Good luck!

[ingiogbecca 0]

How to obtain police certificates from all countries.

police certificates

Remember if you have lived in any country for a year (doesnt not have to be all at one time) (i.e. in france for 6 months one time, then 3 months later, there for 6 months) you have to have police certificate for that country.

Police certificates are only needed for foriegn national not USC.

They got the adresses for the Icelandic agencies wrong

[dwar49 0]

They got the adresses for the Icelandic agencies wrong

Contact the state department and complain. I in no way endorse the accuracy of any government site.

I do not write their info, I just point people to the supposed source of information.

Doesnt surprise me that some of the addresses are wrong though.

Like trying to call Australia from US, god help you if you get automated answering service, their beeps in their phones are different and they dont recognize US beeps.