Police Certificate

[KevinandJuana 0]

I have a quick question! In reference to the police certificate is that obtained by the petitioner, or the beneficary? I am so confused. Thanks

Edited February 16, 2011 by KevinandJuana

[extremerecluse 32]

I have a quick question! In reference to the police certificate is that obtained by the petitioner, or the beneficary? I am so confused. Thanks

My fiance (beneficiary) worked in Saudi Arabia. She is responsible for obtaining any and all police certificates from home country and any place she worked abroad for more than 6 months, such as Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately or fortunately, Saudi Arabia does not issue any police certificates for those outside the country. The beneficiary is the one who must obtain these items. You can check the reciprocity section on the US State Department website for any country you stayed for more than 6 months. Maybe you might get lucky and the country does not give out these documents if that is your case. If it is inside your home country then local and national clearances can be obtained quite easily.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

I have a quick question! In reference to the police certificate is that obtained by the petitioner, or the beneficary? I am so confused. Thanks

The beneficiary would be the one to obtain this document, but this is done close to the interview date. So, she does not have to do this yet for many more months to come if you just sent the petition this week. Best wishes!

[extremerecluse 32]

My fiance (beneficiary) worked in Saudi Arabia. She is responsible for obtaining any and all police certificates from home country and any place she worked abroad for more than 6 months, such as Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately or fortunately, Saudi Arabia does not issue any police certificates for those outside the country. The beneficiary is the one who must obtain these items. You can check the reciprocity section on the US State Department website for any country you stayed for more than 6 months. Maybe you might get lucky and the country does not give out these documents if that is your case. If it is inside your home country then local and national clearances can be obtained quite easily. The USC or petitioner is not required to present a police clearance or certificate. When you supply the State Department with your social security number and your birth certificate, they will have everything they need to conduct a very thorough background check on you, plus the G325A form that you submit will have other information that will aid them in investigating you. Don't worry, they will know all they need to know without you obtaining a police certificate.

[mjs84 0]

I have a quick question! In reference to the police certificate is that obtained by the petitioner, or the beneficary? I am so confused. Thanks

Me as the beneficiary i was the one who got the Police Certificate.

[payxibka 10,044]

moving thread to:

US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

This is the place to post your experiences or questions related to this last step before moving to the US. Topics relating to I-134's, packets sent from consulate and medical & police certificates should be posted here.

[Ab44 3]

I'm assuming your fiance is still in the DR, so it should be relatively easy to get, let us know if that is NOT the case since it is a little more complicated; my fiance went to school in a different country so has to jump through some hoops to get it..yes your fiance (the beneficiary gets it)

[MrTee12 64]

I have a quick question! In reference to the police certificate is that obtained by the petitioner, or the beneficary? I am so confused. Thanks

You need it for the Beneficiary (native of Dominican Rep)

From the Embassy's website:

Police Certificate: Police certificates are required from every applicant age 18 or over for each locality of the country of the applicant's nationality or current residence where the applicant has resided for at least six months since attaining the age of 18. Police certificates are also required from all other countries (except the United States) where the applicant has resided for at least one year. Please see http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/index.htm if you have questions about the procedures for obtaining a police certificate.

Picture:

http://photos.state.gov/galleries/dominicanrepublic/5/imagenes_iv/2.html

Source:

http://santodomingo.usembassy.gov/k1-k2_instructions.html

[Kim & Delvy 0]

So, when thinking about who needs what papers...I basically tell myself this:

Remember, as a US citizen, there is very little you have to do in terms of proof...through this process, they can't kick you OUT of your home country! So, anything that you see that has to do with the person's character is going to be for the beneficiary...

Police Record

Medical Results

You could have 5,000 different cooties, and they still can't take away your residency or your citizenship...but if your beneficiary has even 1...good luck with him/her getting in!

Also...remember, the immigrations officers are not MORE American than us non-officer citizens. They can't just play around with our citizenship all willy nilly! Doesn't matter. I could have two heads and one foot....and there's nothing they can do about it! If my husband had two heads and one foot...that'd be a different story...for so many reasons!

[VanessaTony 3,567]

My fiance (beneficiary) worked in Saudi Arabia. She is responsible for obtaining any and all police certificates from home country and any place she worked abroad for more than 6 months, such as Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately or fortunately, Saudi Arabia does not issue any police certificates for those outside the country. The beneficiary is the one who must obtain these items. You can check the reciprocity section on the US State Department website for any country you stayed for more than 6 months. Maybe you might get lucky and the country does not give out these documents if that is your case. If it is inside your home country then local and national clearances can be obtained quite easily.

Actually any place abroad for more than TWELVE months, not 6. Here is the table: Police certificate requirements table