Police Certificate

[Charles&Keri 0]

My fiance will be going to get his police certificate next week, but we are still very confused about a few things. The website says he has to have a police certificate from each place he has lived since he was 18. Well he has lived in Enugu and Aba, so doe he go to each place or does he got to Lagos to get the certificate as we had already planned. If he must go to Lagos, does he have to pay for two diiferent certificates per city he has lived in? Also does anyone know what the current fee is and exactly how long it takes. I've heard if he stays around, he can get it in a few hours then I heard two weeks. I'm so confused. Can someone set me straight please?

[romnick 15]

Nigeria is a country,You should just get a single one in Lagos cos cities doesnt matter.It is also not expensive,the Express cost its about $37 and u will get it within 40 minutes, I suggest u get there early enough.The place is At alagbon in Ikoyi,You can ask after Johnbull when u get there, hes one of the officers in Charge.So dont pay more than 5,500 naira or less.Hope it helps!

[patient2010 93]

My fiance will be going to get his police certificate next week, but we are still very confused about a few things. The website says he has to have a police certificate from each place he has lived since he was 18. Well he has lived in Enugu and Aba, so doe he go to each place or does he got to Lagos to get the certificate as we had already planned. If he must go to Lagos, does he have to pay for two diiferent certificates per city he has lived in? Also does anyone know what the current fee is and exactly how long it takes. I've heard if he stays around, he can get it in a few hours then I heard two weeks. I'm so confused. Can someone set me straight please?

Aba and Enugu are all part of Nigeria so he only needs that one from Lagos when they talk of other certificates they mean if the beneficiary for example has lived in Nigeria then later lived in Ghana then later lived in UK he would then have to get police certificates from those places if he has stayed in those places more than 6months. but since he has only live in Naija he just need that one certificate also you can get the police certificate the same day in like 30min.....Good Luck and welcome to VJ!!!

[Charles&Keri 0]

Thank you everyone for your timely response. He is being extremely defiant right now, because he refuses to go to Lagos for the certificate. Instead, he says he was told that he must go to the capitol of Abia State and they would send it to Lagos. He says this is not America, they do things differently there and everyone is telling him this. So I decided to write Immigration myself so he could see that it is where they are saying to go. Immigration wrote back and said he was REQUIRED to go to Lagos for the certificate. He is being hard headed about the issue. He wrote me this today "This is police work and not immigration. All those people that passed through it are Nigerians and each of them got it through police and not immigration. They told me it's done through ones state of origin. Nigeria don't have a modified data base like the states where such information about one can be gotten through the computer from any part of the country with ones social security number. Lagos won't come to investigate me here, it's my state that will do that and send them the right info for the document." Does anyone know this to be true or are both Immigration and correct about him to Lagos. I have worked so hard on getting him this visa and now I am distraught over him messing this up for BOTH of us. Please can anyone give me your input on all this. I am about in tears, I am so angry and confused!

[Charles&Keri 0]

Aba and Enugu are all part of Nigeria so he only needs that one from Lagos when they talk of other certificates they mean if the beneficiary for example has lived in Nigeria then later lived in Ghana then later lived in UK he would then have to get police certificates from those places if he has stayed in those places more than 6months. but since he has only live in Naija he just need that one certificate also you can get the police certificate the same day in like 30min.....Good Luck and welcome to VJ!!!

Thankyou for you response and your welcoming me. I am so frustrated. Please if you can, please reply to my coment below! Thanks again!

[oscar12 23]

Well the police certificate can only be done at Alagbon police station in Ikoyi,here in Lagos......But if you probably far from Lagos,you can still apply thru the police station where ever you are,then they will tranfer it to Alagbon police station and after there check on your criminal records and you have not committed any crime...they will issue a police clearance certificate on your name and sent it back to which ever station it came from,Then your fiance can pick it up afterward... .but might probably take few weeks before he will get it but if it was done at Alagbon which is the approved station for it,he can probably get it in a day or two because all the criminal records in Nigeria is been transferred to the station after each case no matter which state you are in Nigeria............

Hope this clarify everything for you...........

Well i have my own question.............My fiancee is very worried becouse our case arrived Lagos in 14th March,2011 and we have not heard anything from the Consulate about our interview date....He is saying that am not following up because i just started working few weeks ago,but that is not true because i email the Consulate few days back and i just get the auto response which i forwarded to her but they have not replied my email....Pls how do i contact them to know my interview date and what next to do.....is been like 2 weeks our case arrive in Lagos.....Thanks

[Charles&Keri 0]

Well the police certificate can only be done at Alagbon police station in Ikoyi,here in Lagos......But if you probably far from Lagos,you can still apply thru the police station where ever you are,then they will tranfer it to Alagbon police station and after there check on your criminal records and you have not committed any crime...they will issue a police clearance certificate on your name and sent it back to which ever station it came from,Then your fiance can pick it up afterward... .but might probably take few weeks before he will get it but if it was done at Alagbon which is the approved station for it,he can probably get it in a day or two because all the criminal records in Nigeria is been transferred to the station after each case no matter which state you are in Nigeria............

Hope this clarify everything for you...........

Well i have my own question.............My fiancee is very worried becouse our case arrived Lagos in 14th March,2011 and we have not heard anything from the Consulate about our interview date....He is saying that am not following up because i just started working few weeks ago,but that is not true because i email the Consulate few days back and i just get the auto response which i forwarded to her but they have not replied my email....Pls how do i contact them to know my interview date and what next to do.....is been like 2 weeks our case arrive in Lagos.....Thanks

Ok, well my fiance was approved (NOA2) on February 12, 2011. I wrote immigration on March 1st and got a reply back the next day. They informed me immediatly of his interview date as well as sending me the package 3&4 information/forms. Be sure to include the alien number, his full name and that you are the petitioner. He can easily do as much as you in writing to the consulate. I just wrote another mail to them and again I received a message the next day. I'm not sure why you haven't received a reply yet. Try again and be sure to give then as much information as possible. You should get a reply in 24 hours. Hope this helps!

[romnick 15]

I expect your fiance to be more reasonable now than ever most especially as a result of the stress associated with the visa journey rather than getting smart.Any advice you get here its either straight from the horses mouth or an associated horse LOL.I didnt live in Lagos all my life but I got it from Lagos so are others,He should be more understanding that we are trying to save you guys from unnecessary stress.He should simply go to Lagos for the police clearance, I dont forsee any problem in him getting it same day unless he has something else up his sleeves.Just tell him to relax his mind, we are advising you guys cos we have been through the same process.There is no point in delaying things unnecessarily when the delay can be avoided.I am sure everyone here is desperate to be united with their loved ones.Lagos is the center point of most of these things including immigrant interviews not even Abuja could take that glory from them LOL.I wish you all the best!