Plice Clearance for ship based employment

[manila_kano 0]

We are planning to apply for CR1 this fall. I'm getting my ducks in order and got to wondering about police clearance. My wife worked on a cruise ship based with home port in the U.K. for several months. She was not allowed to leave the ship in the U.K. because they wouldn't give her a proper visa. To confuse the matter the ship is registered in Panama which she has never visited.

Anybody have any knowledge or experience with this?

Edited June 3, 2011 by manila_kano

[pushbrk 14,268]

We are planning to apply for CR1 this fall. I'm getting my ducks in order and got to wondering about police clearance. My wife worked on a cruise ship based with home port in the U.K. for several months. She was not allowed to leave the ship in the U.K. because they wouldn't give her a proper visa. To confuse the matter the ship is registered in Panama which she has never visited.

Anybody have any knowledge or experience with this?

Police reports are required from countries in which the beneficiary actually "resided" for more than six months since reaching age 16. None of the above is applicable to police reports.

[manila_kano 0]

Thank you!

[Darnell 8,480]

ya, if 'several months' is less than 6 months, I'd not worry about it.

List the employment on the G-325A

[manila_kano 0]

More than 6 months. I don't feel she ever *resided* in the UK so will let that go. But as a Panamanian registered ship crimes aboard ship are subject to Panamanian laws. Since she lived aboard ship she could be viewed as residing in Panama. I will do a DCF so I'll check with the embassy this week. I was hoping somebody has run into this before.