Question about police certificate and fiance lived in US

[JohnE 57]

Good morning,

I first want to thank everyone on VJ for the information that helped us get our I129F approved last week without a RFE. My fiance is from Mexico and has lived and worked in the US for a number of years under her TN visa. That is how we met and have dated for the last 6 years and got engaged last July and started this visa journey. The company she worked for was sold a year ago and she moved back to Mexico City. I have traveled to Mexico City on my passport a number of times and she has traveled to the US on her travel/tourist visa during the waiting period for our approval. Matter of fact she flies here this Friday for a visit before she flies back to do the final process in this journey (bio, medical, interview).

My question is about a police certificate. Mexico does not have a police certificate. You only get one if you have a police record which of course she does not. This fact has been confirmed by a number of sources, one of which is Jay-Kay from VJ. I read a few items that said you need a police certificate from any country that you have lived in for more that 6 months. Will my fiance need to secure a police certificate from the US before she has her interview in Mexico? Thanks in advance for your reply to my question.

God Bless and God's Speed to everyone

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

No need for a US police cert, as USCIS runs its own background checks.

[B & D 0]

That is a good question. I am the beneficiary and I lived in the US for 2 years... so I don't need a police certificate for the US, right?

[Inky 1,111]

That is a good question. I am the beneficiary and I lived in the US for 2 years... so I don't need a police certificate for the US, right?

right, you don't need one from the USA

[baron555 934]

In the US you don't have to register with the police whenever you move....si no police cert to be had.

[matthewmaria 3]

i hope i don't speak out of line here as there are many more experienced folks on this site than I.

However, i will tell you that while Mexico they do no have the certificate, they did require a letterfrom the police, called carta de constancia.It was a letter from the PD for the town where she lived, showing that she had no criminalrecord.

It's funny because on the list they send you for forms required there is an X on the list, designating it is not available. However, they kept our original so go figure . . . .