Consulate asks for Travel History

[No name 88 48]

They ask for travel/work abroad history because they want to determine if you need to get a police clearance/certificate from that country.

If you lived/worked outside your home country for 12 months or longer, you need to get PC from that foreign country.

It's 6 months or longer. At least that's want it says on the Ho Chi Minh consulate page.

[No name 88 48]

It may be easier to just put your travel history into a word document. This way you can give the CO one piece of paper to look at plus bring the passports with you to back it up if they want to scrutinize.

[Cathi 5,849]

They ask for travel/work abroad history because they want to determine if you need to get a police clearance/certificate from that country.

If you lived/worked outside your home country for 12 months or longer, you need to get PC from that foreign country.

It's 6 months or more, not 12

[quimolum 12]

It's 6 months or more, not 12

Don't be so sure of yourself when posting.

I looked up again on the US visa website because it also concerns me:

An applicant must obtain a police certificate from the local police authority:

IF you…

AND…

have been living in your country of nationality at their current residence for more than 6 months

you are 16 years old or older

lived in a different part of your country of nationality for more than 6 months

you were 16 years or older at that time

lived in a different country for more than 12 months

you were 16 years or older at that time

were arrested for any reason

you were any age at the time of the arrest

12 months, I think, is the right answer.

You have to get a police record where you live currently for more than 6 months.

But else than this, you don't need a police record for countries where you lived less than 12 months in the past unless maybe it is specifically required for a specific case.

Where did you get your information from?

[apple21 953]

For K1/fiancee visa chasers, its living/working abroad for 6 months or more.

For SPOUSE visa chasers, its living/working abroad for 12 months or more.

The original poster was under the F2A category that's why its 12 months for him/her.

Edited April 21, 2014 by apple21