Does my wife need a Police Clearance Report?

[Headingbackhome 0]

I am a living in Thailand with my wife. We are at the packet 3 stage. I am trying to determine whether my wife will need to get Thai Police Clearance Certificate.

After we got married in China, my Chinese wife came to live with me in Thailand. She still considers China her home.

She has been staying in Thailand on an annual dependent visa extension from December 2011 but since then she has been out of Thailand about 277 days.
(1) 2012, she made 3 overseas trips for a total of 110 days.
(2) 2013, she made 2 overseas trips for a total of 75 days.
(3) 2014, she made 2 overseas trips for a total of 92 days.
Given the number of days she has been out of Thailand, does US Immigration still require a Thai Police Clearance Certificate from her?

Thanks for any advice.

Edited December 1, 2014 by Headingbackhome

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

I would say yes, because however much time she spend outside of Thailand, she is considered a resident there (she has a resident visa).

[MariaLD 8]

she will need her police records from all of the countries she had spent more than 6 months , I had to get one from Spain and one from Romania also

[NikLR 13,220]

she will need her police records from all of the countries she had spent more than 6 months , I had to get one from Spain and one from Romania also

For ir1/cr1 it is normally 1 year, not 6 months. However the OP'S wife has a resident visa for Thailand and it sounds like she will be interviewing there so better safe than sorry. I agree with penguin.

Edited December 1, 2014 by NLR

[Headingbackhome 0]

Thanks for all the comments.