NVC - Police certificate question

[EldestElderSon 3]

Hi all,

 

I'm preparing my spouse's application documents for NVC and I had 2 questions regarding the police certification requirements. 

 

First question: As it says on the State Department website:

Have ever lived in another country for 12 months or more	Were 16 years or older at the time you lived there	The country where you used to live.

 

Soo, technically my wife never lived in a single foreign country for 12 months or more. HOWEVER, she roughly lived in Italy for 5 months, 2 months in Slovenia, and then about 6 months in Austria. So, should I get police certificates for Italy and Austria? 

 

Second question: 

 

I thought ahead and we got my wife's Austrian police certificate a week before we left Austria. Can we submit this Austrian police certificate even though it was issued a few days before we left Austria for good? 

 

Thanks for the answers!

 

[payxibka 10,044]

1 minute ago, EldestElderSon said:

Hi all,

 

I'm preparing my spouse's application documents for NVC and I had 2 questions regarding the police certification requirements. 

 

First question: As it says on the State Department website:

Have ever lived in another country for 12 months or more	Were 16 years or older at the time you lived there	The country where you used to live.

 

Soo, technically my wife never lived in a single foreign country for 12 months or more. HOWEVER, she roughly lived in Italy for 5 months, 2 months in Slovenia, and then about 6 months in Austria. So, should I get police certificates for Italy and Austria? 

 

Second question: 

 

I thought ahead and we got my wife's Austrian police certificate a week before we left Austria. Can we submit this Austrian police certificate even though it was issued a few days before we left Austria for good? 

 

Thanks for the answers!

 

It is 12 mos. in any one country.  Based on your description,  the only place she had lived for 12 mos. or more will be her home country