Police Certificate

[Jess_Cah 7]

I've seen a few post saying to upload a police certificate. Is this for myself (the petitioner) or my husband? Also, Is it for every country lived in? Thanks!

[JFH 12,189]

19 minutes ago, Jess_Cah said:

I've seen a few post saying to upload a police certificate. Is this for myself (the petitioner) or my husband? Also, Is it for every country lived in? Thanks!

It’s needed at the NVC stage, not before. It’s for the immigrant, not the petitioner. He needs one from every country where he has lived since age 16 (with a few exceptions, including the USA). 

[Jess_Cah 7]

42 minutes ago, JFH said:

It’s needed at the NVC stage, not before. It’s for the immigrant, not the petitioner. He needs one from every country where he has lived since age 16 (with a few exceptions, including the USA). 

Great, Thank you. We've been approved so just waiting our NVC number etc. I suppose we should wait till we have that number before he orders his police records from the UK and New Zealand? 

[LilyJ 1,258]

52 minutes ago, Jess_Cah said:

Great, Thank you. We've been approved so just waiting our NVC number etc. I suppose we should wait till we have that number before he orders his police records from the UK and New Zealand? 

You can get it ahead of time so that there's no delay in uploading your documents. Police certificates are good for one year for immigration purposes so no need to wait

[JFH 12,189]

1 hour ago, Jess_Cah said:

Great, Thank you. We've been approved so just waiting our NVC number etc. I suppose we should wait till we have that number before he orders his police records from the UK and New Zealand? 

Approved already??? Your timeline shows they received it just 9 days ago. Nebraska is taking around a year to process I-130s. Did you qualify for an expedite? 

[JFH 12,189]

If he no longer lives in the UK he can get one anytime - I would get it now. Certificates from countries where you no longer live have no expiration date. I sent one from Germany that was 10 years old that I obtained when I applied to be a foster parent in the UK. 
 

But if he lives in NZ now I would wait until you are closer to NOA2 unless you really were approved in less than 9 days. 

[Jess_Cah 7]

2 hours ago, JFH said:

If he no longer lives in the UK he can get one anytime - I would get it now. Certificates from countries where you no longer live have no expiration date. I sent one from Germany that was 10 years old that I obtained when I applied to be a foster parent in the UK. 
 

But if he lives in NZ now I would wait until you are closer to NOA2 unless you really were approved in less than 9 days. 

Oh so sorry, I meant to say our application was accepted not approved! Sorry, still learning the terminology of the process  . Thank you for your answers!  

[LilyJ 1,258]

15 hours ago, Jess_Cah said:

Oh so sorry, I meant to say our application was accepted not approved! Sorry, still learning the terminology of the process  . Thank you for your answers!  

Depending on your service center then it will be a while until you get to NVC as that won't be until you are actually approved; hold off with the police cert until after approval as you never truly know how long it will take

[Jess_Cah 7]

2 hours ago, LilyJ said:

Depending on your service center then it will be a while until you get to NVC as that won't be until you are actually approved; hold off with the police cert until after approval as you never truly know how long it will take

Thank you  

[DSB27 13]

The police certificate is not the same for every country. You can't get a New Zealand police certificate before you've got your NVC case number. It's not the standard criminal history check that gets done when you (for example) apply for a job. It's the police vetting process: https://www.police.govt.nz/advice-services/businesses-and-organisations/vetting/vetting-process-visas.

[Jesula 27]

Do you guys know how long New Zealand is taking to schedule interviews perhaps. 

[Jess_Cah 7]

1 hour ago, Jesula said:

Do you guys know how long New Zealand is taking to schedule interviews perhaps. 

From what I've read is once everything is approved and NVC sends paperwork to consulate its only about a month till the interview

[Jesula 27]

42 minutes ago, Jess_Cah said:

From what I've read is once everything is approved and NVC sends paperwork to consulate its only about a month till the interview

Ok thanks, I couldn’t find anything on New Zealand. Not even timelines. Thanks for responding. 

[Jess_Cah 7]

On 1/27/2020 at 4:14 PM, JFH said:

If he no longer lives in the UK he can get one anytime - I would get it now. Certificates from countries where you no longer live have no expiration date. I sent one from Germany that was 10 years old that I obtained when I applied to be a foster parent in the UK. 
 

But if he lives in NZ now I would wait until you are closer to NOA2 unless you really were approved in less than 9 days. 

Hi, I was just re reading some of my old posts now that we are at the NVC stage. My husband has  UK police certificate he had to order for work 4 years ago. Does that mean he can use that one for this process or are we best to order a new one? He hasn't lived there in 10+ years 

[JFH 12,189]

13 minutes ago, Jess_Cah said:

Hi, I was just re reading some of my old posts now that we are at the NVC stage. My husband has  UK police certificate he had to order for work 4 years ago. Does that mean he can use that one for this process or are we best to order a new one? He hasn't lived there in 10+ years 

That one is fine.