Do I need a police clearance certificate?

[Napraforgo 0]

Good day members of the forum.

I am fortunate to be selected for the dv lottery 2023 as a principal selectee and scheduled for interview in the coming months. My concern is the PCC from my home country. I have been away for 7yrs and only returned once for less than a month after my initial departure.

Prior to leaving my home country, I was issued a PCC which is now approximately 7yrs old. My question thus is that, do I still need to provide a PCC from my home country even though I am legally settled in another country and haven't been back to my home country all these years?

 

[JeanneAdil 6,554]

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-if-you-are-selected/diversity-visa-prepare-supporting-documents.html

[ButterflyDubai 0]

On 8/14/2022 at 9:02 PM, Napraforgo said:

Good day members of the forum.

I am fortunate to be selected for the dv lottery 2023 as a principal selectee and scheduled for interview in the coming months. My concern is the PCC from my home country. I have been away for 7yrs and only returned once for less than a month after my initial departure.

Prior to leaving my home country, I was issued a PCC which is now approximately 7yrs old. My question thus is that, do I still need to provide a PCC from my home country even though I am legally settled in another country and haven't been back to my home country all these years?

 

Hi there, 

 

If you read the requirements and all the paperwork on the travel.gov website once you sign into the website you will see that it is a requirement for ALL selectees to get a PCC from EVERY country you have lived in. So best to get cracking and get it done. Why risk your future and a possibility of being denied because you did not do the required steps to prove your eligibility? We had to get PCC for 4 different countries between my husband and myself. Took a while, but rather not risk it. 

[ButterflyDubai 0]

Just now, ButterflyDubai said:

Hi there, 

 

If you read the requirements and all the paperwork on the travel.gov website once you sign into the website you will see that it is a requirement for ALL selectees to get a PCC from EVERY country you have lived in. So best to get cracking and get it done. Why risk your future and a possibility of being denied because you did not do the required steps to prove your eligibility? We had to get PCC for 4 different countries between my husband and myself. Took a while, but rather not risk it. 

I hope this document will help you. Read through it and make sure you have all the necessary documents you need. Good luck

DV-2023-Instructions-English_New.pdf

[Napraforgo 0]

7 minutes ago, ButterflyDubai said:

Hi there, 

 

If you read the requirements and all the paperwork on the travel.gov website once you sign into the website you will see that it is a requirement for ALL selectees to get a PCC from EVERY country you have lived in. So best to get cracking and get it done. Why risk your future and a possibility of being denied because you did not do the required steps to prove your eligibility? We had to get PCC for 4 different countries between my husband and myself. Took a while, but rather not risk it. 

Thank you for your response to my query. I am on it at the moment and hopefully it arrives before my interview. The requirement for pcc is just not clear enough and one can hardly get hold of a CO for direct enquiry.

[ButterflyDubai 0]

15 minutes ago, Napraforgo said:

Thank you for your response to my query. I am on it at the moment and hopefully it arrives before my interview. The requirement for pcc is just not clear enough and one can hardly get hold of a CO for direct enquiry.

The documentation is very clear and there is no ambiguity in it. It clearly states that you need a PCC that is less than 12 months old. and if you have travelled to that country again after getting the PCC you need a new one. hope this helps

 

[Napraforgo 0]

On 8/18/2022 at 11:10 AM, ButterflyDubai said:

The documentation is very clear and there is no ambiguity in it. It clearly states that you need a PCC that is less than 12 months old. and if you have travelled to that country again after getting the PCC you need a new one. hope this helps

 

As a follow up, I am scheduled to be interviewed shortly for the DV. However, the PCC from my home country is not available and won't be before my interview due to delays beyond my control. This is making me worried. Hence, my question is, has anyone been faced with such situation and how did it go? What are my chances of approval without it even though I have PCC from all other countries I have ever lived in?

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

3 hours ago, Napraforgo said:

As a follow up, I am scheduled to be interviewed shortly for the DV. However, the PCC from my home country is not available and won't be before my interview due to delays beyond my control. This is making me worried. Hence, my question is, has anyone been faced with such situation and how did it go? What are my chances of approval without it even though I have PCC from all other countries I have ever lived in?

You won’t get approved without a required PCC. If everything else looks good, they will place you on administrative processing (221g temporary refusal) until you can get the police certificate to them. 

[Napraforgo 0]

Thank you SusieQ for the response. I am hoping for that at the least. Hopefully I get approved. I appreciate your work. Thanks.