Gdas

My wife is an Indian and currently lives in India. However, she lived in
the UK for about 8 months in the past. For an immigration visa, does she
need to submit a Police Certificate from UK ?

According to the
following US Embassy site for New Delhi, she is not required to submit a
police certificate from UK. It states that a person must live 12 months
or more in a country and then he/she is required to submit a police
certificate from that country. This statement is on the 5th row in the
box.

http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/wwwhconsuivv.html



However, according to the following State Deaprtment site, she is
required to submit it. Scroll down to "Police Record" on that page.


]http://travel.state.gov/reciprocity/Country%20Folder/U/United_Ki-
ngdom.htm[/url]

Given these two contradictory information, what should
she do ?

My second question is - if she has to submit a police
certificate from UK, how does she go about obtaining one from UK ? She
lives in India and it is not feasible for her to visit UK for this
purpose. Has anyone living outside of UK obtained a police certificate
from there ? If yes, what is the procedure ?

Thanks in Advance.

Mpd131

This link might have some useful information for you:

]http://www-
.usembassy.org.uk/cons_web/faqs/iv/faq_pc.htm#two[/url]

I am sure that
you do not have to present in the UK in order to obtain a police
certificate. But I am not sure whether or not your wife needs one.

Sibsie

I lived outside the UK when I was going through the K1. You can
download the form from the Met Police site (google for it) and then send
it in.

The annoying thing is that they will only accept a sterling
cheque and are very stringent on the ID required.

Gdas

Originally posted by sibsie
    > I lived outside the UK when
I was going through the K1. You can download the form from the Met
Police site (google for it) and then send it in.
    >
    > The annoying thing
is that they will only accept a sterling cheque and are very stringent
on the ID required.

Thanks Mala and Sibsie for your response.


OK - I got a copy of the form from Met Police site. Couple of other
questions -

1. How do I pay them in Sterling pounds ? I can possibly
get a cashier's check from USA for the equivalent amount. But that does
not seem to be acceptable to them. I do not know anyone in UK who can
write a check for me. So, what are the options I have ?

2. My wife's
name changed after marriage and she just got her renewed passport with
the changed name. But she lived in the UK before her name changed. So,
obviously Met police may not accept her passport as an ID because it has
a different name. However, her bank statements still have her original
name. Can she send her bank statement as an ID ?

3. Doesn't the
applicant need to provide the address in UK where she lived - on the
application form ? Surprisingly, I did not see that anywhere on the
form.

Following is the link for the application form for UK police
certificate. I got it from the Met police site and am assuming that this
is the right form.


http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection/forms/3019b.pdf

Sibsie

Originally posted by gdas
    > 1. How do I pay them in
Sterling pounds ? I can possibly get a cashier's check from USA for the
equivalent amount. But that does not seem to be acceptable to them. I do
not know anyone in UK who can write a check for me. So, what are the
options I have ?
    >
It does have to be Sterling not the foreign
currency equivilant. Maybe your bank can work something out? Perhaps
they have a banking arrangement with a bank in the UK and do something.


    >
    > 2. My wife's name changed after marriage and she just got
her renewed passport with the changed name. But she lived in the UK
before her name changed. So, obviously Met police may not accept her
passport as an ID because it has a different name. However, her bank
statements still have her original name. Can she send her bank statement
as an ID ?
    >

She needs to supply ID for whatever name she
currently uses, then just put her maiden name down on the relevant part
of the form.

    >
    > 3. Doesn't the applicant need to provide the
address in UK where she lived - on the application form ? Surprisingly,
I did not see that anywhere on the form.
    >

Yes they do ask
for it. It's in bold and asks for all addresses in the last 10 years to
be listed on a separate sheet.

CaliforniaBride

Originally posted by gdas
    > Thanks Mala and Sibsie for
your response.
    >
    > OK - I got a copy of the form from Met Police site.
Couple of other questions -
    >
    > 1. How do I pay them in Sterling pounds
? I can possibly get a cashier's check from USA for the equivalent
amount. But that does not seem to be acceptable to them. I do not know
anyone in UK who can write a check for me. So, what are the options I
have ?
    >
    >

I used the Met forms. I went to a currency
exchange bureau. They issued a cheque for the amount in sterling drawn,
I think, from HSBC bank. They charged me something like $20 for the
cheque. Expensive but easy.

CalgaryAMC

I applied for one from Canada. I called Greater Manchester Police on the
phone and they emailed the form to me. I was absolutely amazed at how
obliging they were.

I went to my bank in Canada and they were able to
give me a UK certified cheque. It is actually an American Express cheque
of some sort and along with whatever the £10.00 cost in Canadian
dollars, they also charged a $5.00 fee.

The ID requirements were
onerous and did involve me having to pay my lawyer to notarize some
documents along with getting my doctor to confirm that he had known me
for the required time.

Cindyabs

Originally posted by gdas
    > Thanks Mala and Sibsie for
your response.
    >
    > OK - I got a copy of the form from Met Police site.
Couple of other questions -
    >
    > 1. How do I pay them in Sterling pounds
? I can possibly get a cashier's check from USA for the equivalent
amount. But that does not seem to be acceptable to them. I do not know
anyone in UK who can write a check for me. So, what are the options I
have ?
    >
    > 2. My wife's name changed after marriage and she just got
her renewed passport with the changed name. But she lived in the UK
before her name changed. So, obviously Met police may not accept her
passport as an ID because it has a different name. However, her bank
statements still have her original name. Can she send her bank statement
as an ID ?
    >
    > 3. Doesn't the applicant need to provide the address in
UK where she lived - on the application form ? Surprisingly, I did not
see that anywhere on the form.
    >
    > Following is the link for the
application form for UK police certificate. I got it from the Met police
site and am assuming that this is the right form.
    >
http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection/forms/3019b.pdf



Think you could get an American Express Traveler's cheque
-they do sterling ones.