POLICE
CERTIFICATES AND MILITARY RECORDS
POLICE CERTIFICATES
Police certificates are required from every visa applicant
aged 16 years or over for each locality of the country of the applicant’s
nationality or current residence where the applicant has resided for at least
six months since attaining the age of sixteen.
Police certificates are also required from all other countries where the
applicant has resided for at least one year.
Generally, application for such certificates should be made directly to
police authorities in the district in which you resided.
If you have any questions about where or how to apply for police
certificates in other countries, you may communicate directly with the US
consular office processing your visa applications. Do not attempt to obtain police certificates covering
residence in any of the following countries, as they are NOT available: Afghanistan* Guatemala* Malaysia* Sri Lanka Angola* Haiti* Mexico Sudan Azerbaijan* Honduras* Moldova Syria* Bangladesh* Indonesia Mongolia Tajikistan Bulgaria* Iran* Nepal* Tanzania Cambodia Iraq* Nicaragua* Thailand* Chad* Jordan North Korea Turkey* Colombia* Kazakhstan Pakistan* USA Costa Rica* Laos* Saudi Arabia* Uzbekistan* Equatorial Guinea* Liberia Sierra Leone Venezuela* Ghana
Libya
Somalia*
Vietnam* Police certificates from these countries are available only
to persons physically present in the country who apply in person: Belarus Ethiopia Rwanda* Yemen Brazil Kuwait* Suriname Chile Paraguay United Arab Emirates Comoros
Lebanon*
Ukraine Police certificates from the following countries are
available only through the United States Embassy or Consulate.
Contact the American consular office if you currently are, or have been a
resident of one of these countries: Bermuda
Brunei
Korea*
Netherlands* MILITARY RECORDS
Military records from the following countries and those
above countries marked with an asterisk (*) are NOT available: Bahamas Iceland Poland Switzerland Bolivia Lesotho San Marino Taiwan Canary Islands Luxembourg Serbia-Montenegro Tanzania Cuba Macedonia Solomon Islands Turkmenistan Dem. Rep. of Congo Marshall Islands St. Helena Turks & Djibouti Monaco St. Kitts & Nevis Caicos Islands Dominica Norway St. Lucia Tuvalu Grenada Panama St. Vincent Western Samoa Hong Kong
Peru
& the Grenadines |
