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Police Certificate

See http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/index.htm for police certificate and other documentary requirements for various countries. If deemed to be available, at a minimum you must obtain a police certificate from your country of nationality and your country of current residence if your presence there occurred after age 16 and was 6 months or more. Police certificates are required from other countries for all stays of 12 months or more after age 16. If you have ever been arrested in any jurisdiction please bring arrest, court or prison records.

New Korean National Police Certificate

Effective May 1, 2005, all immigrant visa applicants of any nationality and who are over age 16 and physically present in South Korea must submit a Korean National Police Certificate (KNPC) at the time of the visa interview. 

Korean citizens, as well as foreign nationals residing in Korea, may apply in person at any local police station.  Korean citizens must show their national identity cards.  Foreign nationals must show their Korean alien registration cards or passports.  KNPC processing is no-fee and takes less than 24 hours. It is issued in Korean only. Prior to the immigrant visa interview, applicants must attach a complete English translation, certified as true and correct by anyone competent in Korean and English.

If your KNPC contains any adverse information, you must bring the full related court record and English translation with your KNPC to your visa interview.


CONS-IV has no means to track and exercises no control over outside agencies doing required clearances. The medical and police clearance processes are not waiverable and there is no "rush processing." CONS-IV cannot preprocess IV cases prior to receiving an approved I-130 from CIS.

 

For immigrant visa (IV) inquiries, please email us at seouliv@state.gov.

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The U.S. Embassy is closed on both U.S. and Korean holidays.

Updated 2006-02-27