Police clearance
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do you know why they need a police clearance? usually, they can do a FP or name check by FBI. If you have trouble with FP, you can get a clearance from police. Maybe from all the police stations you have lived in the past five years.
so, first thing first, did they say why they need this?
so, first thing first, did they say why they need this?
LCSilence said:
You will go to FBI office and get the FP sheets. Then go back to your local Police they will take FP on the paper.
Ask / Show the notice the FBI person he will guide you properly. This kind of Clearance is done while applying for Canadian immigration. Check with them if you know any one locally
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please check this out. this is for those people who can not have a good fp. I don't know how it work. but, there are regulations we can follow. please let us know how it work. Thanks!
lots of people have fp problems, not just you. So, don't worry, let find a way to get around it without any delay, hopefully.
_____________________________________________
INS Memo on Fingerprint Waiver Policy
November 15, 1999
MEMORANDUM FOR:
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE
SERVICE CENTER DIRECTORS
FROM:
William R. Yates
Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner
Office of Field Operations
Immigration Services Division
SUBJECT: Fingerprint Waiver Policy for Naturalization Applicants who am Unable to be Fingerprinted
Public Law 105-119 requires that the immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) receive confirmation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that a full criminal background check has been completed before adjudicating a naturalization application. At this time, the FBI makes this type of confirmation only in response to queries made by submitting fingerprints. However, there is it small number of applicants for naturalization who have disabilities that render them unable to be fingerprinted or provide legible fingerprints.
The Rehabilitation Act requires in certain instances that all federal agencies make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. Therefore, this memorandum establishes a fingerprinting waiver for certain naturalization applicants with disabilities who are unable to provide fingerprints or are unable to provide legible fingerprints. This memorandum also provides guidance on the procedures for waiving the fingerprinting requirement and alternative procedures for determining whether the applicant meets the good moral character eligibility requirement. These procedures are effective for naturalization applicants scheduled for fingerprinting on and after the date of this memorandum.
Waiver Eligibility
A small number of applicants, for various reasons, are unable to provide fingerprints or unable to provide legible fingerprints. These reasons may include, but are not limited to, birth defects, physical deformities, or skin conditions.
Only an INS officer responsible for overseeing applicant fingerprinting is authorized to waive the fingerprinting requirement. An INS officer may grant a waiver only after he or she:
Has personally seen the applicant;
Has attempted to fingerprint the applicant or has observed a fingerprint technician employed by INS attempt to fingerprint the applicant; and
Determines that the applicant cannot be fingerprinted at all or cannot provide a single legible fingerprint.
A fingerprinting waiver may never be granted simply because an individual has fewer than 10 fingers. The FBI can produce a criminal background record for an individual who provides fewer than 10 fingerprints. A waiver may only be granted when an INS officer determines that an applicant can provide no fingerprints. The waiver must not be granted solely because it appears that the prints will be unclassifiable. In addition, a fingerprinting waiver may never be granted if the reason an individual cannot provide fingerprints or cannot provide legible fingerprints is due to a temporary condition. The decision of the INS officer not to grant a fingerprinting waiver is final and may not be appealed.
Waiver Procedure
Only an INS Application Support Center (ASC) manager, an INS officer supervising a mobile fingerprinting route or an INS officer acting in the capacity of an ASC manager may grant a fingerprinting waiver. Therefore, all individuals, including individuals who believe they qualify for a fingerprinting waiver, must still be scheduled for and appear for fingerprinting at an INS-designated location.
If an ASC manager or other authorized INS officer grants a fingerprinting waiver, he or she must:
Note on the applicant's fingerprint notice that a fingerprinting waiver is granted;
On the fingerprint notice sign his or her name and the date the waiver is granted;
Describe on the fingerprint notice the condition that prevents fingerprinting the applicant;
Give the applicant a copy of the annotated fingerprint notice and a notice to bring local police clearances to his or her naturalization examination (copy of Police Clearance-Notice attached); and
Forward the annotated fingerprint notice and a copy of the Police Clearance Notice to the service center.
When a service center receives a waiver-annotated fingerprint notice and Police Clearance notice, the notices must be retained with the corresponding naturalization application. The service center, or the local office if the file was shipped before the completion of normal procedures pursuant to Policy Memo # 53, must circle "Waived" in the Remarks section of the FD-258 Control Number line of the N-650A and annotate "Policy Memo #60" in the Remarks. After the service center, or local office, has completed all file transfer procedures and other Naturalization Quality Procedures (NQP) requirements for the application, the CLAIMS 4.0 fingerprint hold may be overridden to allow the applicant to be scheduled for a naturalization examination.
If a naturalization applicant is scheduled for fingerprinting at a designated law enforcement agency (DLEA), and the DLEA believes the applicant cannot be fingerprinted, the DLEA must refer the applicant to an INS fingerprinting location to complete the procedure described in this section.
Procedure at time of Naturalization Examination
A naturalization applicant who is granted a fingerprinting waiver must bring local police clearances to his or her naturalization examination. The local police clearances must be retained with the naturalization application. In addition to the local police clearance, the INS officer conducting the naturalization examination must execute the sworn statement found in attachment # 7 to the NQP4 memorandum.
If you have any questions about this memorandum, please contact Richard
Sheridan, Office of Field Operations, Immigration Services Division at (202) 616-0583.
lots of people have fp problems, not just you. So, don't worry, let find a way to get around it without any delay, hopefully.
_____________________________________________
INS Memo on Fingerprint Waiver Policy
November 15, 1999
MEMORANDUM FOR:
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE
SERVICE CENTER DIRECTORS
FROM:
William R. Yates
Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner
Office of Field Operations
Immigration Services Division
SUBJECT: Fingerprint Waiver Policy for Naturalization Applicants who am Unable to be Fingerprinted
Public Law 105-119 requires that the immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) receive confirmation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that a full criminal background check has been completed before adjudicating a naturalization application. At this time, the FBI makes this type of confirmation only in response to queries made by submitting fingerprints. However, there is it small number of applicants for naturalization who have disabilities that render them unable to be fingerprinted or provide legible fingerprints.
The Rehabilitation Act requires in certain instances that all federal agencies make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. Therefore, this memorandum establishes a fingerprinting waiver for certain naturalization applicants with disabilities who are unable to provide fingerprints or are unable to provide legible fingerprints. This memorandum also provides guidance on the procedures for waiving the fingerprinting requirement and alternative procedures for determining whether the applicant meets the good moral character eligibility requirement. These procedures are effective for naturalization applicants scheduled for fingerprinting on and after the date of this memorandum.
Waiver Eligibility
A small number of applicants, for various reasons, are unable to provide fingerprints or unable to provide legible fingerprints. These reasons may include, but are not limited to, birth defects, physical deformities, or skin conditions.
Only an INS officer responsible for overseeing applicant fingerprinting is authorized to waive the fingerprinting requirement. An INS officer may grant a waiver only after he or she:
Has personally seen the applicant;
Has attempted to fingerprint the applicant or has observed a fingerprint technician employed by INS attempt to fingerprint the applicant; and
Determines that the applicant cannot be fingerprinted at all or cannot provide a single legible fingerprint.
A fingerprinting waiver may never be granted simply because an individual has fewer than 10 fingers. The FBI can produce a criminal background record for an individual who provides fewer than 10 fingerprints. A waiver may only be granted when an INS officer determines that an applicant can provide no fingerprints. The waiver must not be granted solely because it appears that the prints will be unclassifiable. In addition, a fingerprinting waiver may never be granted if the reason an individual cannot provide fingerprints or cannot provide legible fingerprints is due to a temporary condition. The decision of the INS officer not to grant a fingerprinting waiver is final and may not be appealed.
Waiver Procedure
Only an INS Application Support Center (ASC) manager, an INS officer supervising a mobile fingerprinting route or an INS officer acting in the capacity of an ASC manager may grant a fingerprinting waiver. Therefore, all individuals, including individuals who believe they qualify for a fingerprinting waiver, must still be scheduled for and appear for fingerprinting at an INS-designated location.
If an ASC manager or other authorized INS officer grants a fingerprinting waiver, he or she must:
Note on the applicant's fingerprint notice that a fingerprinting waiver is granted;
On the fingerprint notice sign his or her name and the date the waiver is granted;
Describe on the fingerprint notice the condition that prevents fingerprinting the applicant;
Give the applicant a copy of the annotated fingerprint notice and a notice to bring local police clearances to his or her naturalization examination (copy of Police Clearance-Notice attached); and
Forward the annotated fingerprint notice and a copy of the Police Clearance Notice to the service center.
When a service center receives a waiver-annotated fingerprint notice and Police Clearance notice, the notices must be retained with the corresponding naturalization application. The service center, or the local office if the file was shipped before the completion of normal procedures pursuant to Policy Memo # 53, must circle "Waived" in the Remarks section of the FD-258 Control Number line of the N-650A and annotate "Policy Memo #60" in the Remarks. After the service center, or local office, has completed all file transfer procedures and other Naturalization Quality Procedures (NQP) requirements for the application, the CLAIMS 4.0 fingerprint hold may be overridden to allow the applicant to be scheduled for a naturalization examination.
If a naturalization applicant is scheduled for fingerprinting at a designated law enforcement agency (DLEA), and the DLEA believes the applicant cannot be fingerprinted, the DLEA must refer the applicant to an INS fingerprinting location to complete the procedure described in this section.
Procedure at time of Naturalization Examination
A naturalization applicant who is granted a fingerprinting waiver must bring local police clearances to his or her naturalization examination. The local police clearances must be retained with the naturalization application. In addition to the local police clearance, the INS officer conducting the naturalization examination must execute the sworn statement found in attachment # 7 to the NQP4 memorandum.
If you have any questions about this memorandum, please contact Richard
Sheridan, Office of Field Operations, Immigration Services Division at (202) 616-0583.
I also got the same RFE. My FPwas also rejected twice. My RFE clearly says that I need to submit police clearance for all places which I mentioned on my G-325A form. I checked with my local police offices and they suggested that if you have resided on mupltiple places in same state, then I should get state level police clearance. So I am getting state level clearance from 3 states.
On my RFE, they have also requested my own sworn affidavit regarding criminal history, with RFE response. Do anyone have format for this kind of affdavit? Thanks is advance!!!
On my RFE, they have also requested my own sworn affidavit regarding criminal history, with RFE response. Do anyone have format for this kind of affdavit? Thanks is advance!!!
pl2001,
could you please let us know how we can get the police clearance from state police? I was trying to find out if there is contact information on state police department's website. I could not find anything. your information is greatly appreciated.
I have not done any FP yet, but I guess I may not police clearance because of my finger skin condition.
could you please let us know how we can get the police clearance from state police? I was trying to find out if there is contact information on state police department's website. I could not find anything. your information is greatly appreciated.
I have not done any FP yet, but I guess I may not police clearance because of my finger skin condition.
Forxp, I got police clearance from NJ, NY and CT. Here are the links for getting police clearance from these states....
CT - http://www.state.ct.us/dps/spbi.htm
NY - http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/ojis/recordreview.htm
NJ - http://www.njsp.org/about/serv_chrc.html#icbc
Like this, there should be justice/police department sites for other states also from where you can get police clearance.
CT - http://www.state.ct.us/dps/spbi.htm
NY - http://criminaljustice.state.ny.us/ojis/recordreview.htm
NJ - http://www.njsp.org/about/serv_chrc.html#icbc
Like this, there should be justice/police department sites for other states also from where you can get police clearance.
As I expected, my FP was rejected by FBI about one week ago. Pl2001, LCsilence, could you please let me know how long it takes for the USCIS to send the second FP notice?
Also, how the "police clearance" works for you two? any difficluties? Hope there are not.
Is it ok if I ask for the police clearance now to save some time?
Also, how the "police clearance" works for you two? any difficluties? Hope there are not.
Is it ok if I ask for the police clearance now to save some time?
police clearances
my fp got rejected by fbi a couple of times and i got an rfe to send the clearances. in the rfe, the state agencies are listed as contacts to get the clearances. I do have the good conduct certificates for immigration purposes from the local/county offices, but the procedure they have to get these state clearances are different - i need to fp at a local enforcement agency and send the fp card to the state agency... I did that, but obviously my fp (in ink) didn't come out well - i'm just surprised that the clearances i need to get due to the fp problem requires fp again - that doesn't make any sense... anyways, i got a letter also from the officer who did the fp at the local office reg. the fp and stating that's the best they could do.... I've sent the fp card, letter and other doc as required and let's see what they could do...
Appreciate any comments.
thanks!
my fp got rejected by fbi a couple of times and i got an rfe to send the clearances. in the rfe, the state agencies are listed as contacts to get the clearances. I do have the good conduct certificates for immigration purposes from the local/county offices, but the procedure they have to get these state clearances are different - i need to fp at a local enforcement agency and send the fp card to the state agency... I did that, but obviously my fp (in ink) didn't come out well - i'm just surprised that the clearances i need to get due to the fp problem requires fp again - that doesn't make any sense... anyways, i got a letter also from the officer who did the fp at the local office reg. the fp and stating that's the best they could do.... I've sent the fp card, letter and other doc as required and let's see what they could do...
Appreciate any comments.
thanks!