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______IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION:__________________________________
Please submit a completed copy of form Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration -
Biographic Data (DS-230/DS-260) for this applicant. In reviewing the form that you submitted, we note
that the section pertaining to applicant residences from the age of 16 is either blank or incomplete. The
applicant must list all places lived for at least six months since reaching the age of 16. There must not be
any gaps greater than six months. You will need to complete and submit a new form with the changes.
Your visa application cannot be processed until this form is complete.
A gap exists in your residence history of more than six months. When completing the information in
this section, please refer to the following instructions below on Police Certificate(s):
*Police certificates are required for each visa applicant aged 16 years or older, based on where each
applicant lives or has lived previously.
*Police certificates are also required from all other countries where the applicant has resided more than
12 months. Present and former residents of the United States should NOT obtain any police certificates
covering their residence in the U.S.
*Generally, applications for police certificates should be made directly to the police authorities in the
district in which you resided. The police certificate must:
*Cover the entire period of the applicant's residence in that area, and
*State what the appropriate police authorities records show concerning each applicant, including all
arrests, the reason for the arrest(s), and the disposition of each case of which there is a record.
*If you have any questions about where or how to apply for police certificates in other countries, you
may communicate directly with the U.S. consular office processing your visa applications.
NOTE: Police certificates from certain countries are unavailable. Detailed information is available from
the NVC or the nearest United States immigrant visa processing post.
To download a form or update the online form submitted, please visit www.ImmigrantVisas.state.gov
______CORRESPONDENCE INSTRUCTIONS:_________________________________
For electronic processing, all forms and documents that we request and require from you should be
scanned and e-mailed to NVC as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The documents should
be sent as attachments with your e-mail response and not in a web file. NVC is unable to process
documents submitted in web files. Forms and documents should not be mailed through the postal
service.The applicant must present all original forms and documents to the Consular officer at the visa
interview. Failure to present the required originals at the visa interview will result in a denial or delay in
obtaining a visa for the sponsored applicant. Any questions regarding your petition should continue to be
directed to [email protected].