Hi ikoskela,
You are making things far more complicated then they need to be. Your
fiance just needs to ask for a Police Clearance Certificate at the
local police station and they will take care of the rest (applying to
the Criminal Records Centre in Pretoria). The Certificate will be
needed for the immigration interview (don't include it with your
I-129F petition) and they will keep the original, so be sure to ask
for a certified copy for yourselves.
Application for Police Fingerprint Clearance Certificate
Conditions/Service description:
"This service is available to persons who mostly require confirmation
on their criminal status for emigration purposes or for working abroad
for long periods of time. A certificate will be issued stating whether
any criminal offences are recorded against the applicant. The taking
of the fingerprints will be done at the local police stations, however
the analyzing thereof and the issuing of the certificate is done only
by the SAPS Criminal Record Centre in Pretoria."
1. This office has to be provided with a full set of your
fingerprints, taken at your nearest Police Station. Your full name,
surname, date of birth, place of birth and identity number (if
available) must also be recorded on the fingerprint form. The
applicant must take his/her Identity document to the police station as
proof of identity will be required.
[snip]
3. The police station will forward the application to the Criminal
Record Centre. In urgent cases, the applicant may deliver the
completed application in person or mail the application to;
The Head of the South African Criminal Record Centre
(For attention: Police Clearance Certificates)
Private Bag X308
PRETORIA
Gauteng
South Africa
0001
http://www.dfa.gov.za/consular/policeclear.htm
POLICE CLEARANCE
South African Police Clearance certificates are obtainable from the
Criminal Records Centre in Pretoria South Africa. For information on
obtaining a Police Clearance Certificate contact this Mission on:
# Tel no: 020 7451 7299
# Fax no: 020 7451 7283
If you choose to Fax your request the minimum information required is:
# Applicants full name as it appears in his/her passport.
# The Authority requesting the Police Clearance.
# Full Residential Address with Postal Code and County where applicable.
http://www.southafricahouse.com/OS_Administration.htm
Information about obtaining Police Certificates and Military Records
in different countries
"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."
SOUTH AFRICA
Police clearance certificates may be acquired from the any police
station. Fingerprints are also done from the police station which
forwards them to the Central Registry.
You must submit the following:
* 2 Passport size photographs
* South African identity document
* Application form
* Fees
In South Africa, you just go to your local police station and request
a Police Clearance Certificate. It costs about R30. They do it from
Pretoria and it will apply for every place you have lived in South
Africa from the age of 16.
http://www.skyweb.net/~rlls/misc/polcert.html#sa
Additional Links of Interest
Diplomatic Mission of the United States of America South Africa
http://pretoria.usembassy.gov/wwwhvisas.html
Fiancé(e) Visas
"A fiancé(e) of an United States citizen can apply for a special visa
which will permit him/her to travel to the U.S. for the purpose of
marrying within ninety days of entering the United States and residing
permanently there. The U.S. citizen is called the petitioner. The
foreign fiancé(e) is called the beneficiary.
Applying for a fiancé(e) visa takes place in two steps lasting several
months. The first step is for the U.S. citizen - the petitioner - to
file an I-129F fiancé(e) visa petition in the United States . I-129F
visa petitions can be approved only by the United States Citizenship
and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the United States . The fee for
filing an I-129F visa petition is $ 170 U.S. (as of October 26, 2005).
The second stage of the fiancé(e) visa process will begin when the
consulate in Johannesburg receives the approved I-129F petition from
the U.S. At that time, the foreign applicant - the beneficiary - will
be sent a detailed list of the supporting documents needed to apply
for the visa.
After the beneficiary informs the Consulate that all the documents are
ready, a visa interview will be scheduled. There is a $ 100 U.S. visa
application fee for the fiancé(e) visa itself, but there are
additional fees charged for the mandatory medical examination and for
some of the required documents.
Once the visa is issued, the non-American beneficiary must enter the
U.S. within six months. The couple must marry within three months of
that entry date and report this marriage to the nearest USCIS offcso
that the beneficiary may obtain a resident alien card (a green card).
The alien fiancé(e)/spouse must NOT leave the United States until the
USCIS process has been finalized and residency has been granted,
otherwise your adjustment request will be considered abandoned and you
will have to reinitiate the immigration process at the Embassy
abroad." [Forms]
http://pretoria.usembassy.gov/wwwhvisas_iv3.html
How Do I Bring My Fiancé(e) to the United States?
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/fiance.htm
Application Procedures: Bringing a Fiancé(e) to Live in the United States
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/fianceapp.htm
I was glad to find this for you, I hope you sleep better tonight! If
you have any questions, please post a clarification request and wait
for me to respond before closing/rating my answer.
Thank you,
hummer
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