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[barbaricyip]

Just a warning, folks.

My visa application was just rejected because for my criminal background check I had obtained - under advisement of Dave's forum - the New York City Certificate of Good Conduct. It was rejected. Apparently, because it was a city-wide and not a statewide check.

Lucky for me, I was able to obtain a RI statewide criminal background check (and under three hours! Compare that to the three weeks NYC took). I just wanted to put out the word to anyone else using Dave's to supplement their research for the visa application process.

[moosehead]

I know there are multiple threads on here discussing state-wide checks. Haven't seen any on city-checks.

maybe you only saw and found what you were looking for; the answers you find when doing research do depend a lot on one's state of mind, you know?

at any rate, something as important as applying for a visa from another country one should gather as much advice as possible and not depend on one single source, it's common sense. maybe you don't have any?

[ThingsComeAround]

That's interesting...

I used a NYC GCL twice before and it was accepted- the first time it was past the expiry date of two months

Did you have yours apostilled? I know immi won't take it any other way now

[Cayne]

Sounds like out of date information. I knew to get a state check from researching on Dave's, but that evidently hasn't always been necessary.

[Steve_Rogers2008]

the real question is why someone would go from a New york CITY check to a check in RHODE ISLAND. Inter-state crime spree from Yonkers to Rochester, no doubt....

[barbaricyip]

For the record (and you ~delightfully witty~ skeptics out there), I did have everything correctly notarized and apostilled, and made my decision to apply with the CGC based on multiple sources of information. Now I realize it was something of a potshot, and that a more expensive alternative would have been more reliable. Lucky for me, RI was both easier and cheaper. What a blessedly tiny state.

Also, I obtained the CGC while attending college in Manhattan, but since graduating have moved in with my dad in RI. Hence the state-change. No dead hookers, sorry for the disappointment.

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[barbaricyip]

airfilter - do you mind if I quote you at the top of the post for the benefit of people like myself, who had trouble finding the correct info and ended up with the wrong directions?

[ThingsComeAround]

[barbaricyip]

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