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No I haven’t

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When did they apply? Did you resubmit their documents again as requested by AUMA?

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No, I did not have to resubmit anything
My dependents applied in Dec 2021

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You’re lucky, i’m stuck as my dependents applied in July '23!

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Anyone who received the email but status hasn’t flipped (ours is still in accepted so we’re stuck!)

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Hi. My son is an Indian citizen but studying in the US. He needs to get Police clearance in India (which is done) and in the US too. Can anyone advise me on the process of getting the Police clearance in the US. I heard one has to approach the FBI or something like that. Please advise

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Google FBI Identity History Summary Checks (Rap Sheets) and it will bring you to the FBI site and follow instructions. After receiving FBI report it will need to be sent to US Dept of State for the apostle. The FBI report will come as a pdf that you can self print and submit with the forms to US Dept of STate or email the pdf to a service that does that for you.

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Thank you so much Mathew for your quick response. Really appreciate it. Hope all is going well with you now post Jan 15th with AIMA.
Regards,
Anthony

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Try this link: https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-and-information/identity-history-summary-checks
You can use “FBI Channelers”, which are businesses that will help him get his fingerprinting done and then submit the Background Check (Criminal Record) request to the FBI. They are sent his fingerprints and will do the check and mail it. There is a fee involved, and it varies from source to source. A list of “FBI Channelers”: https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/more-fbi-services-and-information/identity-history-summary-checks/list-of-fbi-approved-channelers-for-departmental-order-submissions. You can enter where he lives and get suggestions of ones to use. Good luck!

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Tried the link. very useful and have found centers close by. Thank you very much for this

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Our lawyer has asked for the background check (Criminal Record) from both Federal as well as State Police - my daughter lives in Jesey City. Are there others from US who have also been asked for both kinds of background checks.
Additionally, I noted that the state dept. website specifically says that for State issued documents
"State documents
If you’re using the document in a country that is part of the Hague Convention Treaty, get it certified by the state that issued the document. You do not need an apostille certificate.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/replace-certify-docs/authenticate-your-document/apostille-requirements.html "
Has anyone been asked for state police background check certificate, and if so, has needed to get this apostilled, and how?

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That seems highly unusual - I haven’t heard of any cases of AIMA asking for state police certifications. I’d push back and ask why your lawyer thinks it’s necessary. Perhaps they’ve encountered such a request from AIMA. But conventional wisdom is that the ‘competent authority’ for US criminal records is the FBI.

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Never submitted one from the state (CA in my case). I think your lawyer is off to the left field. I would just submit the FBI records and tell them that state records are not provided in the state you are residing.

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The recent Q & A with AIMA stated that for the US criminal record, it is the FBI document that is required:
[It must ] be issued by the entity that we expect or that is admissible. We give the easiest example of Brazil. The Brazilian criminal record is the federal one and not the state one. The American criminal record will not be the state one, it will be the FBI one.
In Portuguese: [deve] ser emitido pela entidade que nĂłs esperamos ou que seja admissĂ­vel. Damos o exemplo mais fĂĄcil do Brasil. O registro criminal brasileiro Ă© o federal e nĂŁo o estadual. O registro criminal americano nĂŁo serĂĄ o estadual serĂĄ o do FBI

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Same here, my lawyer says we may have to file a suit

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This might have been stated already, but I got an interesting clarification about this new AIMA process.

The whole application status change and resubmission only applies to primary applicants and dependents if applicable. Likely many on this thread.

But, if as a primary applicant you already did your biometrics and it’s only your dependents who are waiting for pre-approval, their status has not flipped and they’re still in line – and now potentially in the back of the line given everyone who’s moving up front.

A bit unfortunate for that group of people (of which I’m a part), but we’re still getting good signals that citizenship counts at application submission so hopefully it won’t matter in the end.

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Hey could you elaborate more on those signals please, wondering if there is confidence in expecting this or its just ‘Chinese whispers’ :grin:

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Has anyone else NOT had a change of status? We applied in January 2023. Our status is still ‘awaiting analysis,’ and we have not received email inviting us to update documents. Are we the only ones?

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Are you a primary and dependent/s application? Or a primary already approved, buy dependents waiting for pre-approval group?

In my case, I’m the primary card-in-hand, but dependent applicant not pre-approved (applied Jan-2022). No ARI-portal status change yet.

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Same, submitted recently. :joy: (as primary)