Need police certificate from Switzerland?

[Dan de mingzi]

Ok, it's a longshot I admit, but just to make sure...

 

My wife went to university in Switzerland for three years before returning to China. So she wasn't a "resident" per se, just there on a student visa.

 

Form 169 says they need a police cert from any country they "resided" in for at least one year.

 

So I suspect being there on a student visa still counts as "residing", but just to make sure: does anyone know if living in a foreign country on a student visa means you do NOT have to get a police cert from that country?

[dnoblett]

Will need one from there.

 

Police and Prison Records

 

Available. There is, upon demand, an extract from the Swiss central police records, known as "Auszug aus dem Schweizerischen Zentralstrafregister/Extrait du casier judiciaire/Estratto del Casellario Giudiziario," which shows whether any person, of Swiss or other nationality, has been convicted of a crime in Switzerland. The document is issued by the Schweizerisches Zentralpolizeibuero/Bureau Central Suisse de police/Ufficio Centrale Svizzero di Polizia at 3003 Bern (Bundesrain 20). The fee for this service is 20 Swiss Francs for each copy.

 

Information is also available on the following website: http://www.bj.admin.ch/bj/en/home.html

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3682.html

 

Going to school in a country is considered to be resident by DOS.

Edited November 13, 2009 by dnoblett (see edit history)

[Dan de mingzi]

Thanks Dan!