Police Clearance from Saudi Arabia

[immi786]

Hi all, I have already paid the immigration IV fee bill online. We have all documents ready to send along with DS 230 to NVC. The only one missing document is the PCC from Saudi Arabia. My husband is a Pakistani working is Saudi Arabia for the last 4 years. Saudi authorities needs a letter from local US embassy there requesting the PCC. To issue this letter the US embassy needs us to give them a letter from NVC requesting PCC from Saudi Arabia.

My question is that should we send NVC all the documents we have and then wait for them to send us a request for the PCC from Saudi Arabia. Or should we call NVC ask them if they can send us a request letter so that we can obtain the PCC from Saudi Arabia.

If anyone has been in a similar situation please let us know how you approached the problem.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[BigJoe5]

FROM State Department Reciprocity Tables on website

Saudi Arabia

Police Records

Police clearances are available for Saudi citizens and resident third country nationals. Saudi citizens currently residing overseas must return in person to process the police clearance.

Saudi citizens and third country nationals residing in the Kingdom process the police clearances by first obtaining a police clearance request letter from U.S. Embassy Riyadh, U.S. Consulate General Jeddah, or U.S. Consulate General Dhahran. This police clearance request letter, signed by a consular officer, must be attested by the Saudi Ministry of Affairs (current fee is SR30). The applicant must then appear personally with a passport-sized photograph and a national ID or residency permit at the regional Criminal Investigation Department for fingerprinting. Fingerprinting for women is done in a separate room. The police clearance should be available for collection after a week or two.

Police clearances are available for Saudi nationals residing outside of the Kingdom. The expatriate Saudi citizen obtains the police clearance by returning to the Kingdom and obtaining a police clearance request letter from U.S. Embassy Riyadh, U.S. Consulate General Jeddah, or U.S. Consulate General Dhahran. This police clearance request letter, signed by a consular officer, must be attested by the Saudi Ministry of Affairs (current fee is SR30). The applicant must then appear personally with the attested police clearance request letter, a passport-sized photograph and a national ID at the Regional Criminal Investigation Department for fingerprinting. Fingerprinting for women is done in a separate room. The police clearance should be available for collection after a week or two.

Police clearances are unavailable for third country nationals who no longer reside in the Kingdom.

The optimal time to conduct these procedures at the police stations is 10:00 Saturdays-Wednesdays.