Immigration Alert – November 20, 2014
Foreign Criminal Convictions
When the U.S. Department of State realized that the Vietnamese government could provide a more detailed police clearance (Ly Lich Tu Phap So 2), it started requesting intending immigrants from Vietnam to provide the new police clearance. Effective November 2012, all Vietnamese immigrant visa applicants who will be processed through the U.S. Consulate in Saigon, or other consulates, are now required to submit the Police Clearance Letter #2. The major difference between the previous police clearance letter and the current letter is that the Vietnamese government will provide all incidents of arrest, regardless if the previous arrest lead to a conviction or an expungement of the conviction.
