Originally Posted by
Stuart-W
I had a very similar problem & received the same reply from my CO as yourself...
My girlfriend & I both lived in China as 'foreigners' & this 'Police Certificate' caused me untold grief at the time of issue & again now for a resident visa in NZ.
At the time it was nigh-on impossible to get issued, as the city I lived in was very small & they had never issued such a document. Long story short, my employers used their 'connections' & we finally got one sorted. It required my employers to state that I didn't commit any crime etc, this was then taken to the police station, they wrote the same text on a new document & stamped it & then I took it to a notary office. It cost 200RMB & it was approved & translated etc.
I recently applied for my resident visa & this came up again, this time it was my partner's Chinese police certificate. INZ wanted to see that she hadn't committed a crime in China etc. Unfortunately her certificate is no longer current, nor is mine, but because it was submitted with a previous work visa, it is valid (they have a 24month shelf life). Anyway, we submitted her certificate & everything was fine, until about 3 weeks ago. The CO contacted me & asked that we attempt to obtain a current certificate for her. This is unfortunately impossible in our situation as we do not know anyone in the city, or have contact with anyone at her previous job. I sent a couple of emails off to friends asking for assistance, they could not help. In the end, I submitted these emails from friends & a new Character Waiver form stating that this document was impossible for us to get, unless we went back to China!!!
The CO said he had received the documents & the application had gone to be validated by a second person, so I'm guessing the info I provided was either sufficient to grant the visa, or decline it. It has been with the second person check for just over two weeks, so I'm hoping to hear something soon.
Hope this maybe helps your situation. I certainly understand how frustrating it must be for you.
Don't understand this sometimes. If u haven't been back to China since last obtained a police clearance, why would u need it again in futher applications? I went through the same of having to obtain PCC 2 times but thankfully not with China. Good luck everyone.