Mistake on FBI Security Check

[rnbacchus]

I (Canadian citizen) am applying to sponsor my husband (US citizen).  The very last piece of information we were waiting on before sending our application was the FBI security check.  My husband finally received it in the mail today, but it mistakenly states that he was born in the Netherlands.  He was born in Nebraska (USA).  This is confirmed by his birth certificate.  We really want to send this application off, and waiting for another FBI check is going to take at least another week or two.  Should we redo the FBI check now, or submit it as is?  Could they return the application to us because the FBI made a mistake?

[Zany]

I would not recommend submitting something that is incorrect.  Immigration will think you are lying to them and deliberately misleading them.  Get the right paperwork from the FBI and wait to submit after they get it right.

[ariell]

OF COURSE  you should take the time to submit a correct police report!! Submitting something that is incorrect will only cause you headaches and delays later.

[Karlshammar]

Write to the FBI about this. I once had them make a mistake on a criminal check, and a very helpful gentleman there gave me his personal address to send it back to him, and he completed the check and mailed it back the same day he received it from me.

I (Canadian citizen) am applying to sponsor my husband (US citizen).  The very last piece of information we were waiting on before sending our application was the FBI security check.  My husband finally received it in the mail today, but it mistakenly states that he was born in the Netherlands.  He was born in Nebraska (USA).  This is confirmed by his birth certificate.  We really want to send this application off, and waiting for another FBI check is going to take at least another week or two.  Should we redo the FBI check now, or submit it as is?  Could they return the application to us because the FBI made a mistake?

[czydrm]

I (Canadian citizen) am applying to sponsor my husband (US citizen).  The very last piece of information we were waiting on before sending our application was the FBI security check.  My husband finally received it in the mail today, but it mistakenly states that he was born in the Netherlands.  He was born in Nebraska (USA).  This is confirmed by his birth certificate.  We really want to send this application off, and waiting for another FBI check is going to take at least another week or two.  Should we redo the FBI check now, or submit it as is?  Could they return the application to us because the FBI made a mistake?

That is soooo bizarre! I was also born in Nebraska and one time driving through Customs the check came back saying that I was born in Netherlands... I wonder what is up with that??

Fortunately, my FBI report came back correct (had to check it just now to be sure!). I'm still unsure whether or not I need police reports from each state or just from FBI... anyone know?

[Karlshammar]

You have to get police certificates from every state where you lived for more than 6 months since turning 18. This is in addition to the FBI certificate.

[czydrm]

Hey Karlshammar,

Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought. I lived in 5 different states so it's turning into quite the hoop jumping session getting them all.

Any idea if a minor record will stop my application from moving forward?

JC

[Karlshammar]

No problem!

I know, it's a pain with the state certificates. I had to get 2, though fortunately they were both very, very quick processes

"Minor" is extremely subjective; you'd have to give us exact details before anyone could get an idea.

[czydrm]

Yeah I can see how "minor" can be skewed a number of ways.... Here is the record:

    * 2005 Class B Misdemeanor- Issuing a bad check- Terminated in favor of the accused
    * 1995 Disorderly Conduct, Sentence Conditionally Discharged
    * 1995 Class C Misdemeanor- Driving Under the Influence(reduced from DWI)-Discharged

By the way, my FBI report says nothing about Netherlands but I discovered that the NY police report that I received today DOES have my place of birth as New York, Nebraska and Netherlands.

Too weird!

JC

[ariell]

Yeah I can see how "minor" can be skewed a number of ways.... Here is the record:

    * 2005 Class B Misdemeanor- Issuing a bad check- Terminated in favor of the accused
    * 1995 Disorderly Conduct, Sentence Conditionally Discharged
    * 1995 Class C Misdemeanor- Driving Under the Influence(reduced from DWI)-Discharged

Um, that doesn't sound so minor to me. I think you should talk to a qualified immigration lawyer who can determine if you are criminally inadmissable or not.

[rnbacchus]

By way of an update, I called the CIC call centre and the agent I spoke to said that we could submit the application with the incorrect FBI report as long as we included a letter explaining the error and as long as there was other documentation proving his real country of birth (ie. birth certificate).  He told us that we would have to contact the FBI to have the error corrected, and then send the corrected report to CPC-M once we received it.