Just a head's up that the New York office responsible for police clearances are NOT answering the email address listed on their website. Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way.
To request the application package, be sure to phone them and speak with them in person.
This must be a very recent development. I requested mine by email about a month ago and got it
I phoned for mine (2 years ago) because I'm impatient
Wait.. I'm confused. Is this for NY city police clearance or the NY state police clearance??
I thought for NY state police clearance, you only need to go to L-1 livescan fingerprinting (make appt online) and then they'll process it??? (here's the NYS info:
http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/o...view.htm). Am i missing something here?
Should I be getting the certificate from NYPD or from the NY state?.. So confused..
I hope you guys realize all the other posts in this thread are nearly 2 years old...
As for the clearances, they're supposed to be state clearances (if you even need them, normally applicants don't ever get asked for these). I didn't have to go through this myself, but the link doghouse posted above appears to be the correct one for NY state (minus the end bracket that breaks the link :P).
[/align]Ok - so all we have to do is the L-1 fingerprinting thing right - no package needs to be filled out correct?
All the instructions are on that site. But, again, US state clearances are NOT required and do not have to be sent in with your application. It is very rare that Buffalo decides they need them, and even then they will specifically ask you for them if it turns out they do. Most applicants who lived in the States long enough to need police clearances only ever have to submit the FBI clearance.
Wow... Thanks, Rinnerz! I totally didnt pay attention to the dates of the original posts.
I'm going to get the NY state clearance and send it to them just in case.. I don't want to risk delaying my app
I just called the L-1 fingerprinting services and they said that whatever the reason code was that they will submit it to the appropriate location. Since my reason code was immigration they said it would be sent there. Don't I need the results so I can submit it with my application??
(08-15-2011 03:59 PM)shelliegirl Wrote: [ -> ]I just called the L-1 fingerprinting services and they said that whatever the reason code was that they will submit it to the appropriate location. Since my reason code was immigration they said it would be sent there. Don't I need the results so I can submit it with my application??
Yes, you need to receive the results.
My husband had his fingerprints for the NY state clearance done by L1 last November. We had the results sent directly to us and received them within a week.
There are cases that the results would be sent directly to employers, etc, but in this case you need to stress you want them sent to you. NY state just started using the L1 service in the last year. Even when my husband went last November he had to explain that the results needed to come to him.