Does an e-government criminal record certificate work?
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The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.
Attach an explanation that government services are an official source (with a reference to the resolution), and the certificate must have a document code for verification. There is no reverence for stamps in America.
At NVC, I submitted a certificate from government services, but for the interview, I decided to update and get one with a wet stamp - earlier in chat, the electronic version was not accepted everywhere for the interview.
Order in advance: it took us about a month to get the certificates. Regular ones from government services arrive in a couple of days, but waiting for the paper one with a stamp takes longer, and then there's also the translation.
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