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1) Since you have honestly admitted the details of on going divorce proceedings and 498A cases, ideally it should not be a problem.

2) You will need to provide the entire case details (Petition, Written statement, copies of court proceedings etc) as of date to the consulate.

3) Also since you have been granted anticipatory(not regular bail) bail, you need to check with your lawyer, whether you need any permission from courts in india to travel overseas as in some cases, anticipatory bail conditions are restrictive and prohibits travel.

4) Normally police will insist on regular bail with no conditions attached to issue Police clearance certificate. Please ask your lawyer to guide you on this.

5) One question you need to prepare is that you need to convince the courts in India and the consulate is that you do not have any intention to escape from the judicial process and also that your intention is to return back after completion of your MS program. So you will need to prepare well in advance to answer this query.

Hope this helps

1) you should submit all the details sought by the authorities namely FIR lodged by wife, your anticipatory bail application recorded till dater , all evidence on record , charge sheet if any filed against you

2) police clearance certificate

is an official document issued by police, stating if a person has a criminal case against him. Police verify an applicant’s personal details and history to issue the certificate for a fee.

3) PCC will state details of your pending criminal case

1) better wait for your court cases to settle and then apply for visa

2) never suppress and material facts when you apply for vids

Will my PCC state details about bail, 498A.

The police clearance certificate shall certainly mention about the pending criminal case against you and also the details about the case which is non-bailable and also about the fact that you are enlarged on bail. Therefore during the period you are under bail, you are not supposed to travel abroad on permanent or long term basis.

Will police give me clean to travel, my MS program is 10 months only .

What is the basis that the police will give you a clean chit when a criminal case is pending agaisnt you? The police cannot give any such certificate for any purpose, you may have to re-schedule your program accordingly.

What does it mean by submit court documents ?

You have to produce an order by the court permitting you to travel abroad for the purpose of attending this long term course, that you can obtain it from curt by filing petition and depending on the discretion of the court to pass an order as desired.

What else can I do so I get F1 visa issued

You have to follow the rules meant for this purpose. Consult a local advocate for any possibility in this regard.

People suggest that I do not submit case details ,bail copy, etc to consulate, since they will never issue any visa to me henceforth .My charge sheet as per my lawyer has not much against me as the FIR lodged by my wife very flimsy showing all false and baseless charges without any timeline . I hope to win all my cases one day.

Is it best to drop F1 visa now and wait for my court cases to settle.Or by sending in all required case documents and PCC will not spoil my case with US consulate and they may grant me visa .

What is the general theory on this.

First of all you should understand that US laws for granting Visa are very tough and once there is an adverse entry fed to the computer with your particulars, it will reflect every time you may apply for Visa and you may not get Visa for ever until the Competent authorities granting approval for Visa are convinced and make corrections in the database that appears in your name.

Do you think that someone will take personal interest in your welfare at the US authorities to change the status even when you produce genuine documents?

If you can re-schedule your program, kindly do it by postponing your program until you are not fully discharged from the case either by acquittal or dismissal of the case.

If you feel that this case can be won over easily, why dont you get it over in the trial and apply for visa after that?

Please make sure that you do not reveal any information about your criminal case pending before any court to the US authorities now in the application for VISA, it may draw an adverse impact which cannot be corrected so easily ever in the future times too.

1. PCC will mention the pendency of the 498A case. Police has no authority of law to decide whether you will get clearance or not. Only the embassy can take a call on this.

2. Submit your bail order and bail application along with FIR.

1. That your bail is regular and not anticipatory makes the matters worse for you.

2. If the chargesheet has been filed then a true translated English copy should also be furnished to the embassy.

3. In practice the visa is not denied by the US Embassy due to the pendency of 498A.