I am an American citizen married to a Chinese national currently applying for a Chinese residence permit. As part of the application process, I am required to go to my local police station in the US and obtain a document stating that I do not have a criminal background. According to our foreign administration department of the police bureau here in China, I am then required to take this document to the Chinese Consulate in the US and you will issue me a "Certificate of no Criminal Records". Is this proceedure correct? I plan to travel to the US in January to get this done.

regards,
Tim Hawkes