Police Clearance Certificate from Bangalore (India)

[SalJoy 11]

Hi,

We recently got our NOA2 approved and now i am planning to get PCC from Bangalore. Here are my doubts. If someone can help me with this then it will be a great help.

1. My passport is issued from Gujarat but i currently stay in Bangalore. So i will need two PCCs. One from Bangalore and another one from Gujarat. Is that correct?

2. Is PCC just a piece of paper or will it get endorsed on my passport too? If it will get endorsed on my passport then will both of them endorsed on the passport or only the one from Gujarat will as my passport is issued from Gujarat.

3. I have started the process of getting PCC from Bangalore but it looks like all they will give me is a piece of paper. In that case how will it go on the passport (if it has to)?

If someone can explain a bit about this then it will be a great favor.

Thanks.

[mandyu1 5]

Hi,

We recently got our NOA2 approved and now i am planning to get PCC from Bangalore. Here are my doubts. If someone can help me with this then it will be a great help.

1. My passport is issued from Gujarat but i currently stay in Bangalore. So i will need two PCCs. One from Bangalore and another one from Gujarat. Is that correct?

2. Is PCC just a piece of paper or will it get endorsed on my passport too? If it will get endorsed on my passport then will both of them endorsed on the passport or only the one from Gujarat will as my passport is issued from Gujarat.

3. I have started the process of getting PCC from Bangalore but it looks like all they will give me is a piece of paper. In that case how will it go on the passport (if it has to)?

If someone can explain a bit about this then it will be a great favor.

Thanks.

You need a PCC from any country you have lived in since age 16 and for over 6 months. There is nothing that goes into the passport, you will just simply send the report back in packet 3 or take with you to the interview, the consulate will let you know when they need it.

[SalJoy 11]

You need a PCC from any country you have lived in since age 16 and for over 6 months. There is nothing that goes into the passport, you will just simply send the report back in packet 3 or take with you to the interview, the consulate will let you know when they need it.

I was in US for 1.5 years and i read that they dont need PCC from the US. So i am good there.

What i understand from your answer is that it is going to be a piece of paper saying i am clear. I also read somewhere that something also goes to passport. I am not sure but may be it is called Passport Clearance Certificate. Do i need that too? If yes, shall i apply it from the place where i reside as of now or from the place my passport was issued? I am sure they will keep my Passport with them so is it advisable to initiate the process now?

[mandyu1 5]

I was in US for 1.5 years and i read that they dont need PCC from the US. So i am good there.

What i understand from your answer is that it is going to be a piece of paper saying i am clear. I also read somewhere that something also goes to passport. I am not sure but may be it is called Passport Clearance Certificate. Do i need that too? If yes, shall i apply it from the place where i reside as of now or from the place my passport was issued? I am sure they will keep my Passport with them so is it advisable to initiate the process now?

From what I know the only thing that goes into the passport is the visa. Also, every country/embassy is different. Some want you to bring the passport with you, some want passport type photos, and I believe they all take fingerprints, but they don't keep your passport (for the PCC). Also the Police Clearance Certificate it was I was referring to before, that is what you need for any country you lived in except for the USA. And yes, the paper is a report either stating your clear or if you have a criminal history it will list that

Edited August 12, 2010 by mandyu1

[Moksha 1]

Hi ,

I got ppcc on passport from the passpoert authority , the cleareance from the local police pcc would in form of paper saying that

u dont any on ur record .

I had to go to the passport authority twice and had to get new passport . Their was small rip on the front page of my passport

and they refused to give me my pcc on that passport . Need less to say they want some money and gave me my new passport with

in 5 days .

Moksha

[Harsh_77 718]

Well basically you need 2 different PCC.

1. Passport clearance

2. Police clearance

I know it would be much easier if they called them by two different names rather then PCC.

for passposrt clearance you will have to submit your passport with relevant forms and fee to passport office (I believe this should be from where it was issued)

They will stamp your passport, which just says purpose of the pcc and what day, they will also send you a letter for pcc.

Now the second part, yes you will have to get a pcc from all the places you have lived from your birth, so yes a pcc from gujarat police until the date you moved to banglore (assuming you were never living any where else between gujarat and banglore) and then another police clearance from banglore police from the date you moved to present.

If you have lived in 2 cities in Gujarat for example Baroda and Surat, then you will need pcc from each city as well.

hope this helps

Saljoy - for anytime that you have spent in US pcc is not required.

If you have such a histiry where you have lived in US in between, Mumbai police will put that in PCC too that from year so and so (s)he was in US and returned back on so and so date.

[R.&S. 2]

Agree with Harsh...I am also doing the same.

[SalJoy 11]

Thanks for all the replies.

Harsh, I was told that if i go to Bangalore RPO and apply for the PCC (Passport Clearance Certificate) then they will include my previous addresses as well. My Passport is issued from Gujarat so i am not sure if that will be a problem at Bangalore RPO or not. But they have this form 2 for PCC which asks for all the information like from "where you stayed from which date to which date". Will that not be sufficient?

[SalJoy 11]

Harsh,

Your reply is very very helpful.

for passposrt clearance you will have to submit your passport with relevant forms and fee to passport office (I believe this should be from where it was issued)

They will stamp your passport, which just says purpose of the pcc and what day, they will also send you a letter for pcc.

This is what i am going to do in my next step. I am going to the Bangalore RPO and see what happens.

Now the second part, yes you will have to get a pcc from all the places you have lived from your birth, so yes a pcc from gujarat police until the date you moved to banglore (assuming you were never living any where else between gujarat and banglore) and then another police clearance from banglore police from the date you moved to present.

If you have lived in 2 cities in Gujarat for example Baroda and Surat, then you will need pcc from each city as well.

For this, i was told to go to District Police Office and get the PCC from there as it will include previous addresses as well. I think this is what Moksha also did. Now the only thing remains to figure out is weather Bangalore RPO will issue me Passport Clearance as my passport is issued from Gujarat. And SFAIK, Gujarat RPO does not issue Passport Clearance unless they see proof of requirement i.e. Appointment letter.

This is total pain.