Passport Clearance Certificate India

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I found out some interesting information regarding obtaining a passport clearance certificate in India. I thought I would share as it may at least explain why some passport offices are so much more difficult to deal with when trying to obtain a PCC.

My fiancee's agent who is helping him obtain his passport clearance certificate from Guwahati, Assam told him that this clearance is actually comprised of three items:

1) criminal record from the local police station

2) political record from the special branch

3) extremist report from another reporting branch

Depending on what area of the country you come from and how integrated their record keeping or how responsive (i.e. not corrupt) their government offices are, you could have quite a wait.

Dipu made the effort to go to his hometown and actually obtain the criminal records himself as there is often a huge backlog of files at the passport office. I would recommend that if you are dealing with a difficult passport office, try to obtain as much of the required evidence yourself so that you can submit it with your request. This will save the passport office time and effort as they only have to verify (or probably just scan and approve) your documents.

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Speaking of agents and passports, TimesofIndia.com has an article today titled:

Agents run the show at passport office

Very interesting!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Agents-run-the-show-at-passport-office/articleshow/8756092.cms