Police Clearance Certificate / PCC or No Criminal Record Certificate is a proof of someone’s legal background. On the time of Visa application, the candidate has to produce a PCC Certificate to the concern department of the abroad organization. When the destination country is a member of HCC Convention then the PCC Certificate Apostille is required. The PCC Certificate Apostille in India will be completed from MEA after some other Attestation on the basis of the place and department of issuing authority of PCC.
An Indian can obtain a Police Clearance Certificate / PCC from different sources. The PCC Certificate may obtain from Local Police Station or Regional Passport Office (RPO). Someone also can get a No Criminal Record Found Certificate from Indian Diplomatic Mission (High Commission / Consulate)abroad. PCC can be applied online.
We, Abrodex Consultancy Services, complete PCC Certificate Apostille in India. The detail process, time requirement, charges etc. of PCC Certificate Apostille Attestation in India is mentioned under. All the mentioned process is as per the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India guidelines. We are one of the authorized organizations to complete PCC Certificate Apostille Attestation in India.
The PCC Certificate Apostille will be completed from MEA, Govt. of India. When a PCC has issued from Local Police Station then, before MEA Apostille the PCC Certificate has to be Attested from state level or equivalent Attestation department. On the other hand, if the PCC Certificate has issued from Regional Passport Office or Indian Diplomatic Mission, abroad then the PCC Apostille from MEA will be done directly ant ere is no requirement of prior Attestation.
Notary attestation is required to prove the authenticity of the document or certificate which the Government should need to inspect directly. Normally, the copies of original documents are verified and the photocopy of the original, attested by the notary public are accepted as true copies. But, the Attestation from Notary on PCC Certificate will be done on the back side of the original document if it is not an e-PCC Certificate.
Once the document will be Attested from Notary then the local police station issued PCC Certificate Attestation from Home Department or GAD or RAC of the issuing State will be done. GAD / RAC or Home Department authenticates the PCC Certificate after verifying the content of the document. Prior MEA Apostille, Authentication from the State Level Attestation department is required. The Attestation from State level is one of the options, not the compulsion.
Once the document Attestation from GAD / RAC / Home Department will be completed, then the police station issued PCC Certificate Apostille will be done from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Guwahati Centers in India. The Apostille Attestation from MEA is the final Certification from the issuing Country and it is the final process for HCC Countries.
The Apostille of PCC Certificate or No Criminal Certificate will be done by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. It is the CPV Division of Ministry of External Affairs which attests / Apostille all the certificates issues by any state in India before making submission to any Embassy or Consulate. Home Department Attestation or RAC / GAD attestation should be done before MEA Apostille Attestation. Ministry of External Affairs attests / Apostille all non-educational as well as educational certificates including PCC.
The Attestation of Police Station issued PCC Certificate from Home Department / GAD / RAC is a very much time consuming as well as hectic process. The process of PCC Certificate Attestation, prior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Apostille, is different for separate states. To keep the points in focus, the MEA has given the special authority to some of the selected Sub Divisional Magistrates (SDM), Govt. of NCT-Delhi to attest the PCC prior MEA Apostille, in special cases.
The PCC Certificate Attestation from SDM, Sub Divisional Magistrate will be done from Delhi. This is an alternative process of PCC Certificate Apostille Attestation by MEA, Govt. of India. When there are some obstructions to ger the PCC Certificate Attested from the Regional Attestation Center or Home Department of the respective State, then the SDM Attestation of PCC Certificate will be completed.
To complete the whole process of PCC Certificate Apostille in India we will take around 7-8 working days. If it has already been Attested from designated Departments, Govt. of India, then the PCC Certificate Apostille from MEA will be completed same day. However, the different State’s time duration may vary from time to time. The PCC Certificate Apostille through SDM, NCT-Delhi Attestation will take 2-3 working days.
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Abrodex Consultancy services is best service provider for PCC Certificate Apostille in India. We complete PCC Certificate Apostille from MEA after the Attestation of HRD or Higher Education Department of the State. We also complete the PCC Certificate Apostille in India through alternative methods. Please get in touch with us and enjoy the excellent services.
Many Indian passport holders are staying in several countries when they require any No Criminal Record Certificate (NCR) or Police Clearance Certificate (PCC), then they have to approach either Foreign Affairs, Government of the staying Country there or Indian Diplomatic Mission / Indian High Commission present in that Country.
The obtained NCR / PCC may require to use further in the staying country or other. If the PCC has issued from Govt. of the staying country and further it is requiring in that country, then there is no requirement of further Attestation of PCC. But if the PCC has issued from Govt. of the staying Country and further require to use it in a different Country, then the PCC Attestation or Apostille is required and it will be done from the Govt. of that Country only.
If someone gets a PCC from Indian Diplomatic Mission or High Commission of the staying Country, and further require it in any Country, even in the staying Country, then the PCC Attestation, Apostille as well as Legalization will complete in India only. If the PCC require further in any Hague Conventional Country (HCC), then the PCC Apostille will be done by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India in Delhi, India.
On the other hand, if the PCC require to submit in any other Country which is not a member of Hague Convention 5 October, 1961, then the PCC Legalization needs to be done from the concern Embassy or Consulate present in India. The PCC Attestation and Legalization from Embassy or Consulate of the destination Country present in India will be done after the Attestation of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India.