A Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) / No Criminal Record Certificate is an important document for applying a study visa, employment visa, resident visa etc. Moreover, the PCC Certificate also needs to be Attested, Apostilled or Legalized by the concern departments and authorities. When the destination country is a member of Hague Convention, then the PCC Certificate Apostille from MEA, Govt. of India is required.
An Indian may obtain a Police Clearance Certificate / PCC from various authorities of Government of India. Someone may avail a PCC from their respective Regional Passport Office / RPO, other may get it from the local Police Station of their own jurisdiction or someone may obtain a PCC or No Criminal Record Found Certificate from Indian Diplomatic Mission, abroad. The process, time frame, charges of a PCC Certificate Apostille depends on the issuing source of the PCC.
When a Police Clearance Certificate has issued from Regional Passport Office (RPO) then the PCC Certificate Apostille Attestation or Apostille Certification will be done from anywhere of the MEA Centre in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Guwahati. The PCC Certificate Apostille process for all the members of Hague Convention Countries (HCC) are same and Apostille is the final step of certification.
On the other hand, when someone obtains a Police Clearance Certificate / PCC from Local Police Station, then the PCC Apostille will be completed in three steps. The three steps are Attestation from Notary Public, Attestation from Home Department or General Administrative Department /GAD or Regional Attestation Centre /RAC of the issuing State. Finally, the PCC Apostille will be done from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India.
The alternative process of PCC Certificate Apostille will be completed in MEA Centre, CPV Division, Patiala House Court, New Delhi only. When a PCC Certificate has issued from Police Station and not attested by state level Attestation department due to many reasons like scarcity of time, availability of candidate or relatives etc., then the PCC Apostille will be done by MEA, Govt. of India in New Delhi Centre after the Attestation of Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), NCT-Delhi and the Attestation of Notary, Delhi.
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When someone is applying a visa, then the candidate has to complete some of their personal document and Certificate Attestation is required from the concern authority and departments.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India is the supreme authority for MEA Apostille in India. The MEA Apostille is required for those countries who are the members of HCC.
When a destination Country is not a Hague Conventional Country then all the require documents for visa or export purposes will be Legalized from Embassy or Consulate of the country in India.
Some Countries require translation of India issued documents into their national languages. Translation will be done from Embassy authorized translators in India after Attestation.