Is Police Clearance Certificate Must for Reissuing Passport?

My old passport is torn. And I don’t have its details with me, like passport number, issue date, date of expiry and place of issuance. Should I get police clearance certificate once again like erstwhile? Or, would it be renewed without any police verification?

Police verification is primed to job aspirants in the foreign country. The recent amendments in the immigration policies of the US, UK, Australia and Singapore spotlighted the vulnerability as well as motivation to the indigenous talent.

There are many articles, blogs and forum postings that sound variable. But indeed, PCC or police clearance certificate is a must to acquire for claiming the pivotal document called ‘passport’. It’s just a hearsay that police document in original is required only for the first time of its issuance. It is required once again.

Why to reissue passport?

There can be any reasons of losing passport. It can be torn into pieces and also be damaged due to drenching in water or catching up fire. Besides, there is just an obvious cause that can compel to apply for passport, i.e. its expiry.

All aforementioned situations can be dealt by applying for new passport. For it, various documents shall be required. Also, the police verification document shall be enclosed the requisite documents to re-apply passport.

Why do you require PCC?

PCC is a legal document issued by the commissioner of police in the specific region. Before handing it over to the seeker, police scrutinizes the background of the applicant. In the nutshell, it identifies the criminal check certificate that can be sought when the person would apply for OCI card, visa to work abroad and to apply for re-issue of passport.

Which documents do you need to provide for PCC certificate?

The competent authority of Passport Sewa Kendra in any region asks to submit valid documents under two conditions. These are:

• If the residential address is similar to the one mentioned in the old passport.
• If the residential address is different from the earlier one stated in the old passport.

If the applicant applies PPC certificate under first situation, he/she has to produce:

• Original old passport
• Self-attested copy of its first two and last two pages, including ECR & non-ECR page
• Proof of residential address, like Aadhaar Card, water bill, electricity bill, proof of gas connection, passbook, rental agreement, election commission photo ID card etc..

If the applicant meets second condition, he/she would require the following documents:

• Original old passport
• Its self-attested photocopy of first and last two pages

Although the foretold documents are mandatory as per norms yet there may be more paper-requirements. To acknowledge which more documents are required, the applicant can contact Regional Passport Officer (RPO). His decision shall be final if the police verification certificate is requested for re-issuance of passport.       

What’s the process of police verification in Indian?

In order to say goodbye to hassles, there are some reliable outsourcing nri services providers, such as s2nri and many more. They attest police verification certificate for job at trivial cost. If the person wants to apply by self, he/she can:

• Fill online application for ‘re-issue the passport’.
• Book an appointment with Passport Sewa Kendra (PSK).
• Get an application receipt on which RPO has writer ‘Pre’, ‘Post’ or ‘No’ for police verification.
• An SMS would be initiated that goes as ‘Police verification is initiated. Contact Commissioner of Police, District, if not done within 3 weeks’.
• When the whole formality will be complete, the applicant can read his/her receipt if it states ‘Post’, the police will conduct criminal check verification after all formalities at PSK.
• The police will ring to his/her registered number for conducting verification.
• Post 10 days or more of inquiry, the new passport will be issued.