What is Police Clearance Certificate apostille
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What is Police Clearance Certificate apostille

Willie Wilsey
Willie Wilsey
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Police clearance certificate apostille is proof of no criminal charges against your name. Register Now to get a Police clearance certificate apostille.

Reasons why we receive Apostilled Police Clearance certificate:Higher StudiesWorking in other countriesRequirement of the foreign country

The police clearance certificate is proof of no criminal charges against your name and it is given by the Passport office in India.
PCC is a key document for foreign countries for a criminal background checks.
Most of the countries ask for PCC apostille. 

Procedure to get PCC apostille

Getting a PCC apostille is not so complicated as other documents Birth certificatemarriage certificate, or degree certificate.
Since PCC is given by the Passport authority there is no state verification required. PCC can be directly apostilled from MEA.
All you need to do is follow the steps given on this page 
Or Register here and get your doubts clarified.

What is the validity of the PCC apostille?

All the apostilled documents regardless of which authentication is made(State or SDM) is valid only for 6 months.
If your Apostille is 6 months old then you need to get a new apostille.

Can I directly deposit my documents to MEA

Unfortunately no…
Till 2012 citizens of India were used to deposit the documents directly to MEA for apostille. But the number of these documents were escalated rapidly from 2012. It was difficult for MEA to keep track of all these documents. So in order to make things simple MEA outsourced document collection and distribution to us.
However, only MEA has the authority to apostille the documents.

You can register here and get an apostille for your PCC

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