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What to Do If NRIs PCC Verification Failed?

November 5, 2018 Manoj Sodhani Comments 0 Comment

If you’re willing to work or study abroad, your documentation work should be done completely. In order to avoid any friction, you should have a checklist of all papers that are necessary to immigrate. That checklist includes a birth certificate, school certificates, an asset evaluation report, a visa, a passport, an employment letter (if any), an admission letter (if any) and many more. They all should be attested and counter-attested also by the requisite competent authorities (including a magistrate/ the state government/ the MEA/ the Embassy).

One of these essential documents is a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC). It reads your whereabouts (address), parents name and passport number, its date & location of issuance together with the visa information. When you get through the police clearance certificate procedure in India, you should keep all these

Why do you need a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)?

This certificate explicitly reveals the status of the visa or the passport seeker. If he/she was sentenced ever, that criminal background would be mentioned in it. On the basis of the facts mentioned on it, the foreign immigration authority approves your visa request. It is also required to issue a passport in India.

How can you get the police verification certificate?

Fill online passport application form.
Set the schedule for the appointment at the Passport Sewa Kendra (PSK).
Once you get your documents verified from that center, you get a receipt.
The passport office intimates to the SP office, which is selected according to your address in the passport application form.
The police officer from the local police station visits your residence. The officer comes to examine what you have mentioned on your application form is authentic or not.
The police officer probes about your name, address and also, he looks into the voter ID or Aadhar card of the witnesses, mainly of two. Sometimes, he cross-examines about the residential details. If he finds inauthentic detail, he rejects the police clearance.
The same report (of rejected or approved verification) of the PCC is sent to the SP office nearby your location.
The SP office forwards that inquiry report to the PSK.
Once the verification is positively completed, you get a soft copy of your passport.

How many days does it take to complete the police authentication?

Generally, this time period may take 15 days to 30 days. But sometimes, the same duration can extend a bit. If you want to know about its processing time, you should pay for the SMS service, which is INR 35 & can be revised.

The SMS service will help you to know the date and time of the police visit for verification prior. Thereby, you can be prepared with the requisite documents that you have taken along with at the PSK center. Besides, the police require two witnesses who should provide support to your authentic residency.

When does your passport application get rejected?

Unfortunately, the passport police verification gets failed in some cases. The scenarios might be different. For example- a student applied for the passport. He filled the digital passport application form. That application form required the address where he currently lives in. The noteworthy thing is that one has to input the current address. If you live temporarily somewhere, you have to put the same address. Otherwise, it would be considered an invalid passport police verification document. Thereby, your police verification doesn’t clear.

How to get PCC, even if your application is rejected?

So! How can you apply for police re-verification for passport or visa?

It’s not a matter to fear about or afraid of. You should have patience. Your police verification can be rectified. Let’s have a look over the procedure to know how you can apply to re-issue your PCC:

Receive a cancellation report of your police clearance certificate. It is sent from the Passport Sewa Kendra (PSK) wherein you have verified your passport documents. The PSK sent that cancellation letter to the address that you have mentioned in the passport application form.
Visit the PSK within the stipulated time frame (as mentioned in the letter). If you fail to response within the requisite period, your next attempt to re-apply for the passport/visa will be rejected. You have to clear the matter with the competent authority.
Drill into your head that the authority usually offers just 30 days’ time period for responding against the failed police verification. But, that time frame may be revised any time by the passport authority.
Explain valid reasons of why your PCC application was rejected. If you’re able to convince the PSK authority, you’ll get the passport along with the approved police verification.
Visit the PSK together with the valid documents, including the original and the photocopy of your old passport (first two and last two pages) and current address proof.

How to Clear Criminal Record in Canada & India to Get PCC

November 25, 2017 Manoj Sodhani Comments 0 Comment

An allegation is enough to spoil a life. It can put one’s career at stake. Think of a scenario wherein an NRI was falsely caught up in the claws of the law. His piece of land was confiscated by the land mafia. When he raised voice, the lawbreaker conspired and put him behind the bar. However, he was innocent. But eventually, his name was registered in the list of criminals. The case was filed.

It cast negative impact over him. His visa was cancelled. The police kept his passport. All in all, the law thrashed him badly.

This is just an example. Hundreds of people are going through similar allegation. Despite being innocent, they have to undergo the physical as well as psychological sentence.

How can criminal record harm you?

If you’re alleged for disrespecting the law, your life changes completely. No insurance company seems ready to sell its policy to you. Even, you can’t take a loan to combat the financial crisis. Moreover, your banking transactions are sealed. If it’s permitted, the spies pry into your life.

If you think it’s the end of the torments, it’s not. None of the companies hires you. If, somehow, you get the job, the revelation brings a bad name. The reputed companies endeavor to maintain distance from such people. Hiring a house or a vehicle on rent becomes a hard nut to crack.

These are a few stances to analyse how much harm you can bear. Such circumstances can trap you in India or anywhere.

Here I’ll share what the procedure of maintaining such records in Canada. And what can you do to get off from such a critical situation. First, I’ll start with the Canada.

How criminal records are maintained in the Canada?

The criminal records in the Canada are captured and stacked at the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). It is the competent authority to issue police clearance certificate. Since the officials at this center maintain a proper record, they turn over their registers and fetch all such details.

It’s true that such records can be eliminated from public view. But certain conditions are applied. If you’ve such record, you can file a plea to suspend it. But your crime should fall under these guidelines:

You’ve been convicted and have completed the punishment of the sentence.
You’re successfully mingled into the society.
There should be no conviction for committing crime against the children.
You should not be sentenced for two or more years.

If your criminal background covers the aforementioned guidelines, you gain the chances to get a police clearance certificate (PCC). But the person should have been living there. Suppose a person spends six months. He must have to fill an online application for the PCC or get it directly from the police commissioner.

How can you get police clearance certificate in Canada?

The CPIC can keep your criminal record under the cover. You have to make a personal request to them. It’s a legal act. Once it will scrutinize, it’ll approve your request. Subsequently, you would be untraceable in the police records. You’ll be able to kick-start a new life. Mingle in the society. And also, the employers will not be able to know anything suspicious about your history.

Bear in mind that you’ll get such leverages provided that you’ll not breach the law again. On the contrary, you can be caught up in the noose of law if you redo the crime. The police will launch your criminal record to the public view again. Consequently, your productivity will be retarded. The federal authority will get exposure of your criminal background.

What’s the process of criminal record suspension in India & Canada?

Suspend such records in the Canada-How:

It would be a herculean task to suspend such offensive claims of self. You need to make hundreds of rounds at the CPIC. The paperwork will not be like a piece of pie. Therefore, it’s advisable to take the help of a professional advocate. You need to walk through fingerprinting several times. So, deploy a professional to help you out.

Timeframe for completion of suspension process:

It can be 12 month or 244 month long process. The Canadian Parole Board usually takes that much time. Hold your horses. And don’ forget to hire the professional.

Suspend criminal charges in India-How:

Lodge complaint with appropriate authority regarding wrong allegation.
Don’t provide any evidence to the investigation officer as it’s not mandatory. He/she will provide it.
Lodge a police complaint. If the police is not responding against false allegations, you can file a case on these grounds:

The case doesn’t comprise any offence under the law.
The complainant doesn’t have any evidence against you.
You have the concrete proof of your innocence that you can provide in the court.
If you don’t possess any proof of your innocence, seek the Notice of Acquisition immediately to contest in the court.
During trial, you can seek the evidences from the opposition. In the absence of original proofs, the court would cross-examine & nullify charges.
The court will consider you as a witness himself/herself. You’ll get an equal weighted as some other proof.
You can book the defaulter under a damage case.
You can book the advocates helping the defaulters for manipulating the law.
The officers/authority accompanying manipulators/defaulters can be sued if the default is proven mechanical in nature. You can seek action against them from the court.
You can file case in the subordinate judiciaries of the High Court & the Supreme Court.

Is Police Clearance Certificate Must for Reissuing Passport?

May 4, 2017 Manoj Sodhani Comments 2 comments

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.

How to Apply for Police Clearance Certificate in Mumbai Online?

November 25, 2016 Manoj Sodhani Comments 1 comment

Police clearance certificate is essential when you are likely to get temporarily settle in the foreign. Even, your employer may ask to submit it while appointing you in the form. Simply put, this is a significant legal document that discloses criminal background, if there is any.

Every ward or district has its own police commissioner that puts his stamp and signature on it. In foreign, it is valid for six months. Thereafter, it is to be renewed and submitted to the competent foreign ministry.

Procedure to Apply for it in Mumbai Online

Here is the procedure that can help you apply for the PCC in Mumbai online:

Visit the link: https://pcs.mahaonline.gov.in/Forms/Home.aspx
Click as being a New User radio button.
A registration form will pop up. Fill personal, address and other information, providing valid details.
Hit the ‘Submit’ button.
Now, you need to upload supporting documents. It’s a bit tricky job, as you need to upload them in a standard size, meeting the guideline. Each document should be sized in between 75kb and 100 kb. A PDF compressor can make your day. Just upload your documents in it and re-size them all. A few tools are advanced enough that you don’t need to crop or resize the document. These can crop your signature and photograph automatically.

Once you have done with their size, upload them to the maha website.

Get the receipt number or code online and save it somewhere on the desktop so that you can get its access instantly later.

Payment Mode

This service is chargeable. So, you need to pay a nominal fee, which is around INR150. This competent authority can revise it anytime. It’s always better to ask about it prior.

Physical Visit to Nearby Station

Once you have applied PCC online, it won’t be verified. You need to physically see the police officer in the nearby police station. As far as the day of appointment is concerned, it is not fixed. You can generally go there in two days from the date of payment. Else, you have seven days to have it from there. If you exceed those days, your application will be cancelled. There is no provision to reimburse the paid amount. Be aware of this fact.

Here, take along with the photocopy and originals of supporting documents. The police commissioner may ask for cross-verification of those docs.

A Call Upon Approval

The local police department will contact you within 1 or 2 days through an SMS notification on behalf of Maharashtra government. This would be a confirmation message. Subsequently, the one from the SP or CP office will contact you for informing about the receiving of that certificate. It would describe how you can get it downloaded from the website.

This police website does not support updated version of the browser. So, you should raise a request for downloading with the old browser. This experience would be seamless if you use chrome or Mozilla of the version appeared before 2016. Alternatively, you can ask a person in the nearby cyber café to print it out.

If you are encountering challenges in meeting your filling form purpose, ask a professional. The system operators or data entry executives in the cyber café can help you out. Even, they can resize the photographs and documents corresponding to the given standards so that you won’t face off delays or more challenges. This trick can also save time for you. Mostly NRIs prefer this option to ensure quick submission of their PCC application.

How to Get PCC When Your Address/Name Does Not Match?

July 20, 2016 Manoj Sodhani Comments 0 Comment

Call it PCC or Police Clearance Certificate, prospective emigrants essentially require it. Lacking it may spill beans over the dreams to go abroad. Let’s understand when people need it.

When do you need Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)?

Apart from maintaining laws and order, police hold legitimacy to vet and verify the documents. Immigration is a significant process. The emigrants get ready to settle abroad temporarily or permanently. Any kind of loopholes can put stigma and spoil the image of the country. So, the police verification is exponential in it.

An individual can’t attain NRI or PIO status without having a passport and visa. Both require apostille stamp from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). They must submit validated and notarized personal as well as educational documents for attestation. Along with them, the PCC should also be enclosed.

The process to get this certificate is slightly different from the process of procuring passport. Before learning its how-to process, let’s catch the roundup of who issues it.

Who issues PCC?

Regional Passport Office forwards this authentic document to the MEA. The applicant must visit its regional office where he has been living since last six months. It keeps the record of his residency. The address proof is validated from the MEA office eventually.

What if the address/name of the applicant does not match or misspelt? The problem of getting address proof always puts barrier between the applicant and the passport or visa.

How to present address proof if the applicant is a tenant?

Dilemma engulfs a tenant when the question arises for solid address proof. In such case, the applicant can:

Visit the bank
Replace the former address with the current one.
Show the landlord’s address proof to the bank authority.
Afterwards, take out bank statement of last 12 months.
Get the stamp of the bank and the signature of the competent authority on it.
Attach it as an address proof and notarized rental agreement.
Marriage certificate, single status certificate and passport can be alternate docs for address proof.
It will be rejected if it would carry no stamp of the bank.
Take photocopy and original copy of all these documents.
A hand-written or typed letter is a must to apply for this certificate.

If the name is misspelt and hence, different from the original one the applicants can:

Take out an affidavit stating changed name.
Publish the changed name in the newspaper classified.
Show its printed copy plus original affidavit to the competent authority in its regional office.
Later, physical inquiry occurs. Under this police clearance, a vigilant inspector comes at the home.
Be ready with two witnesses in the neighbours. They must showcase their original ID or citizenship proof.

Thereafter, the verified police document will be sent to the applicant’s house. And thereby, passport and visa can be produced.

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