Government of India
Ministry of External Affairs
Regional
Passport Office, Delhi

How to Apply for Police Clearance Certificate

bullet Application Form(Form No-2)

To apply for a Police Clearance Certificate, the applicant is required to fill a Miscellaneous Application Form No. 2. The application form is available at the Passport Office at a cost of Rs.5/- or can be downloaded from this website. The filled-in application form may be submitted personally or through a representative having identity document and authority letter signed by the applicant as per Annexure 'L'. Only one set of application is necessary unless specified otherwise by the officer concerned.

bullet Application Fee

An all inclusive fee of Rs.300/- is to be paid along with the application form either in cash or by bank draft drawn in favour of Regional Passport Officer, Delhi. In case of bank draft, full name and date of birth of the applicant should be written on the reverse of the bank draft.

bullet Documents Required

1.Valid Passport in original.

2.Proof of residence

3.A set of three completed Personal Particulars Form if the applicant has not stayed at the present address for the last one year

Please enclose additional two sets of completed pp forms for each additional place of residence.

Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) is issued on the basis of an unambiguously clear Police Verification Report received in respect of the passport held by the applicant. However, while applying for PCC if it is observed by the passport official that the police report received at the time of issue of the applicant's passport was ambiguous but not adverse, the applicant may be asked to approach the concerned Police authority under whose jurisdiction his/her residence falls and obtain a Local Police Certificate on the basis of which, on a case to case basis, issue of PCC may be considered by the RPO. In this case, the applicant will be asked to submit three sets of completed Application Form.