Police Clearance Certificate

Passport is a very important document. For issuing the passport, police verification is required to ensure that it does not goes into the wrong hands of a criminal. Depending up on whether an application is for reissue of passport or for the fresh passport, passport office takes the decision that police verification is required or not.

One can apply for Police Clearance Certificate, through Online Form Submission, e-Form Submission or apply in person.

List of the Documents for Issuance of PCC (Police Clearance Certificate)

(A) If the address of the applicant is different from the existing address in the passport

• The documents required are proof of current residential address
• Original old passport with self-attested photocopies of its last two and first two pages
• Aadhar Card, Water, Telephone or Electricity Bill

(b) If the applicant’s present address is the same as given in the passport

• The documents required are original old passport with self-attested photocopies of the first two and final two pages.