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DS 230 - policy clearance certifices questions

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I am a US citizen applying for GC for my husband who currently lives in India. Got NOA2, and have sent in the 864 package. Since we are gathering documents for the DS -230 package to save time, I had a few questions

1. In india my husband has lived in Kerala, Chennai, Manipal and Mangalore (currently in Mangalore) since the age of 16. Does he need clearance certificates from the police office and local passport office from each of these 4 states?

2. How easy/difficult is it to get these documents? Does he have to go in person? Or can he ask people in each of these places to get it for him?

3. Does he have to provide any letters/ documents to get these clearance certificates?

4. And lastly what is a "certified" copy of beneficiary's birth certificate? Does it mean notarized?

Thanks so much!

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I am a US citizen applying for GC for my husband who currently lives in India. Got NOA2, and have sent in the 864 package. Since we are gathering documents for the DS -230 package to save time, I had a few questions

1. In india my husband has lived in Kerala, Chennai, Manipal and Mangalore (currently in Mangalore) since the age of 16. Does he need clearance certificates from the police office and local passport office from each of these 4 states?

2. How easy/difficult is it to get these documents? Does he have to go in person? Or can he ask people in each of these places to get it for him?

3. Does he have to provide any letters/ documents to get these clearance certificates?

4. And lastly what is a "certified" copy of beneficiary's birth certificate? Does it mean notarized?

Thanks so much!

1) Whereever he lived the longest amount of time, you should obtain the certificates.. if he stayed in chennai for 5-6 months then you may not need it..

2)it is very difficult to get. waiting in the lines and so on. not an easy process at all. i believe the passport office provides a PCC stamp on the passport. once that is done and if you have like 2 certificates from the local police station where he lived that should suffice

3) they must have their own checklist of documents.. drivers license etc...

4) yes it means notarized.. make sure its readable

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I can tell you from Mumbai’s perspective – Mumbai police would not just do a certificate where you have lived longest. You have to get a police clearance certificate from all the places that you have lived in not just where you lived longest.

It takes a while to get these count on approx 4-6 weeks.

In person is better, depending on police station and they have weird rules and regulation (that they would only accept such application at certain time of the day or so)

Even after that you will have to make multiple trips to police station to see where your case is and how long it would be for them to issue.

Yep I have 2 things Police clearance and a stamp from passport office for passport clearance.

If you have original then send original copy of your Birth Certificate or you can send notarized copy of the Birth certificate. – Also make sure if the original Birth Certificate is not in English then authorized translation would also be required.

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Passport PCC can only be applied in person in the Regional passport office where the passport has been issued. There is a new online service is also introduced recently wherein you can apply the same online. The online service is currently only in operation in Bangalore and Chandigarh. However please read below the link how to apply Passport police clearance.

http://passport.gov.in/pms/Police%20Clearance%20Certificate.htm

If your passport is issued from Bangalore/Chandigarh, please go through the below link

http://passportindia.gov.in/wps/themes/html/GlobalContent/Online_WebHelp_Pro/2_Applying_Online_for_a_Passport_Service_or_PCC/2_2_Applying_Online_for_Police_Clearance_Certificate.htm

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Yep as mentioned in earlier post passport clearance can only be obtained from passport issuing authority and not from Police Station.

So for passport clearance your husband will have to approach the passport office under whose jurisditcion his residence would fall in.

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