Indian Police certificate for foreign national

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Hi there,

I'm a bit confused about whether I need a police certificate of India. I was born in India, but I live in Canada and have become a Canadian citizen, so had to give up my Indian passport. The US State department says that India does not provide police certificates for foreign citizens living outside of India. On the other hand, the Indian consulate here in Toronto appears to be willing to provide a police certificate upon application. I say that because they have an application form on their website and they ask for country of citizenship (I assume that if they only provide these for Indian citizens then they would not need to ask this question).

This may not be the best place to ask this question, since I am guessing most posters here live in India, but please let me know if you can suggest what I should do.

Thanks.

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The State Department's proclamation should be all you need! Print it and keep it for your interview.

Now, if what ever you found through the DOS is no longer applicable then you need to ask yourself these questions:

Did you move to Canada before your 16th birthday? Did you "reside" for any length of time over 6 months in India after your 16th birthday? If you answered Yes and then No - you wouldn't need a police certificate anyway.

If there is no huge fee or wait time to get the police certificate from the Indian Consulate in Toronto you may want to get it just in case. No harm in being over prepared. But, if your research is correct - you don't need to worry about it.

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Ok, thanks for the reply.