The Police certificate (PC) is one the most important among several key documents to demonstrate you have clean criminal record. You must submit with your application to the Authorised Agent who will submit with St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU). In most countries the collection time is 2-3 months.
Police certificates issued are different in each country and territory. They may be called under different names such as
- Police clearance certificates,
- Good conduct certificates,
- Certificate of character
- Good conduct certificate
- Criminal conviction report
- Judicial record extracts
- Certificate of criminal record
Key Takeaways
- All applicants aged 16 and above (main applicant and dependants).
- Your current country of citizenship.
- Any country where you have lived for more than 1 year during the last 10 years prior to filing the application
- Police certificates typically must be issued within 6 months of the application submission date.
- Language/translations: Certificates not in English should be officially translated and may need certification or apostille
If you cannot obtain a certificate, you may need to submit statutory declarations to CIU why you are unable to procure the PCC.
Each jurisdiction has its own process (e.g., ACRO in the UK for British certificates, FBI record check in the USA, RCMP in Canada).
For some places Hong Kong, the authorities will send the police certificate directly to another government authority (in this case CIU St.Kitts and Nevis). It will not be handed over to applicant requesting the document.