Holy See (Vatican City) - Police Clearance Certificate

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Procedure

The applicant can send application by mail to the Police Clearance Service Center, with the required documents.

If you live abroad and wish to obtain a copy of a criminal record, you need to send a personal and written request by post or fax

You must sign the request and include your surname, first name(s), date and place of birth, address and the reason for the request. It is preferable, but not mandatory, to attach a copy of your identity card or passport.

If you wish to obtain a copy of a criminal record for a period of time during which you lived abroad, you need to contact directly the authorities of the country where you lived.

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Required Documents

The following documents need to be submitted by each applicant to get PCC:

• Valid Passport which should be original.
• Proof of residence.
• A set of three completed Personal Particulars Form if the applicant has not stayed at the present address for the last one year.
• Proof of identity of the applicant

Office Locations & Contacts

Gendarme Corps

The Holy See - Official Web-Site

List of diplomatic missions of the Holy See

Vatican Internet Sites

Eligibility

If you require a police certificate or a check for convictions only, this can be obtained through an accredited private fingerprinting company.

The certificate may be received only by the applicant about whom the information is provided, or, in his/her absence, by other individual authorized by the applicant, after presenting a Letter of Attorney, certified by a notary public.

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Instructions

Conditions and Instructions:

• All compulsory fields should be filled in.
• Make sure all entered information is correct.
• Make sure all required documents are provided.

Required Information

• Surname
• First Name
• Middle Names
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Place of Birth
• Reference Number (if applicable)
• Previous Names Maiden Name, Aliases
• Postal Address
• Current Residential Address
• Previous Two Residential Addresses

Need for the Document

Police clearance Certificate is an important document which serves as a proof that the person has no criminal record or previously involved in criminal, breach of trust cases or violation of law both in his home country and during his residence in Holy See (Vatican City). Both locals and expats can obtain this certificate.

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To receive the police clearance certificate:

• Applicant receives the certificate at the Police Clearance Service Center by him/herself.
• Authorize his/her representative to receive on his/her behalf
• The Police Clearance Service Center mails the certificate to the applicant (a self-addressed envelope with pre-paid stamps and applicant's address provided for Police Clearance Service Center ).

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

A police clearance certificate is a copy of your criminal record or a declaration of the absence of any criminal record. Police clearance certificates are different in each country and territory and may be called police certificates, good conduct certificates, judicial record extracts, pcc, etc. They are issued by police authorities or government departments and used by Citizenship and Immigration to prevent individuals who possess a risk to Country's security from entering the country.

External Links

http://w2.vatican.va/content/vatican/en.html

http://www.vaticanstate.va/

http://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/stato-e-governo/struttura-del-governatorato/corpo-della-gendarmeria.html

http://www.penitenzieria.va

http://www.iustitiaetpax.va/

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The Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State (Italian: Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Citt del Vaticano) is the gendarmerie, or police and security force, of Vatican City and the extraterritorial properties of the Holy See.