Police Character Certificate

The Department of State names the document Police Certificate / Character Certificate. It is issued for a fee at a Police Facilitation Center or local police office in the individual’s home province or province of current residence as listed on the CNIC.

The Islamabad supplement states that if you are older than 16 years of age, an original police certificate is required from Pakistan, plus an original police certificate from every country where you have lived, with additional rules if a previously submitted certificate is more than one year old.

Immigrant visa applicants older than 16, subject to the official embassy and reciprocity rules.

Police Facilitation Center or local police office in the home province or current residence province listed on the CNIC. Pakistan does not have a single national centralized criminal-record system, according to the Department of State.

The official reciprocity page says procedure varies depending on location. Use the provincial police or local facilitation-center process where you are applying, and confirm current requirements with that authority.

Requirements vary by location. This website does not invent a nationwide document list. Typical police processes in Pakistan use CNIC identity, but you must confirm locally.

Province and city pages will list office details only after an administrator enters a verified government source. No city-specific police addresses are seeded.

Certified copies are not available according to the reciprocity page. Character certificates in some provinces contain a QR code. Fees vary.