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Police Character Verification/Police Report

The character verification certificate (or the police clearance report) is required by anyone choosing to go overseas for work or studies, and also anyone whose employer requests for it in Nepal. It states that the person (applying for it) has no criminal records, along with his/her personal details, such as his passport number, residence, date of birth, etc.

Character Verification Report

For the police character verification certificate, you can go to the Police Station at Ranipokhari in Kathmandu. You must show your passport and citizenship before you are allowed to enter inside. Inside, you can get a form from the police officer that you’re required to fill. You can either fill the form yourself, or you can head outside to the small shops below the bridge, where your form can be filled for 25 rupees. You are also required to provide your fingerprints (of both thumbs) on the form.

What you require:

  1. Passport and its photocopy of the main page and page 31
  2. Citizenship and its photocopy
  3. Two passport photos
  4. 10 rupees stamp
  5. Filled form

Processing time: 3 days (from date of application)

Hand in all of  your documents at the counter inside the police grounds, and you’ll get a a receipt if everything is fine.

On the day of the collection, you are required to show your receipt before you can enter. Then you must “sign in” on a book overlooked by a police officer. You are then required to wait until another police officer comes and announces to the crowd. He will first call out the names of anyone who is not able to get the report (due to previous cases or errors in documents). These people are required to go to the Police Headquarters in Naxal. Then he will hand out the report one by one.

Even then, make sure to check your report. I got my report only to find out that they’d put in the wrong country citizenship. For this mistake, I also had to go to Naxal. I required photocopies of my passport and citizenship, and my passport photo again. This process was very fast, and I had my new report within ten minutes.

This is what it looks like.

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Unstamped Character Report 

Stamp/Seal from the Department of Consular Services

Now, you still have to get the certificate attested at the Department of Consular Services. This is located at the Department of Passport (or Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in Thamel.

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(Image taken from: https://corporatenepal.com/english/department-passport-first-receive-iso-certification/)

It’s in front of Kaiser Libary, or near the entrance of the Thamel area; you really can’t miss it.

What you require:

  1. The original character verification report
  2. One photocopy of the verification report
  3. Passport and its photocopy
  4. Citizenship and its photocopy
  5. A fee of 500 NPR

At the gate, show the officer your documents and you’ll be allowed to enter. You have to go through a security check, and make your way straight in. Once inside, go to the booth on the very left to collect the form for the character verification report. You’ll receive both the verification form and the money depositing form. Fill both up. If you need assistance, refer to the filled samples on the tables or ask someone for help. There was a police officer who helped me fill my forms.

You then hand the filled forms and documents in, and go to another booth to make the payment. They’ll give you a receipt, and you just have to wait for your name to be called out on a speaker. You then collect your stamped/sealed character verification report at the booth beside the speaker. This shouldn’t take long, depending on the number of people. There weren’t many when I was there, and I had to wait less than 10 minutes.

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Final Stamped Character Report

Then that’s it.

Best of luck!

Nata Pramanit/Relationship Certificate – Nepal

Nata Pramanit, or a relationship certificate, is proof of relation among your family members. Personally, I’ve required this to study abroad, but it might be necessary for other things as well. Whatever is your reason, here are the details on it:

A nata pramanit can be obtained from your VDC or municipality. As someone residing in Saraswati Nagar, near Chabahil, in Kathmandu, I obtained mine from Boudha’s office, near Pipalbot.

What it can look like:

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What documents you require:

  1. Citizenship cards of ALL immediate family members
  2. Photographs of ALL immediate family members
  3. Receipt for tax payment
  4. If parents are not from the same district (according to your citizenship), you need some proof that they’ve moved districts (‘basai sarai’).

The process:

  1. Take a nata parmanit form wherever they’re kept. It’s in Nepali. Fill it up or pay someone to fill it up for you. If you’re visiting the Boudha office, the form is on the desk on the first floor, and there is a photocopy shop right below on the ground floor, where the man will fill the form for you. You also need the photocopies of all of the citizenship cards, tax receipt (and basai sarai document).
  2. After this, go to Room no. 1 (or wherever you’re directed), where a man will check the documents and sign it for you.
  3. You take the signed document to the computer room or wherever he directs you. There will be someone to take your compiled form and documents. S/He will type out the details on the computer on a format (like given above) in English, and you will have to confirm the names, etc. You’ll then be handed the printed nata pramanit document.
  4. You take this print along with the compiled form and documents to the same room in step number 2, and the same man will recheck your documents.
  5. Then you take the checked documents and head over to the counter where you must pay the fee (I paid 510 rupees.) You’ll be then given a receipt.
  6. Take the documents and the receipt to the room where you get them stamped. The person will take your compiled documents and forms, and s/he will stamp your pramanit document. You’re now done!

In my opinion, getting this document was not a very difficult process. It happens all on the same day, provided you have all the documents.

 

NOTE: PLEASE DON’T MISS OUT ON ANY REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AS YOU WILL NOT GET WHAT YOU CAME FOR. NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR YOU COMPLAIN AFTER YOU’VE NOT BROUGHT THE DOCUMENTS YOU WERE SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO.