O. R. SalahudeenThe need for the Nigeria police clearance certificate/report is highly imperative in that many countries in the world are strict about foreigners entering their country. Some are sceptical of not bringing in an ex-convict or someone who allude arrest in his country. So, the effort put together for the traveller to provide a security clearance of not guilty of any offence in his country before travelling. Without this clearance certificate duly designed and sealed, your entry to any country of the world will be a bit technical if not a total denial of entry which will result in deportation. Today we will be looking at how to get a Nigeria police clearance certificate/report, where to get it and what you will be needing to get this clearance and many more will be discussed in this write-up.
HOW TO GET A NIGERIA POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE/REPORT
WHAT IS A POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
This is an official document issued by Nigeria police force which must have been after a thorough background check on the person’s profile if he or she has committed any offence or been accused of any criminal case in Nigeria before issuing this certificate to them. The force is saddled with the responsibility of going through all financial and various criminal cases before approving the certificate to be issued to such individual or fellow. Without this certificate, the country you are trying to migrate to will denial your entry into their country as they are not sure if you are a wanted person or suspect in your country.
This certificate also, assures of the country you are travelling to that you are of good character and has no way or the other have a fishing character that may lead to the unrest of the country you are moving to for any purpose whatever you are visiting.
WHY POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
It is an important part of the required documents needed if you wish to relocate from your country to a foreign land. For you to be given a position in the organization in the country you are about moving to, your character and security will be considered as a topmost priority.
For you to decide to work anywhere in the world especially in Canada, you need to provide a security report form with your country.
For you study either at the undergraduate level or postgraduate, you need to provide your country police clearance.
If you are visiting a country for tourism, vacation and other related motives, you will be required to provide a security report.
ELIGIBILITY FOR POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE IN NIGERIA
If you are a citizen of Nigeria by any form, you are eligible to apply for a police clearance certificate
If you are an immigrant and have stayed longer than 30 days you are eligible to register for one.
WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE IN NIGERIA
For you to apply for this clearance certificates there are things that are expected of you, some documents are other related files and they are as follow.
- Your international passport that is valid for at least 6 months.
- Two recently taken passport sized photographs.
- The clearance fee which ranges from 3,000 nairas to 8,000 nairas depending on your application location.
It is important to note that, a Nigeria citizen resident abroad, your police clearance certificate can be certified in any nearest Nigerian embassy consulate closer to you.
STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO GET YOUR POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
After your visa has been granted and every other preparation is in progress, it is important you know that it is a best practice to immediately go into opt-in for your police clearance certificate, here we will be giving you a step by step order to follow to get your certificate.
THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN APPLY FOR NIGERIA POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE/REPORT.
METHOD ONE
The first method is an application directly from the criminal registry Alagbon in Lagos, this method is majorly for people in Nigeria or people staying close to Lagos. This does not mean if you are not in Nigeria currently you cannot apply, just wait till we get to that method.
Address to this police station: Central Criminal Registry, Force C.I.D, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi,
Lagos, Nigeria. From any direction, take a bus/taxi to Obalende, onwards Alagbon Close.
When you get to the station, any policemen you see politely tell him or her you want to apply for the certificate of clearance. A form will be given to you after you must have paid the stipulated amount given to you, fill it with any of the black or blue pen and not red pen. Attach your passport photograph to this month. Take your time to fill this form. After you submitted you will be taken to a forensic officer to carry out a fingerprint scan and face capture and other biometrics data that needed to be documented. After that, your biometrics will be searched on the record with the CID after you are found free, your clearance certificate will be issued to you even though this might take hours. Note you can also get this done in all the state command of police all over Nigeria.
METHOD TWO
This is applying via the Nigeria police website. The first thing to do here is to visit the police website for this, www.npf.gov.ng/character/index.php in any of your browser either opera mini or firefox. After taking you to the page of this application, the first thing you do is register with your last name and first name, your valid email, your phone number. After filling this, click on register, after this application ID will be provided to you. Check through the page on the left side provide your email and the generated ID that was given to you in course of registration then click on the login button.
After this you will be welcome with a message and you will see a place that was written “CLICK HERE TO PROCEED” after clicking on this you will be redirected to a page where you will be asked to provide the following, your middle name, first name, last name, phone number, date of birth, local government, sex, marital status, place of birth, your national identity management commission, bank account number, your job description, state.
After this upload your international passport bio-data page. After this print out the provided information page given to you then take it to any state command for forensic analysis.
METHOD THREE
This is for Nigerian citizen outside the country, you can obtain your police clearance certificate in any of the Nigeria embassy in your country of residence.
CONCLUSION:
We have given a detailed step by steps on how to get a Nigeria police clearance certificate/report, both in Nigeria and outside, to guide you in order not to patronise a third party, which usually results in obtaining a fake clearance certificate.
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