Police certificatesLast checked October 20, 2026
Police certificate for Pakistan
Police Character CertificateOnlineIn personBy postEmbassy or consulateOfficial page(opens in a new tab)
- Issued by
- District Police of the applicant's area of residence in Pakistan (no national certificate as of the source); Punjab Police via Police Khidmat Markaz
- How to apply
- Apply to the district police where you lived in Pakistan (in Punjab, through a Police Khidmat Markaz or the Punjab Police online portal) with your CNIC/NICOP, passport copies and photos.
- From abroad
- Apply through a Pakistani embassy or consulate (in person, by post or email), which forwards the request to Pakistani police; Punjab/Islamabad residents can use the online police portal at the mission in person. A relative in Pakistan can also apply with an attested Letter of Authority.
- Processing time
- Generally 4-6 months via missions; about 2-3 weeks via the Punjab/Islamabad online portal (per Consulate General in Melbourne)
- Notes
- Certificates obtained directly in Pakistan must be attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then counter-attested by the mission. A federal National Police Bureau online system was approved in 2026 but its go-live was not confirmed.
Not confirmed
We couldn’t confirm these on an official page. Check the official page.
- Mission fees vary by mission (Melbourne charges AUD 20 per document); police-side fee not stated on an official page that could be read
- Punjab Police / PKM pages could not be fetched (expired certificate, connection refused); Rs 500 PKM fee seen only in search summaries
- Status and URL of the planned National Police Bureau nationwide portal not confirmed
Official sources
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