Police certificatesLast checked October 21, 2026
Police certificate for St. Kitts & Nevis
Police CertificateIn personBy postOfficial page(opens in a new tab)
- Issued by
- Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Criminal Records Office
- How to apply
- Submit the application with your valid passport (or original government photo ID plus original birth certificate) and EC$10 in stamps to the Criminal Records Office. A representative may collect it with a notarised letter of authorisation and notarised copies of your ID.
- From abroad
- Overseas applicants without a representative send the application, notarised documents and prepaid return FedEx or DHL postage to the Criminal Records Office, Police Training Complex, Ponds Pasture, Basseterre. Non-nationals abroad also send a certified passport bio page, a copy of their last student visa or work permit, a letter from their former school, and ten fingerprints taken at their local police station. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also handles postal requests for a certificate with apostille (USD 25 bank draft covering both).
- Fee
- EC$10EC$10 in stamps; by post, a manager's cheque for US$4 payable to the Accountant General. Via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, USD 25 covers the certificate and apostille.
- Notes
- The officer on duty gives the estimated processing time. Via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the certificate is issued with an apostille and returned by the applicant's courier airway bill.
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