If you are in USA get the police certificate from Indian Consulate/embassy. Less hassle. But takes upto 45 days. Check the relevant section at www.immihelp.com
If because of time constraints, you are trying to get it directly from India, you will need two certificates -
1. from the district police station serving your area of residence
2. from the Regional passport office which issued your passport.
This is what everyone knows and this is what you will find at the website of US embassy in India ....but i downloaded a PDF document (dsl1083.pdf) from some website that i was visiting (don\'t remember which) and here is what it says -
This document is titled IMMIGRANT VISA SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION SHEET. Note that as per this document you need a police certificate from all the localities you have ever lived in india since 16.
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"Police certificates are required from every visa applicant aged 16 years or over for each locality of the country of
the applicant’s nationality or current residence where the applicant has resided for at least six months since
attaining the age of sixteen.
Police certificates are also required from all other countries where the applicant has
resided for at least one year. Generally, application for such certificates should be made directly to police
authorities in the district in which you resided. If you have any questions about where or how to apply for police
certificates in other countries, you may communicate directly with the U.S. consular office processing your visa
applications.
Do not attempt to obtain police certificates covering residence in any of the following countries, as they are not
available:
Afghanistan*
Angola*
Azerbaijan*
Bangladesh*
Bulgaria*
Cambodia
Chad
Colombia*
Costa Rica*
Equatorial Guinea*
Ghana
Guatemala*
Haiti*
Honduras*
Indonesia
Iran*
Iraq*
Kazakhstan
Laos*
Libya
Malaysia*
Mexico
Mongolia
Nepal*
Nicaragua*
Pakistan*
Saudi Arabia*
Sierra Leone
Somalia*
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria*
Tajikistan
Thailand*
Turkey*
United States Of America
Uzbekistan*
Venezuela*
Vietnam*
Police certificates from these countries are available only to persons physically present in the country who apply
in person.
Belarus
Brazil
Chile
Comoros
Cuba*
Ethiopia
Kuwait*
Lebanon*
Paraguay
Rwanda*
Suriname
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Contact the National Visa Center (NVC) if you currently are, or have been a resident of one of the four countries
listed below. NVC will assist you in obtaining Police Certificates from these countries.
Bermuda Brunei Korea* Netherlands*
NVC may be reached by mail at: 32 Rochester Ave., Attn: CP4, Portsmouth, NH 03801-2909, USA or by calling
(603) 334-0700.
MILITARY RECORDS
Military records from the following countries and those above countries marked with an asterisk (*) are not
available.
Bahamas
Bolivia
Canary Islands
Djibouti
Dominica
Grenada
Hong Kong
Iceland
Lesotho
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Norway
Panama
Peru
Poland
San Marino
Serbia-Montenegro
Solomon Islands
St. Helena
St. Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent & the
Grenadines
Swaziland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Western Samoa
Dem. Rep. of Congo
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If because of time constraints, you are trying to get it directly from India, you will need two certificates -
1. from the district police station serving your area of residence
2. from the Regional passport office which issued your passport.
This is what everyone knows and this is what you will find at the website of US embassy in India ....but i downloaded a PDF document (dsl1083.pdf) from some website that i was visiting (don\'t remember which) and here is what it says -
This document is titled IMMIGRANT VISA SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION SHEET. Note that as per this document you need a police certificate from all the localities you have ever lived in india since 16.
************************************************************************************************************************************
"Police certificates are required from every visa applicant aged 16 years or over for each locality of the country of
the applicant’s nationality or current residence where the applicant has resided for at least six months since
attaining the age of sixteen.
Police certificates are also required from all other countries where the applicant has
resided for at least one year. Generally, application for such certificates should be made directly to police
authorities in the district in which you resided. If you have any questions about where or how to apply for police
certificates in other countries, you may communicate directly with the U.S. consular office processing your visa
applications.
Do not attempt to obtain police certificates covering residence in any of the following countries, as they are not
available:
Afghanistan*
Angola*
Azerbaijan*
Bangladesh*
Bulgaria*
Cambodia
Chad
Colombia*
Costa Rica*
Equatorial Guinea*
Ghana
Guatemala*
Haiti*
Honduras*
Indonesia
Iran*
Iraq*
Kazakhstan
Laos*
Libya
Malaysia*
Mexico
Mongolia
Nepal*
Nicaragua*
Pakistan*
Saudi Arabia*
Sierra Leone
Somalia*
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria*
Tajikistan
Thailand*
Turkey*
United States Of America
Uzbekistan*
Venezuela*
Vietnam*
Police certificates from these countries are available only to persons physically present in the country who apply
in person.
Belarus
Brazil
Chile
Comoros
Cuba*
Ethiopia
Kuwait*
Lebanon*
Paraguay
Rwanda*
Suriname
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Contact the National Visa Center (NVC) if you currently are, or have been a resident of one of the four countries
listed below. NVC will assist you in obtaining Police Certificates from these countries.
Bermuda Brunei Korea* Netherlands*
NVC may be reached by mail at: 32 Rochester Ave., Attn: CP4, Portsmouth, NH 03801-2909, USA or by calling
(603) 334-0700.
MILITARY RECORDS
Military records from the following countries and those above countries marked with an asterisk (*) are not
available.
Bahamas
Bolivia
Canary Islands
Djibouti
Dominica
Grenada
Hong Kong
Iceland
Lesotho
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Norway
Panama
Peru
Poland
San Marino
Serbia-Montenegro
Solomon Islands
St. Helena
St. Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent & the
Grenadines
Swaziland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Western Samoa
Dem. Rep. of Congo
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