Police Clearance Certificate in Nepal | Online Police Report

This blog post explains obtaining a police clearance report online in Nepal, including the required documents and the application process.

A Police Report is a document issued by the Nepal Police that officially documents a person’s criminal history.

It is also known as a “Police Clearance Certificate or Character Certificate” and is issued to Nepali citizens who need to prove that they have no criminal record. This report contains information about any criminal cases, charges or convictions a person may have had.

Process to get police clearance certificate in Nepal

To receive a Police Clearance Certificate through an online application, follow the simple process below.

• Visit OPCR Nepal Police Website
• Register a New Account
• Apply for New Application
• Download Certificate once completed.

After applying for an online application for the police report, they will verify your form and uploaded documents. Once they complete checking, you will see a completed status. Now, you can download it.

Documents Required

You can either scan or take pictures of these documents.

1. For Nepali citizens in the country

1. Citizenship (Front and Back Side)
2. Passport (2,3 and 31 no. page)
3. Passport size colour photograph (Recent).
4. Nabalik Pramanpatra | If Applicant is under age.
5. Marriage Certificate (If Married)
6. Migration Certificate | Basai Sarai (If moved)

 2. For Foreigners

If you are residing or born in a Foreign, you will need extra documents, such as.

1. Copy of an Unexpired Passport.
2. Copy of the Arrival and Departure (if the person is not in Nepal) stamp of Nepal
3. Copy of a valid visa (if a person is residing in Nepal)

Online Application Process for Police Clearance Report

1. Visit “opcr.nepalpolice.gov.np“
2. Click on Register (New Users)
   • Choose Nepali
   • Add Personal & Contact Details
   • Check your Email for a Temporary Password
   • Login and change your New Password
3. Now to apply for Police Report Online
   • Add Personal Details
   • Address
   • Upload Documents
   • Self-Declaration
4. Confirmation and Submit

1. Visit “opcr.nepalpolice.gov.np”

This is the official sub-page of Nepal Police for the Online Police Clearance Report (OPCR) to request reports. You can also use Nagarik App or Nepali Police App for Police reports.

2. Registering an Account in OPCR

To register first, you must have an active account in OPCR before applying.

• Click on the register button,
• Choose your status (Nepali, Foreign, and Refugee), then click next.
• Enter your First, Middle and Last Name,
• Choose Gender,
• Add Phone Number (Receive all notifications here)
• Email Address (To receive the temporary password)
• Enter Captcha, then hit Register.

Check your email for a temporary password, log in to your account and choose a new password.

3. Application for Police Clearance Report

This has 4 steps where you must add information such as a personal address, upload required documents and check self-declaration.

a. Personal Information

This includes your and your parent’s name, date of birth AD/BS (Nepali Date Converter), photograph, and reason for filling police report form.

b. Address

Here you have to give an address according to your citizenship and your current address (Choose Nepal or Foreign).

If you are applying for Visa, then choose your country and your motive for visiting that country.

d. Upload Documents

The documents that you need to upload here are as follows.

Citizenship: Here, you have to add your citizenship number, issue date and issue district, then upload your citizenship (Both Sides).

Passport: Upload Pages 2,3 and 31 if you apply for visa purposes.

Marriage Certificate: If you are applying with your spouse, you must also upload your marriage certificate.

Migrate Certificate: If you have moved your permanent address from one district to another.

e. Self-Declaration

This is a self-declaration form where you accept that you have either not committed a single crime or have in the past.

If you are clean, choose “NO” and click next, but if you have any crime, fill in all the information regarding your case.

f. Confirmation and Submit

This is where you can see all the information and documents that you’ve uploaded will appear. Check it thoroughly, and if everything is fine and has no errors, then Submit it.

This is the end of the police report online form, and you can check whether your application status is approved through the homepage.

4. Download Police Clearance Certificate and Colour Print

After submitting your application, you have to wait a few days until the police department reviews and verifies the online form and the documents you’ve uploaded.

It will show “Completed” in status. After that, you can download and colour print it from your local printing shop.

This Police Clearance Certificate has a validity period of 1 Year.

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