Embassy Service

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EMBASSY / CONSULATE / HIGH COMMISSION

An embassy is a diplomatic office established in one country by another country with which diplomatic relations have been established. A consulate is the regional branch of a country’s main embassy. Technically the embassy building and its property are part of the embassy’s country. In other words, once you enter an Indian embassy / consulate, you are technically in a part of Indian Republic and subject to its laws and can enjoy its protection, no matter what country you are in. An Indian embassy / consulate is like your home away from home. So remember to keep the address, telephone number of the Indian embassy/consulate in the country you are moving in.

Pay a visit to the consulate and inform your arrival. Also leave your complete address; your office address and your contact number along with the address and contact details of someone back home. This way the consulate knows where to contact you and whom to contact if something happens to you.

SERVICES AVAILABLE

• Issue emergency passport in case you lose your passport
• Provide assistance in case of accidents or illness
• Renewal of passport, issuing a new/ duplicate passport
• Validity extension of current passport, additional booklet, getting a passport for a minor
• Assist you if you get arrested
• Warn and vacate you in case of emergencies like a war
• Give you the latest travel advice in the country you are staying in

OTHER SERVICES

Issuing police clearance certificates. Requests for intervention in matters involving the police authorities in India. Consular attestation of documents, Power of attorney, employment contract, educational certificates, Issuing birth certificates, sponsorship declaration etc…

POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATES (PCC)

This is a document issued by the High Commission certifying that you have never been involved with the Indian Police, and is normally required when you apply for emigration status to foreign countries.

The normal procedure for issuing a PCC is that the High Commission checks with the police Authorities in the area in India where you had been residing, and issues the PCC after obtaining their clearance.

As this procedure generally takes some time, an alternative is for you to directly approach the relevant Police Authorities in India (or request your friends / relatives to do so on your behalf). Yet another alternative for you is to obtain a similar certificate (typed on Official Letter Head Paper with an Official Stamp) from any of the following:
 
• The Education Institution you may have studied.
• The Manager of the Company where you have worked, or
• A Gazetted officer of the State or Central Govt.
The High Commission can then issue you a PCC on the basis of such a letter without awaiting clearance from the police authorities.

Attestation of documents


Documents, which need attestation by the India High-Commission, include power of attorney, education certificates, birth certificates etc….

Requirements:

• Miscellaneous Consular service application form, duly filled in
• The original document, which is to be attested
• Copy of the same document for office records
• Photocopy of your NRIC Card along with the original for comparison.
• Photocopy of the first page of your passport, if you are an Indian national, along with the original for comparison. An English translation of the document, if it is in any other language other than English.
• Birth Certificate/ Registration of Birth

To obtain birth certificate you need the following documents:
 
• Miscellaneous Consular services application form duly filled in
• Birth Certificates issued by the Hospital or School Leaving Certificate in original and a copy of the same for office records.
• Passport in original along with the Photocopy of its first page.
• NRIC in original along with a Photocopy

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