Police Clearance / No Criminal record guidance for China work permit

If you lived in China before, and want to get a China non-criminal record for your Australia green card (or some other country's green card application, for example, Canada, New Zealand, USA etc.) or some other use (Teaching or government job hurting, child adoption), you can click the " No Criminal Record " service at the right menu to get more details.

Following article is a guidance for the foreigner who want to apply the China work permit, and the requirement of their home country police clearance legalization.

6th Nov 2023 Updated - According to the government newest regulation, when you apply your China Foreigner's Work Permit (FWP), You need to provide an official police clearance certificate (PCC) / no criminal record (NCR) from your home country issued within 6 month (if you are living in third party country for over 1-year, then please provide the third party country’s PCC/NCR instead. China one does NOT count). After you get your country PCC/NCR, it must be legalized by one of following way (Depends on your nationality) before you use it here in China:

• Way A: Legalized by Chinese Consulate or Embassy in your country
• Way B: Legalized by your country Embassy or Consulate in China
• Way C: Legalized as an < Apostille > in your country (Please make sure that the Apostille must be a paper sticker in original, online e-Apostille is not accept)

Procedure of obtaining and legalizing the Police Clearance / No Criminal record

Step1: please first check with any one of following authority in your country to get the basic PCC (notice: any kind of "affidavit" or "make a vow/swear/oath" can not be accepted)

1: Your country Local Police Station
2: Your country Security Bureau
3: Your country Local Court
4: Your country Justice Bureau

Step2: After you get the basic PCC, If your country is the signatory country in the Hague Convention, Please check the country listed below, then you can choose above Way B or Way C to legalize your basic PCC (as our experience, Not all consulates in Shanghai can do Way B, so you better check with your Consulate in advance. It called "True-Copy certify" service in the Consulate):

Asia:
China, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan

Africa:
Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Eswatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, SAO Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Tunisia

Europe:
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Moldova, Romania, Russia, SAN Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom

North America:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

South America:
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

Oceania:
Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu

If your country is not in the list above, then you can choose above Way B or Way A to legalize your basic PCC. (as our experience, Not all consulates in Shanghai can do Way B, so you better check with your Consulate in advance. It called "True-Copy certify" service in the Consulate):

Who should I check with to get more details about how to do Way A or Way C in my country? (VisaInChina suggest you check with):

• Notary Public in your country
• Foreign affairs office in your country

Following are samples of the police clearance certificate legalization of Way A, Way B and Way C:

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