Police clearance certificate

A certificate of no criminal record is most often needed for a visa, a residence permit, a job abroad or an adoption. We handle the whole process: we submit the request to the relevant authority, collect the certificate and translate it in exactly the format the receiving party expects — a consulate, an employer or an immigration office.

An important detail that is often overlooked: for immigration and visa purposes the certificate is usually valid for a short time — in many cases 90 days from the date of issue, sometimes less, depending on the country or organisation. So we recommend ordering the translation right after you receive the original certificate, not in advance “just in case” — otherwise the translation may expire together with the original, and everything will have to be done again.

If the destination country is a party to the Hague Convention, the police clearance certificate almost always needs an apostille. We place it on the original or on the translation, depending on what the receiving party asks for.

If you are already abroad and cannot apply for the certificate in Russia in person, we can help you arrange it remotely — we will tell you what we need from you and take the process from application to the finished translated document.