Some individuals may need to obtain Evidence of No Criminal Record in Beijing, China where they have lived in the past for visa or immigration purposes.
Non-Criminal Record is the proof from issuing authorities stating someone do not have a criminal record. Non-Criminal Record in China is also known as China Police Clearance Certificate, Certificate of Good Conduct, Police Check, Clearance Certificate or Criminal History Record Check.
There is no online system for expats requesting Beijing Police Clearance Certificate. You may apply in person or authorize a third party to request on your own. Police clearance certificate is written in Chinese, it must be submitted to Notary Public Office in China for a certified translation in English or other languages.
You are requested to provide Beijing Police Clearance Certificate if:
1. You ever worked, studied, or lived in Beijing, now you need to apply for a work visa, student visa, permanent residence or immigration for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, France, etc.
2. You are currently working, studying, or living in China and need to provide Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate for a China work permit, or reapply for a new China work permit after a change of employer, or China permanent residence application.
3.You may need to work or volunteer with vulnerable groups i.e. children, medical patients, the elderly might be asked by employer or volunteer organization to provide a China police certificate if you have ever lived in China before.
Who is eligible for Beijing Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate?
Individuals have worked, studied, or lived in Beijing with work visa, student visa or, family reunion visa for more than 6 months can apply for Beijing Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate. Generally, people with Z (work), X1 (study), or J1 (journalist) visa possessing residence permit who can live in Beijing for more than 6 months can apply for Beijing Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate.
Note: 6 months refers to accumulated period of residence with long-term residence permit in China, or continuous period of residence with short-term China visa.
Chinese visas fall into two categories: short-term visas and long-term visas. The long-term visa and long-term visa consist of several types, which are respectively marked as below.
Long-term Visas
- Work Visa（Z）
- Student Visa（X1）
- Family/Personal Visit Visa（Q1）
- Relatives of Foreigners（S1）
- Journalist Visa（J1）
Short-term Visas
- Tourist Visa（L）
- Student Visa（X2）
- Family/Personal Visit Visa（Q2）
- Relatives of Foreigners（S2）
- Journalist Visa（J2）
- Non-commercial Visit Visa（F）
- Business Visa（M）
- Crew-member Visa（C）
- Transit Visa（G）
Required documents for applying for Beijing Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate. Use the document checklist below.
- Original current and previous passport(s) (Please provide scan copy of the photo page, the pages with China visa, the pages with a Chinese residence permit and the pages with China exit-entry stamps to us for reviewing.)(See photo page sample) (See China visa sample) (See residence permit sample)
- Scan copy of registration form of temporary residence.（See sample）
- If applicant is a family member of the person who possesses work permit from Beijing, they should provide a birth certificate or a marriage certificate as proof of kinship.
- If you are working or ever worked in Beijing, you need to provide a work permit to apply for Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate. If you are studying or ever studied in Beijing, you need to provide diploma or degree to apply for Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate. (Sample old version | new version）
- If you cannot submit documents in person, you need to provide a Power of Attorney (POA) to nominate a representative to apply for China Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate on your behalf. Sample of POA is as follows:
I , hereby authorize the following representative to request Criminal Record and the notarization inside the P.R.C. on my behalf. - If China Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate will be used for work, please provide the certificate of employment; If the Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate will be used for immigration, please provide the electronic copy of a request letter from the relevant Consulate/ Immigration Authority/Government Authority, which indicates that Beijing Police Certificate is required.
- Your current address.
- Questionnaire in an electronic format. Please fill out the questionnaire to send it to info@intrz.com. Questions mainly include:
▸ Which country will your Police Clearance Certificate / Non-Criminal Record Certificate to use for? and for what purpose (work visa, student visa, permanent residence, immigration, court requirements, residence permission)?
▸ Which Chinese city did you live/stay in? Which city’s Police Clearance Certificate / Non-Criminal Record Certificate would you like to request?
▸ Which period of your stay in the city you request should Police Clearance Certificate / Non-Criminal Record Certificate cover? For example, from 12th Jun 2009 to 8th Sept 2015, then we need to see your entry stamp (red elliptical stamp) as 12th Jun 2009, and your exit stamp (red rectangle stamp)as 8th Sept 2015 on your passport, and we need those entry/exit scan copy.
▸ If you hold student visa during the period of your residency in China, please provide the name of the school you are studying at or had studied before in China.
Document requirements for applying for Beijing Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate in Beijing?
▸ Above mentioned documents should be scanned by scanner and sent to info@intrz.com as attachment. Documents scanned by Cam Scanner and clear photos of documents are not acceptable.
▸ Minimum Resolution: at least 200dpi.
▸ Accepted formats: PDF, jpg, png.
Sample of Beijing Police Certificate
Who can issue China Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate in Beijing?
A police certificate is an official document issued by the police or government agency of a country to enumerate any criminal records that the applicant may have. Criminal records may include arrest, conviction, and possibly criminal proceedings.
At the end of 2019, Beijing’s government implement new policy on issuance of China Police Certificate to foreigners. Procedures of requesting Beijing Police Certificate are a little bit more complicated than before. Foreigners obtaining a work visa, student visa and immigration need to go to Public Security Bureau and Notary Public Office respectively to apply for Beijing Police Certificate.
Processing time for applying for Beijing Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Background Check Certificate
Regular time: 2-3 weeks excluding mailing time.
The period of residence in Beijing covered by Beijing Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Background Check Certificate.
Beijing Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record issued by Beijing Public Security Bureau (PSB) would cover the entire period of the applicant’s residence in Beijing.
China Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate is issued by each municipal/provincial police station/Public Security Bureau (PSB) or Public Notary office. Each municipal/provincial department has jurisdiction over its territory only.
Cases of Beijing Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate are unobtainable.
Please kindly be advised that there are cases in which the Beijing Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate is unobtainable. You may fail to obtain Beijing Police Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate if:
▸ You have a criminal record in Beijing.
▸ You stay in Beijing with tourist visa, business visa, or study visa (X2) for less than 6 months.
▸ You did not register the registration form for temporary residence during the period of your stay in Beijing.
Police Certificate Exemption Policy by Country
Canada: If you can’t get a police certificate from a country, you’re responsible for showing why you can’t get one. To prove that you cannot obtain a police certificate, you must show proof that you have requested a police certificate from the correct authorities and write a letter explaining all the efforts you have made to obtain one. Policy of Canada CIC
New Zealand: If you’re unable to obtain a police certificate from a country, the officer may require the applicant to make and provide a separate statutory declaration in both English and the applicant’s language. The statutory declaration must detail the applicant’s attempts to obtain a police certificate, and state whether the applicant and any accompanying family members have been convicted, found guilty of, or charged with offenses against the law of that country or have not been charged with any offenses against the law of that country; and be corroborated by other information confirming the applicant’s character. Policy of New Zealand Immigration
As the Beijing Public Security Bureau and the notary public cannot provide a declaration on the Beijing Police Certificate, our company can issue a declaration letter for applicants explaining why the police certificate is not accessible.
China Police certificates and IRCC requirements
You must provide a police certificate when you apply for permanent residence, citizenship or some temporary residence programs in Canada. For expats lived in China, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will send you a letter requesting a China police certificate after you submit your application for residence.
The application process of China Police Certificate differs from city to city. You may apply in person or nominate a representative to request on your behalf.
Upon you have obtained the Police Certificate, you will need to submit clear scanned copies of the original Notary Certificate of No Criminal Convictions with the notarized translation issued by the notary public office with your application for Canada residence.
If you are unable to provide a police certificate for a specific reason, or for a specific portion of your stay, this could delay processing for your application. You will need to upload a letter with the following statement: “I cannot provide a police certificate for the full time I spent in China because [insert reason].” The reason indicated will be reviewed, and a determination will be made on its relevance to the missing or required documents or information.
FAQ on Beijing Police Certificate
If you ever did residence registration during the period of your residence in Beijing, Public Security Bureau (PSB) should have access to your residence registration record filed in the police system. If the residence period of your registration in police system is 6 months or more, you are eligible to apply for Beijing Police Certificate. The period reflected on Beijing Police Certificate goes by the residence registration record filed in the police system.
Yes, you should mail your original current and previous passports to Beijing for the application for Beijing Police Certificate. You at least provide scan copies of your previous passport if you lost your original prior passport, but the original current passport is required.
A residence permit allows foreigners to live, work and study in China for over 180 days. It allows the holder to reside in China, and it permits multiple exits and entries during its validity.
No. Registration Form of Temporary Residence refers that foreigners do the accommodation registration at local Police Station within 24 hours of arriving, and an Accommodation Registration Form should be given to you at the site.
China Work Visa is issued to foreigners by Chinese Embassy or Consulate. Employers can apply for the Foreigner’s Work Permit Card online within 15 days after foreigners’ entry in China with valid visas and pick up the cards at local Labor Bureau in China. After expats get the work permit, employers can apply for Residence Permits for foreigners in China at Exit and Entry Administration of Public Security Bureau within 30 days after foreigners’ enter China with valid visas.
Foreigners with residence permit who can live in Beijing for more than 6 continuous months can apply for Beijing Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate.
Yes. Notarial Certificate of Non-criminal Background Check is issued in two languages, Chinese and English.
If the residence registration you did during the period of your living in Beijing covers the period from December 15th to December 17th, Beijing Police Certificate would cover these two days.
If you did residence registration during the period of your stay in Beijing from 2013 to 2017, Public Security Bureau (PSB) should have access to your residence registration record filed in the police system. If the residence period of your registration in the police system is from 2013 to 2017, you can obtain the Beijing Police Certificate from 2013 to 2017 as the period reflected on the Beijing Police Certificate goes by the registration record filed in the police system.
Generally, faculties of the University do the residence registration for overseas students. If your university did register the residence for you, you should be able to obtain a Beijing Police Certificate.
If there is no continuous period of 6 months or more covered by the accommodation record filed in the police system, you are not qualified to apply for Beijing Police Certificate. Although you did the accommodation registration, you may be rejected to apply for Beijing Police Certificate by Exit and Entry Administration of the Public Security Bureau.
We can help you obtain a police certificate in following cities in China:
Is the city you are looking for not on the list? Contact us at info@intrz.com to find out if we can help you further.
Our all-encompassing service includes:
1. Apply for Criminal Background Check, Good Conduct, or Police Clearance Letter on your behalf.
2. Have your document notarized by notary public, authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Legalized by the Embassy of the destination country.
3. We’ve helped thousands of clients apply for the notarized certificate. Using our service gives you complete peace of mind and ensures that you get what you request in a timescale to suit your needs. Our staff is in constant contact with Government department, and as such are fully aware of the steps required to make sure your application goes smoothly.
Why choose us?
▸ You do not need to apply in person. You just need to send all scanned documents to us. We will apply for Beijing Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate on your behalf.
▸ We provide services including translation, notarization, authentication of China Ministry of Foreign Affairs and legalization of Foreign Embassy or Consulate in China to save your precious time.
How to obtain Beijing police clearance certificate?
▸ Please download the Questionnaire.
▸ Send the Questionnaire and scan copy of the required supporting document mentioned above to info@intrz.com.
▸ We reply to you with the quotation and the required supplementary supporting documents.
▸ We prepare the contract for you after receiving all the required documents.
▸ You sign and send back the scan copy of contract and make the deposit.
▸ We start to process the documents.
▸ We send the scan copy of Beijing Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate to you, and you pay the remaining balance.
▸ We mail Beijing Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate to you.