Foreigners who have worked, studied, or lived in Tianjin for more than 6 months will be required to provide Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate when applying for a work visa, student visa, permanent residence, or immigration to other countries.
Applicants may be requested to provide Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate notarized by Chinese Notary Public Office or legalized by the Embassy/Consulate of foreign countries in China when the Police Certificate is used in foreign countries.
Procedures for applying for Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate in Tianjin
- Request Letter of Inquiry on Personal Conduct at Tianjin Notary Public Office.
- Submit a Request Letter on personal conduct investigation and required documents to Tianjin Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of Public Security Bureau.
- Tianjin Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of Public Security Bureau checks whether the applicant has criminal records and issues Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate.
- Submit Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate to Tianjin Notary Public Office for notarization.
- Tianjin Notary Public issues the Notarial Certificate of Criminal Record Check.
Required documents for applying for Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate.
- Scan copy of current and previous passport photo pages, the pages with China visa, the pages with Chinese residence permit and the pages with China exit & entry stamps.
(See photo page sample) (See China visa sample) (See residence permit sample) - Scan copy of registration form of temporary residence（TRRF）.（See sample）
- Original letter of good conduct from your school/company stating that they were not informed that you had committed any criminal offences during your study / employment.
- Request Letter on Personal Conduct Investigation issued by Notary Public Office. (We will prepare the document for you).
- If you cannot submit documents in person, you need to provide a Power of Attorney (POA) to nominate a representative to apply for Police Clearance 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 within the P.R.C. on my behalf.
6. Questionnaire in an electronic format. Please fill out the questionnaire to send it to info@intrz.com.
Processing time for Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate
Processing time for Tianjin Police Certificate is 2-3 weeks excluding mailing time.
Cases Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate are unobtainable.
If you have lived in Tianjin for less than 6 months, or have never registered for residence in Tianjin, or have a criminal record in Tianjin, you may not be able to obtain Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate.
Authentication and Legalization of Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate
Most countries such as USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. accept the basic Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate issued by the Notary Public Office, but a few countries such as Spain, Italy, France, etc. require that the Police Clearance Certificate be legalized by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and their Embassy/Consulate in China.
How to apply for Tianjin Police Certificate if the applicant currently lives abroad?
The applicant could authorize a third party for the application. He/she needs to provide Power of Attorney legalized by the Chinese Embassy/Consulate to apply for Tianjin Police Certificate.
FAQ on Tianjin Police Certificate
If you registered with Tianjin Police Station during your stay in Tianjin, we could assist you in obtaining Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate.
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Our all-encompassing service includes:
- Apply for Criminal Background Check / Good Conduct / Police Clearance Letter on your behalf.
- Have your document notarized by the Notary Public, authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and legalized by the Foreign Embassy/Consulate in China.
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How to obtain Tianjin 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 will reply 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 the contract and make the deposit.
▸ We start to process the documents.
▸ We send the scan copy of Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate to you and you pay the remaining balance.
▸ We mail the Tianjin Police Clearance Certificate/Non-Criminal Record Certificate to you.