Police Clearance certificate (Police Report) is an official document that provides the criminal record citizens may have, which is verified from the central police crime database under Nepal Police Headquarters Crime Investigation Department, located in Kathmandu, Nepal. Obtaining a Police Report in Nepal is essential when applying for visas to foreign countries or pursuing new job opportunities. Learn how to apply for a police report online form and other necessary information about how to apply police report in Nepal through this blog.

Police Report is an official document that provides information about criminal record of citizens may have. It’s necessary to submit police clearance certificate (Police Report) before you apply visa for foreign countries. Immigration department checks your profile history of crime activities you may have before applying for visa. Police report is  verified from central police crime database under Nepal Police Headquarters Crime Investigation Department , located at Kathmandu, Nepal.

Police Report document helps to find out the applicant’s criminal activities they may have. It’s necessary to find out the character of the person before applying for abroad or applying for new job opportunities.

Follow these steps to apply for Police Report in Nepal.

1. Scan your  Passport , Citizenship,  MRP photo.
2. Register Police Report account.
3.  Apply for Police report online form.
4. Download Police Report within few days
5. Apply for Consular Attestation and complete Police report online payment.
6. Download your attested police report within few days.

Document plays important role before applying police report online. All your documents need to be scanned and edited according to the requirements of Online Police clearance registration system. All your documents must be greater than 50KB and Less than 300 KB in Size. Below are the documents required to apply for Police report online form in Nepal.

I) Citizenship Certificate
II) Passport
III) Scanned MRP photo (35 mm x45 mm)
IV) Marriage certificate if married
V) Migration certificate if Migrated to new place

After scanning and editing your documents now you will proceed to the second step to register your Police report account.

To register your Police report account you need a email address and your Registered mobile number. Open your Browser and visit https://opcr.nepalpolice.gov.np/ online Police clearance registration system. If you are applying police report online for first time then click on register button.
Select i am Nepali and click on Next button.
You will be redirected to register page. Now Enter your Name , Gender, Phone No, Email address and captcha.After entering your data click on register button.

After logging in into online police clearance registration system now you will start filling your online application. You will undergo with 5 different stages.

1. Personal Information
2. Address
3. Documents
4. Self Deceleration
5. Confirmation

1. Personal Information : Initially after logging in to your account you will automatically enter to the personal information menu. Under this personal information menu you will now start entering your Name, Spouse Name if married, Father’s name, Mother’s Name , Date of birth, Upload MRP scanned photo and select the purpose of your application , Keep on mind you have to select for Apply with citizenship and passport option for applying police report for visa purpose. Then proceed to next option.
2. Address : After completing filling up your personal menu ,you now will redirected to the address menu. Before filling up your address information you should be aware of your citizenship format. Here in Nepal citizens are holding two format of  citizenship card one which was issued before federalism was established in Nepal (The old format of citizenship card)  and the other type is new format citizenship card after federalism was established in Nepal.  Identify the the type of citizenship card you are holding and enter your information exactly as per in citizenship card.

You will get notification at your email about your police clearance certificate is ready to download. To download your document simply login to your account and download your document.

Once you have obtained your Police Clearance Certificate, you can apply for consular attestation stamp in your police report.  Visit the official website of the Department of Consular services for police report online payment .

It usally takes approximately 5 days to get your police report processed in Nepal.

The processing for a police report in Nepal is carried out in two stages.

The first stage involves applying for a certificate online, which includes registering, verifying documents, checking criminal record history, and finally obtaining the document. This process takes about 2-4 working days.

In the second stage, after downloading the certificate, the applicant will apply for consular attestation if needed,  by registering the police report certificate on the Consular Department website and paying a fee of Rs.500 online. The attestation process then takes around 24 hours to complete.

The total processing time for an attested police report in Nepal is approximately 5 working days.

Applying for police clearance certificate in Nepal is free of cost but to get your police report certificate attested from consular department you need to pay your tax Rs.500 via esewa, Khalti or Connect IPS by logging in to your account.
Attestation of your police clerance certificate is optional make sure whether it’s necessary for your document to get attested or not.

Total processing for police report in Nepal is about 3-4 days, but in case of urgent processing applicant needs to visit for police headquarter located in Naxal , Kathmandu taking the registration number  after online applying online form. You need to convince proving the supportive documents why it’s urgent for you to apply for Police clearance certificate.

After your processing is done from Naxal police headquarter, your document needs to get attested. First register your police report via consular department website and visit Consular Department located at Tripureshwor Kathmandu for final attestation process.

If you have time enough just wait few days , your processing is done smoothly. You can apply attested police clearance certificate staying at your home or office.

Expiry date of police report in Nepal is 3 months for visa processing . You need to re-apply your police report certificate online again if your date is expired. To reapply your police simply login your police report account online and reapply your application.

When it comes to applying your police report certificate,  rejection of your online application is a major problem. If rejection persists  you need to reapply your online application.

To avoid rejection of online police report application , you need to follow these instructions.

• During registering your online account make sure you entered your Name correct, Use your own mobile number and Email address.
• Avoid spelling errors.
• Make sure you correctly edited your photo and other supporting documents like passports and Citizenship documents.
• In most cases document is rejected because of incorrect Address format. Make sure your citizenship card is in old format or new format. Enter your address exact in the citizenship card.

If you can’t make it ask your friends or online service providers to fix your problem.

Police report is in hold is you are under investigation. Police headquarter needs some clarification about your personal information and your events you have done in your past life.

Don’t panic , if you haven’t done any crime or committed any activities against laws of Nepal government there’s no problem at all.

If your police report is in hold ,you need to visit Police headquarter located at Naxal, Kathmandu. Take your original Passport, Citizenship card other evidence that proves your  identity. They will take some inquiry and approves your police clearance certificate for your visa processing.

To get your Police clearance certificate first applicant needs to register from OPCR- Online Police Clearance Registration System and submit your application. It’s an automated online system operated from Naxal Police Headquarter Kahtmandu. In case of any problem occured you need to email at opcr@nepalpolice.gov.np or call at +977 01-5719865 or visit naxal police headquarter.

Obtaining a police report for visa processing in Nepal is a straightforward process. By following the instructions above, you can easily apply for an online police report in Nepal from the comfort of your home or office. The total processing time for a police clearance report in Nepal is typically 2-4 days, with a cost of Rs.500 that will be collected during the consular attestation process by the Consular Department of Nepal.In case of assistance for applying for police report you can take help from your friends or cyber cafe services nearby your locality . I trust that this blog content proves helpful to you. Have a wonderful day.