The southern state of Kerala has become the
first Indian state to put in place a mechanism to issue ‘good conduct
certificate’ mandated by the UAE for issuing a work visa to job aspirants.
Job seekers from the state can get a ‘police
clearance certificate’ from district police chiefs and submit it in the UAE for
a work visa, a senior UAE official told.
“We received official letters from the Kerala
government and Kerala Police headquarters in this regard,” Jamal Hussain Al
Za’abi, Consul General at the UAE Consulate General in Thiruvananthapuram, said.
He said the letters said the ‘police clearance
certificate’ [for the purpose of ‘good conduct certificate’ in the UAE would be
issued by district police chiefs in an expeditious procedure.
Al Za’abi said four other south Indian state
governments are also expected to follow the same procedure. “This is my
understanding … from my informal interactions with the officials of the other
states. However, we have to wait for official announcements from them,” he
said.
The Consulate General in Thiruvananthapuram
covers five south Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh.
Meanwhile, the UAE’s top diplomat in India
confirmed that the police clearance certificate would meet the requirement for
a UAE work visa.
“Prospective job seekers from countries such as
India, where there is no existing procedure to obtain a federal good conduct
certificate, can get the nearest equivalent document,” Dr Ahmad Al Banna, the
UAE Ambassador to India, told in New Delhi.
“For UAE job seekers from India, you can obtain
the police clearance certificate — it would be similar to a good conduct
certificate required to get a job in the UAE,” he said in New Delhi.
The office of the Director General of Police
(DGP) of Kerala confirmed that a directive in this regard was issued to all
district police chiefs in the state on February 1. The system is in place and
people can start submitting their applications now, he said.
“The job seekers can submit their applications
at the office of the district police chief Superintendent of Police (SP) in
rural districts and City Police Commissioner in the cities, along with Rs1,000
[Dh57] fee,” the official said. The same office will issue the certificates
after due inquiries about the applicant.
He said applicants with a clean record could
get the certificate within a few days. “This won’t be a problem for a person
who is not involved in a criminal case. If the database of the district police
chief does not show any criminal case against the applicant, the certificate
will be issued without any delay. However, if there is any criminal record, the
matter will be referred to the special branch of the intelligence wing of the
state police and respective police stations, which have to give the clearance
in this regard. This may take a few days more,” the official explained.
The UAE rule on good conduct certificate came
into force on February 4.
How to apply
• Visit
the office of the district police chief Superintendent of Police in rural
districts and City Police Commissioner in the cities
•
Submit the application in the given format along with the required
documents such as passport copy.
• Pay
Rs1,000 [Dh57] fee
• The
same office will issue the certificate within a few days
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