ICP Police Clearance for Entry Permits | Document Checks

Asked for a police clearance certificate (PCC) for a UAE entry permit? Start with the written request for your application. Check which country must issue the certificate, which language is required, and whether attestation or translation has been requested before paying for document work.

ICP’s Issuance of a Visa service separates requirements by applicant category. Its document list for government, private and free-zone entities arranging entry for work missions or residency includes a good-conduct certificate, attested as required for the announced categories. That is a reason to check your particular file, not to apply one nationality list or document sequence to every entry permit.

Confirm the requirement for your application

Ask the sponsor, free zone or representative handling the application for the current checklist or document request. Keep its date and the permit category with your records. If you have only a forwarded message or a list of nationalities, ask for confirmation that it applies to your application.

Before arranging a PCC, establish:

• Issuing country and authority: Is the request for a certificate from your home country, the UAE, another country where you lived, or more than one country?
• Document details: What certificate name, issue date or validity instructions appear in the request?
• Language: Which language does the receiving authority require, and has it asked for a translation?
• Certification and attestation: What authentication or translation certification is specified, and for which document?
• Submission: Does the application ask for an original, an electronic certificate, a scan or another deliverable?

These are questions to resolve for the file, not a universal list of documents to buy. For an ICP application, use its official contact channels if the requirement remains unclear. A translation company can translate a document; the authority handling the application determines what it accepts.

Check the certificate itself

Once you know what has been requested, compare the certificate with those instructions. Check the applicant’s name and identifying details against the application, the issuing authority, and any issue date or expiry information. If details appear inconsistent, ask the certificate issuer or the organisation handling the application how to correct them.

Read every page, including endorsements and stamps. Do not decide that translation is needed solely from the applicant’s nationality or the country named on the certificate. Equally, an Arabic or English heading does not tell you the language of every section.

If the certificate already meets the requested language requirement, ask what remains outstanding before ordering a translation. A PCC request and a translation request are separate things.

Confirm the sequence before repeating work

The ICP service’s conditional attestation wording does not establish that every PCC must be translated before attestation. Avoid using a generic sequence to decide whether an existing certificate needs to be processed again.

If your PCC is already attested, show the relevant written request and document details to the authority or organisation handling the file. Ask which item is missing and what it requires next. Do not assume that a later translation automatically invalidates the original document or that you must restart the attestation process.

For planning, obtain the current processing information from each organisation carrying out the work. Confirm translation availability separately. A translation delivery estimate is not an entry-permit approval date.

When to request a PCC translation

If the receiving authority has requested a translation, send us the certificate and the required target language for a translation quote. Include the written translation instruction, if available, so the request describes the document work you need.

You can review PCC translation pricing or request a PCC translation on WhatsApp.

Our service here is document translation. Questions about whether a PCC is required, which country must issue it, attestation instructions or entry-permit approval belong with the authority or organisation handling your application.