Indonesian police clearance or Certificate of good conduct

The police clearance certificate also known as the certificate of good conduct, it is a record document which given to you based on your purpose of applying for this document. This certification is issued by the police headquarter after reviewing your criminal records during your visit or stay in Indonesia, the document is presented as a direct reflection of your conduct.

On most countries this letter would be treated as an additional document that will be used to explain a person criminal background and to be presented “as-is” without any addition, alteration or editing possible to the certificate.

There are certain type of police clearance certificate or the certificate of good conduct, such as:

  • The police clearance certificate or the certificate of good conduct issued by the local police station; (this is the lowest form of the certificate)
  • The police clearance certificate or the certificate of good conduct issued by the resort precinct; (this the intermediate level form of the certificate)
  • The police clearance certificate or the certificate of good conduct issued by The Police Headquarter Office; (this the top-level certificate)

Seeing by the issuing offices, these certificates shall be valid as follows:

  • The police clearance certificate or the certificate of good conduct from the local police station, is to be used as a covering letter for further process at the resort precinct office. The covering letter is required since generally speaking, all crimes took place in Indonesia are initially handled by the local police station that covered the area where the crime took place, therefore the local police station holds a quite sensitive data.
  • The police clearance certificate or the certificate of good conduct from the resort precinct, is mostly to be used for National purposes, such as applying for local jobs, local educations or any activities which will be performed within the country, that require this certifications.
  • The police clearance certificate or the certificate of good conduct from the Police headquarter Office is mainly used and required for greater purposes, such for an International job application, applying for permanent residence abroad, immigration purposes, etc.

The required support documents and the processing time are mostly all the same for all of those levels, and to make the process even faster please ensure that you have the exact support documents available for the submission.