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  • 17:06 07 Nov 2009
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Police Clearance Certificates

Police Clearance Certificate from the UK

Information on how to obtain a police clearance certificate from the UK is found on the dedicated website.

Please note that Kuwaiti authorities require UK criminal record certificates to be attested by:

1- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Milton Keynes.

2- Kuwait Embassy in London. Tel: +4420 7590 3400, or visit their website

Police Clearance from Kuwait

If you wish to apply for a Police Clearance in Kuwait you need to do the following:

1- Apply for a letter to official authorities at the British Embassy. The letter will be ready in 24 hours. You need to:

2- Go to the Criminal Evidence Department in Farwaniya (Dajeej Area on the 6th Ring Road) near the General Department of Immigration. You need to:

  • Be there in person
  • Give your finger print
  • Take with you a photograph
  • Take your original passport
  • Take your Kuwaiti Civil ID

Note: After taking your finger prints, you will be asked to go back in a week or 10 days to collect your certificate.

3- Take the certificate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Shuwaikh, next to KUNA and Kuwait Red Crescent (near City Centre Shuwaikh).

  • Certificate attestation fee is KD 5
  • Certificate collection is on the same day

4- The final step is to bring your certificate to the Embassy to be stamped.

  • Certificate will be ready for collection on the next working day
  • Pay fee no.1(i)

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