A Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) is a vital piece of documentation for immigration purposes or for working abroad. This official document is used to prove that you are of sound character, and ensure that you do not have a criminal background.

1. You should collect a fingerprint form from the Consular Section to fingerprint you and send your fingerprints to the following address:-
   • DIRECTOR
     Forensic Bureau
     9 Ghana Ohio Road
     P.O. Box 9094
     11483 DAR ES SALAAM
     TANZANIA.
     Tel: +255 22 2110006
     Fax: +255 22 2118223
2. Attach a letter requesting a “Certificate of Good Conduct” from the applicant or institution requesting the certificate. The letter should provide details of the place you last resided while in Tanzania showing name of district, name of town, street name (if available) and house number.
3. The letter and attachments must be sent by DHL, having paid all shipment and return charges or Send by any convenient means, indicating the email address at which the applicant will be notified of the successful issuing of the certificate and communicate on means by which it will be returned to him/her at his/her cost.
4. Attach a copy of your passport, a photocopy of the page containing personal particulars.
5. Attach two recent passport size pictures
6. Attach proof of 25 USD payment (plus overseas charges & Bank clearance charges). This a fee charged by NBC Tanzania, therefore you will be responsible for the overseas & other bank charges.

• Payment must be sent to: NBC Bank A/C No: 011105003888
  ACCOUNT NAME: POLICE FORCE RETENTION COLLECTION ACCOUNT
  BRANCH NAME: NBC (CORPORATE BRANCH)
  SWIFT CODE: NLCBTZTX

Kwa wale wanaohitaji Hati ya Polisi ya Tabia Njema (Police Clearance Certificate) kutoka Tanzania wanatakiwa kufuata hatua zifuatazo:-

1. Kwenda katika kituo cha Polisi kilichoko karibu naye ili achukuliwe alama za vidole (Certified Fingerprints).
   Karatasi halali yenye alama za vidole iwe na taarifa za jina la afisa aliyekuhudumia na muhuri wa kituo husika.
2. Kuandika barua ya maombi kwa ajili ya kupatiwa hati hiyo.
3. Kuambatanisha US$ 25 kama malipo ya huduma ya kutayarisha hati husika.
4. Payment must be sent to: NBC Bank A/C No: 011105003888
   ACCOUNT NAME: POLICE FORCE RETENTION COLLECTION ACCOUNT
   BRANCH NAME: NBC (CORPORATE BRANCH)
   SWIFT CODE: NLCBTZTX
5. Kuambatanisha nakala ya pasipoti (kurasa zote zenye maelezo muhimu ziwemo).

Vitu hivi vyote vitumwe moja kwa moja kwa

Officer In-charge
Forensic Bureau
Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters
Ministry of Home Affairs
P.O. Box 9094
DAR ES SALAAM TANZANIA
Simu: +255 22 211006, 2118637, au +255 754 827940
Fax: +255 22 2112174

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For those who require Police Clearance Certificates regarding ‘Criminal Records’, you are kindly advised to note that this High Commission does not issue Police Clearance Certificates.

You are therefore advised to proceed as follows:
(a) Get your local police to fingerprint you and send your fingerprints to the following address:-

Criminal Investigation Department Forensic Bureau
P.O.Box 9094
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania.
Tel: +255 22 2110006
Fax: +255 22 2118223

(b) Attach US Dollars 25 to your letter forwarding the fingerprints which must provide details of the place you last resided while in Tanzania showing name of district, name of town, street name (if available) and house number.

(c) Please note: – Don’t forget to send your recent contact details. If you are required to have the police certificate authenticated you should send it with prepaid postage or bring it personally to the Embassy. The Embassy will in turn seek a formal verification from concerned authorities in Tanzania. It may take 2 to 3 working days or even a week, depending on the response from the authorities in Tanzania. You would also be charged a fee of $40. (See also “Authentication Section”).

REGARDING BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Please note that the High Commission does not process any applications for Birth Certificates.

You are therefore advised to:
(a) Go to the following website, http://www.rita.go.tz for information on how to apply, or contact:

Administrator General
Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency
P.O.Box 9183
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania.
Tel No: +255 22 2153069
Fax No: +255 22 2153075

For those who were born in Zanzibar, please contact:

Office of the Registrar General
P.O.Box 260
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Tel: +255 24 2236324
Fax: +255 24 2236325
Email: Primary Email or Secondary Email

REGARDING THE AUTHENTICATION AND LEGALIZATION OF DOCUMENTS

The High Commission will authenticate documents for a fee of £26 per page. However the High Commission is not liable with respect to any information contained in any document it authenticates. The authentication process takes 2 to 3 working days. In some circumstances the High Commission would be necessitated to issue a separate letter to authenticate the presented documents.

For those documents that are originated from United Republic of Tanzania, e.g. Police Clearance Certificate, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, court documents or documents from any legal registry, it may take a week to be authenticated because the documents have to be verified with the issuing authorities in Tanzania.