If you used to reside in Kenya a while ago, have since left the country but find yourself in need of a Kenya Police Certificate of Good Conduct/Kenya Police Clearance Certificate, you don’t need to travel back to Kenya to get one. You can apply for one from your country of residence.
Have your Fingerprints Taken for a Police Certificate
- Your fingerprints and palm prints must be recorded on a prescribed form at the nearest Police Station in your country of residence.
Make Payment of the Good Conduct Certificate Fee
- Visit the nearest Kenyan embassy or consulate and pay Kshs 1000 or its equivalent in your country of residence and obtain an official receipt from our foreign mission.
- Alternatively submit a cheque payable to “Director of Criminal Investigation” at Nairobi, Kenya.
- Provide a certified copy of your country’s passport with documentary proof that you have ever resided in Kenya for 6 months or more.
The application consisting of original payment receipt or cheque, certified copy of passport, document of proof of residence in Kenya and fingerprints must be forwarded officially with a covering letter from the official fingerprinting agency or Kenyan mission to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
The postal address for ordinary mail is:
Directorate of Criminal Investigation,
P.O. Box 30036 – 00100 Nairobi,
Kenya.
For courier use:
Directorate of Criminal Investigation,
Kiambu Road,
Opposite Forestry Department Headquarters, Karura,
Nairobi,
Kenya.
Source
Directorate of Criminal Investigations
Tips and Warnings
- Take note the certificate can take up to three months to be issued.
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