The Police certificate requirements vary from one citizenship by investment (CBI) program to another. It is one of the most important documents to be submitted in original along with the CBI application.
Candidates applying for Saint Lucia citizenship by investment program must submit a Police Certificate from your country of birth, and from any other country in which you have resided for at least one year during the ten (10) years immediately preceding the submission of your applications for citizenship of Saint Lucia.
- The police certificate should be no more than six months old. If you are unable to obtain a police certificate, please provide an explanation to the authorities.
- Police certificates are not required for qualifying dependents below the age of sixteen (16) years.
- United Kingdom – ACRO criminal records office issues police certificates.
- Canada – Canadian police certificates must provide the RCMP (Royal Canada Mountain Police) criminal record check which takes about 3 working days.
- United States – FBI identity history report is required for US citizens.
Police certificates must be produced in original and must be notarized, authenticated, and apostilled.
Police certificates from Embassies or Consulates who are not authorised to issue criminal clearance certificate by their own respective laws will not be accepted. In some countries, the police authorities will only send this certificate directly to the foreign government requesting the certificate. In this case, the certificate should be sent to relevant immigration department.
