Police Certificate from Singapore for non-residents

**Miss Swan** · 13-06-2012, 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by annever

We called the Singapore police officer in charge of our file to warn her that we would like to have the COC picked up by DHL instead of being sent by the post. She then gave us the file number and said that we would be advised when the COC is ready. Afterwards, we contacted DHL to have the delivery arranged (they call it an inbound). We gave them the pick up address, contact name and number and the file number and told them to deliver it to our case officer at DIAC. We paid the fees in advance and on the day the COC was ready, we just called DHL and tell them they could go for it. It was at DIAC the next day, very efficient but additional costs involved of course.

hi thangvan even if SPF doesn't give you an option for courier pickup, you can do what annever did and get DHL to pick it up for you.

**thangvan** · 14-06-2012, 05:14 PM

Thanks Miss Swan. In addition, does the COC states your living period in Singapore?

**Miss Swan** · 15-06-2012, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by thangvan

Thanks Miss Swan. In addition, does the COC states your living period in Singapore?

I haven't gotten mine done yet.

**rahulnair25283** · 26-06-2012, 04:27 AM

Hi All,

This is Rahul. I am from India and was assigned a case officer this week. The CO has requested a COC from Singapore for my wife since she was staying there for a period of over 12 months. The process is very clear to me but my concern is where can I get the fingerprinting done here in India ?

Any help would be appreciated.

**jaycris** · 26-06-2012, 08:54 AM

Hi,

I just sent my application to Singapore earlier... anyway, what I did was go to the local police station and had my fingerprints done on an official police finger printing card and had it signed by the fingerprint officer of the police station.

Also, you might have a problem with the bank draft... what you can do is call the Singapore police, they might be able to tell you which banks they can allow...

**thangvan** · 27-06-2012, 05:57 AM

It has been 10 working days and no sign of my COC

**jaycris** · 27-06-2012, 06:54 AM

have you received an e-mail from them?

**thangvan** · 27-06-2012, 07:46 AM

I sent them a request for receipt one week ago, and all I got back was "your application is in progress". But that would be enough for me to submit to my CO. Just called them and learned that my COC will not be ready to be sent next week, which is 3 weeks from date of submission. bugger

**jaycris** · 06-07-2012, 05:51 AM

thangvan... have you received it yet?

I was just asked two days ago to produce passport pages that show my date of entry and date of exit... and was told that they will not notify me of the result or if it has been sent to DIAC already... I will need to contact them again just to check whether or not it has been sent...

all this waiting is getting me antsy considering it's the only thing left for DIAC to let me proceed with medicals (I think)

**thangvan** · 06-07-2012, 06:01 AM

Mine was posted by registered mail to Australia on 3/6, hopefully it will be on my CO's desk by 12/6. Yes, you have to phone them to check if it is sent, I phoned them several times and they refused to tell me a date when my COC would be issued. It's irritating but C'est la vie