Bangladesh Police Clearance Certificate for Ukraine

What Is the Police Clearance Certificate?

A Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) is an official document issued by Bangladesh Police confirming that the applicant has no criminal record registered in Bangladesh. Ukrainian law asks for a certificate of no criminal record when you apply for an immigration permit (permanent residence) (Law of Ukraine “On Immigration” No. 2491-III, Art. 9). The TRP document list (Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 322, paras. 32–33) and the work permit list (Law No. 5067-VI, Art. 42-2) contain no PCC. For a Type D visa, the consular officer may request additional documents when needed (Visa Rules, Resolution No. 118, para. 10).

Get a PCC when the body handling your case asks for it in writing — the Embassy of Ukraine in New Delhi or the VFS Global Dhaka checklist for your visa category, or DMSU for an immigration permit — and check the issue date that body accepts before you apply.

Who Needs a Police Clearance Certificate

Who needs a PCC depends on the procedure:

• Type D visa applicants: when the Embassy of Ukraine in New Delhi or the VFS Global Dhaka checklist for your visa category asks for it; the consular officer may request additional documents (Resolution No. 118, para. 10).
• Work permit: the employer's document list in Art. 42-2 of Law No. 5067-VI contains no PCC, and officials are prohibited from demanding documents beyond that Law (Art. 42-2, part 7).
• TRP on any ground: the list in Resolution No. 322 (paras. 32–33) contains no PCC.
• Immigration permit (permanent residence): a certificate of no criminal record from your country of citizenship and/or permanent residence is filed with the application; some categories are exempt (Law No. 2491-III, Art. 9).

How to Apply Online at pcc.police.gov.bd

A Bangladesh Police Clearance Certificate is applied for online at pcc.police.gov.bd and issued by Bangladesh Police through the office of the district Superintendent of Police or, in a metropolitan area, the Police Commissioner.

1. Create an account at pcc.police.gov.bd and fill in the form with your details exactly as in your passport.
2. Upload the documents the portal lists: the bio and address pages of your Bangladesh passport, attested by a class-one gazetted officer if you apply from Bangladesh or by the Bangladesh Embassy or High Commission if you apply from abroad.
3. Pay the Tk 1,500 fee: a treasury challan to code 1-7301-0001-2681 at any Sonali Bank or Bangladesh Bank branch, or online by credit/debit card with the applicable service charge.
4. Police verification takes place at the present address you give; the certificate is issued by the district or metropolitan police for that address.
5. Collect the certificate with a copy of your passport or of the application, as the portal instructs.

The portal publishes no processing time. Track the status by sending “PCC S” and your application reference number by SMS to 26969.

Apostille and Translation

Bangladesh has been in the Hague Apostille Convention since 30 March 2025 and Ukraine raised no objection, so a Bangladeshi PCC needs an apostille from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh and then a certified Ukrainian translation.

1. Original PCC issued by Bangladesh Police.
2. Apostille from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh — issued as an e-Apostille through MyGov; check the current fee and processing time on the MFA apostille portal. Every apostille can be checked in the e-register at mofa-servicedirectory.apostille.mygov.bd.
3. Certified Ukrainian translation — the PCC and its apostille are translated into Ukrainian and the translation is certified by a notary (Resolution No. 322, para. 13); in practice this is done in Ukraine.

The apostilled original PCC plus the certified Ukrainian translation is what you hand over when a Ukrainian authority asks for a PCC.

Timing Your PCC

Apply for the PCC once you know which body asks for it and by what date. By law the DSZ decides on a work permit within up to 7 working days of registering the application (Law No. 5067-VI, Art. 42-6), and the embassy decides on the visa within up to 10 working days, up to 30 with additional checks (Resolution No. 118, para. 19). Document preparation, appointments and travel add more.

Practical timing rule: a PCC obtained at the very start of a long process can be too old for the body that asks for it. Check the accepted issue date first, then time the online application and the apostille so the finished set is ready shortly before the appointment.

If You Have Lived Abroad

For an immigration permit, the certificate comes from your country of citizenship and/or your country of permanent residence (Law No. 2491-III, Art. 9). If you have lived abroad, ask the requesting body which countries' certificates it needs.

For Bangladeshi nationals who previously worked in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain), each relevant country's police clearance must be obtained and legalised through that country's authentication system. Check whether that country uses the apostille or consular legalisation before you apply.

For nationals who previously lived in the UK, EU, or other Hague-signatory countries, obtain the PCC from that country's national police authority and apostille it through that country's system. The apostille-stamped foreign PCC needs no further legalisation and can go directly for Ukrainian translation.

Discuss your full residential history with your legal adviser before beginning the application. Undisclosed periods of foreign residence that later appear in your record can trigger fraud concerns at DMSU.

If You Have a Criminal Record

Disclose any criminal record or pending legal proceedings to your legal adviser before beginning the Ukraine immigration process. A conviction to imprisonment for more than one year with an unexpunged record is a ground to refuse an immigration permit (Law No. 2491-III, Art. 10). However, attempting to conceal a record while submitting a PCC that reveals it creates a far more serious problem: false information in the application, which is itself a refusal ground and can lead to an entry ban.

Your adviser needs to know your full legal history to give you accurate guidance. The conversation is confidential. It is always better to identify a disqualifying issue early — before investing months and significant money — than to discover it at the DMSU appointment.