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Getting Indian PCC And The Road Ahead


Last updated on January 7th, 2020

Once the medical examination saga was over, the next big thing was to get an Indian Police Clearance Certificate(PCC). All the prerequisites needed to get an Indian PCC in a nice and smooth manner were there. Our passports were recently renewed, both of our passports had spouse name in it and our passports were recently verified by the Police. So getting a PCC was not a big deal. However, you never know when the passport office finds some tiny detail missing and make you go round and round. So, even though I was quite confident, I was still worried.

How To Get An Indian PCC?

I logged into the Passport Seva website and clicked on Apply for Police Clearance certificate link. Once done, it presented me with the option to fill an online form or download a pdf, fill it and upload it back. I choose the online option and proceeded to fill in

  • my passport details,
  • family details,
  • current address and
  • two references with address and their contact number.

I didn’t book an appointment or did the online payment. Instead, I chose to walk-in for PCC.

Next day, I visited PSK Pune with my passport and PCC application receipt. Just to be on a safer side, I carried all the identity and address proof documents that I carried for renewing a passport. Once I got in, I paid the fees, the officer checked my documents and stamped my passport with PCC. One week later, I received the formal PCC letter at my residential address. Quick and easy!

Please note that as per DIBP rules, you have to submit PCC for each country, including Australia, where you stayed for a year or more. Now depending on the country, it may take more or less time to get it. For example, you have stayed in the US, you have to go through the fingerprint verification process and it can easily add at least a couple of months to your timeline. The whole point of this discussion is to start early and avoid unnecessary delays.

What is Form 80 and 1221?

Once I uploaded a notarized copy of PCC, the next monstrous task was preparing Form 80 and 1221. Again the discussions on the online forums were quite confusing. Most of the people were of the opinion that both form 80 and 1221 should be filled and front-loaded for quick results. However, there were quite a few who got their grants without providing it. Finally, based on my agent’s recommendation, I decided to prepare it but upload only when requested by CO.
Form 80 contains personal details related to character assessment whereas form 1221 contains additional details. As per the Australian High Commission, Form 80 only needs to be filled

  • If you are not an Indian or Nepalese citizen OR
  • You have lived in a country other than India, Nepal and Australia for more than 12 months in total out of the last 10 years.

Please note that 12 months here doesn’t have to be at a stretch, it can be, for example, 3 trips with 4 months of stay each and so on. Form 1221 needs to be filled by the primary applicant as well as all dependants above the age of 18.

In my case, since I never lived outside of India for more than a year, Form 80 was not required. The only form that I had to fill in was Form 1221. It is not an easy form to fill. It is 10 pages long in which you have to write down almost everything except your birth chart. Frankly, I was never able to finish it completely. Whenever, I thought about filling it, looking at the number of details required, I always procrastinated, maybe for good.

The Star Moment

As the days were passing by, I became more and more anxious about the fate of my visa application. Was the CO assigned yet? Which additional documents would she ask? Was anything missing or incomplete in my application? I was making rounds of online forums to see the current grants and to gauge my number in the queue of applications under progress.

Tip
One nifty trick to monitor the progress of your application is to create a new immi account and import your application there. To import application, all you need are the Transaction Reference Number(TRN) and passport details. That way you don’t have to rely on your agent for updates. You can even see if he has made any mistakes while filling the application.

Sweet November had arrived. The weather was getting better but that didn’t help my mood. Then on one chilly morning, exactly two months after my visa application, I got a pleasant surprise I was least expecting. I got the direct grant on 18th Nov 2014 without a question from CO. I didn’t have to supply any additional documents, nor Form 80 or 1221. Everything was so smooth, I couldn’t believe it. Online forums were flooded with stories about people losing their sleep waiting for CO for months, stories about how some people had to upload same documents again and again, people contacting DIBP every day to know the status of their application and here I was, without any such hassle, went straight to the direct grant. I don’t know whether it was God’s grace or my strong will but fortune really smiled at me and handed me the most precious gift I could ever have. From that moment on I was a proud Australian resident still living outside Australia but been there numerous times in my dream. That dream was about to become the reality and I was about to become an Aussian. Half the battle was won, but the real fun had just started.

This concludes the 16 part journey of moving to Australia which began with just a simple idea. I thank you for staying along the journey and hope that you found something useful that you can apply to your journey.

If you have already received the grant, here are a few useful posts about how to plan to move to Australia:

  • Checklist Of Things To Do Before Moving To Australia
  • Which City Is The Best?
  • When Is The Right Time To Move To Australia?
  • How Much Money Should You Carry To Australia?
  • 10+ Most Important Things To Do On Arrival In Australia?
  • Tips To Find Initial Accommodation in Australia

Moving To Australia Series

  1. Moving To Australia – The Idea
  2. 10 Reasons Why I Chose Australia
  3. Which Work Visa Is Right For You?
  4. Should I Go With Migration Agent?
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  6. How To Prepare For Skills Assessment – Part 1
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  11. EOI – Express Your Desire To Migrate
  12. Getting Visa Invitation
  13. Lodging Visa Application And Making Visa Payment
  14. Getting Evidence of Functional English
  15. Undergoing Health Examination – The Whole Story
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About Harsh

I am a software professional who was living a peaceful life in Pune, India. In 2014, an idea - to move out of India - struck me and with a bit of hard work and a lot of luck, I moved to the smallest continent in the world - Australia. Since then I continue to share my experiences here and try to help fellow mates get a strong footing in Australia. You can connect with me on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Thanks for reading!

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