Short answer: police certificates usually must cover countries or regions where you lived for longer periods in the years before filing. List residence history early, check each country’s process and timing, and allow for translation, notarisation or apostille.
Steps
- List places lived in the last 5–10 years (per programme rules)
- Confirm police/court channels in each place
- Watch validity windows — do not obtain too early
- Match passport name spellings exactly
Points to note
Other names or ID numbers may need to be listed. Start slowest countries first.