All You Need to Know About Character Certificate

Simply put, the character certificate is proof if the person is a good or bad one. This certificate is either issued by the government or the police station. Whether the person has any criminal records or not, the character certificate justifies that. Whenever you want to go for higher studies or applying for a job, the authority needs your character certificate to know your background records. If you are worried about making a character certificate, then don’t worry; here’s all you need to know about the Character Certificate. 

Before proceeding with how to make it, let’s know a little bit about it. 

Uses of a Character Certificate

1. An organisation may want to check your character certificate before rewarding the job to you. It proves if you had any bad reputation in the previous company.  
2. For the travelling purpose, the police authority gives you a character certificate.
3. Suppose a student wants to go for higher studies. Among all the prescribed documents, a character certificate must also be attached to it issued by the last institution. It proves that the student’s behaviour was good or bad. It helps one to get a scholarship. 
4. To verify one’s behaviour in the business field, a character certificate is needed. 

There are different types of formats for different types of purposes. The character certificate used for the higher studies purpose is slightly different from the certificate used for the job field. But the most accepted format follows some necessary points. The below format is used for the general purpose. 

Character Certificate Format

1. Full name of the person applying.
2. Residential address.
3. A short description of the person’s behaviour.
4. Date of issuing.
5. Sign and stamp on the declaration by the authority. 

How to Apply for the Character Certificate

1. If you are a student, you can request a character certificate from the head of the institution. 
2. If you are an employee, you can request your employer to provide you with a character certificate. 
3. You can use an online governmental portal to apply for the certificate. After finishing all the necessary details, you can download your certificate there. 
4. Some gazetted officers of central or state government, MP, MLA, Scientist person to the government can provide you with a character certificate, but the person should know you. 

But if you need a “Police Character Certificate”, you need to go through a process. You have to go to the DPO security office. There you will get the application form. Just fill out every detail and submit it there. They will approve it by giving a stamp on it. Your work is to submit that form to your nearest police headquarters, where they will check all of your records. Finally, you have to submit it to the Security Branch office. And that’s it. Wait for three to four business days. You will get your character at your hand.