Hello again, Sohel and others.
Just a quick update while I continue to wait for a PCC from Dhaka.
Since I had already gotten the same response verbally and in writing from the High Commission in Ottawa (no, they will only do it for citizens), I decided to try another approach. I asked a former colleague who lives in Dhaka to try to find some information (I've helped him with his student applications to the US - a much easier task, to be sure).
So, off he went to Dhaka HQ and the saga begins. Terrible journeys, personnel changes at DMP; at one point the DMP refused to process a PCC from a foreigner because the request didn't come via the High Commission
Then there were personal threats from one officer, and then finally, the promise of a PCC. I have no idea how he has persisted, but he went again yesterday to pick up the PCC (this time, 4 hours in traffic), but, as you probably guessed, it was not ready. The organization that I used to work for (14 years ago, mind you) moved office from Dhanmondi to Gulshan a few years ago, and for some reason, this irrelevant fact has stymied the DMP (which thana?).
We'll see if my friend has more stamina than the officer in charge. I have another month before my other PCCs start to expire...
POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE FROM DHAKA FOR FOREIGN NATIONALSSohel09, Thank you very much! So, you suggest I submit the form anyway... It's a 5-hour drive to Ottawa, would going in person make a difference, do you think? Or would it be a long trip for nothing? The problem is, since they deny that they do this (I managed to get that in writing!), I can't get them to tell me the fee, or what documentation is necessary
I can send certified copies of my current passport and my old passport with the Bangladesh visas (surely you don't mean that I should send the originals, do you?), and I can tell them what my residence and work addresses were, but I don't have any kind of lease or contract to prove the address... Still searching for old work-related documentation, but that was 15 years ago...
I did contact the US Embassy in Dhaka, they were sympathetic but said they couldn't do anything...
BTW - I'm supposed to do this for Cambodia too - that is much, much worse
Hello jes_ON;
Thank you once again for explaining your situation in detail. There are two reasons for suggesting you.
a) It is clearly mentioned in the
CIC website that the Foreign and Non-Resident Applicants may obtain a
“Police Certificate” by applying with required fees to the
"High Commission or Embassy” of Bangladesh in their country of current residence. And that is how it works for many countries of the world.
b) If the Non-Resident Bangladeshis can obtain the service with required fees, then where are the problems for a Foreign X-resident?
But if the situation turns out in such way that I am the one who makes only arguments with the Government.......then I would wonder how come such works have been done so far?! Have you got my point?!
Now of course, I can not suggest you drive 5 hours x 2 just to try your luck. But this is simply awful! Please contact
(may be both by fax and telephone) them once again and ask them to explain you in
Black and White “why they can not provide this service to you.” Also, please ask them to guide you properly to receive your
“Police Clearance Certificate” from Dhaka, if only the
“High Commission” is certainly not authorized / able to process it. The
“High Commission” must understand the high importance of the matter.
What can I say you about Cambodia? I have once played some adventure games of
“Lara Croft in Cambodia”; hope they do not make it harder than that for you.
By the way, please use only the certified copies of your passports as well as other necessary documents when required.Please keep in touch and Good-luck!Let me quote the following web link for a reference of our valued members and viewers;
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/asia-pacific/bangladesh.aspb]POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE FROM DHAKA FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS[/b]
Sohel09, Thank you very much! So, you suggest I submit the form anyway... It's a 5-hour drive to Ottawa, would going in person make a difference, do you think? Or would it be a long trip for nothing? The problem is, since they deny that they do this (I managed to get that in writing!), I can't get them to tell me the fee, or what documentation is necessary
I can send certified copies of my current passport and my old passport with the Bangladesh visas (surely you don't mean that I should send the originals, do you?), and I can tell them what my residence and work addresses were, but I don't have any kind of lease or contract to prove the address... Still searching for old work-related documentation, but that was 15 years ago...
I did contact the US Embassy in Dhaka, they were sympathetic but said they couldn't do anything...
BTW - I'm supposed to do this for Cambodia too - that is much, much worse
Hello jes_ON;
Thank you once again for explaining your situation in detail. There are two reasons for suggesting you.
a) It is clearly mentioned in the
CIC website that the Foreign and Non-Resident Applicants may obtain a
“Police Certificate” by applying with required fees to the
"High Commission or Embassy” of Bangladesh in their country of current residence. And that is how it works for many countries of the world.
b) If the Non-Resident Bangladeshis can obtain the service with required fees, then where are the problems for a Foreign X-resident?
But if the situation turns out in such way that I am the one who makes only arguments with the Government.......then I would wonder how come such works have been done so far?! Have you got my point?!
Now of course, I can not suggest you drive 5 hours x 2 just to try your luck. But this is simply awful! Please contact
(may be both by fax and telephone) them once again and ask them to explain you in
Black and White “why they can not provide this service to you.” Also, please ask them to guide you properly to receive your
“Police Clearance Certificate” from Dhaka, if only the
“High Commission” is certainly not authorized / able to process it. The
“High Commission” must understand the high importance of the matter.
What can I say you about Cambodia? I have once played some adventure games of
“Lara Croft in Cambodia”; hope they do not make it harder than that for you.
By the way, please use only the certified copies of your passports as well as other necessary documents when required.Please keep in touch and Good-luck!Let me quote the following web link for a reference of our valued members and viewers;
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/asia-pacific/bangladesh.asp 
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