CERTIFICATES OF NO CRIMINAL CONVICTION

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CERTIFICATES OF NO CRIMINAL CONVICTION: * * *

2.

Mr Siew Kum Hong asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs for each of the past 10 years, how many Certificates of No Criminal Conviction had been applied for and issued.

Mr Wong Kan Seng: The Certificate of No Criminal Conviction (CNCC) is issued by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Singapore Police Force. The document certifies that the applicant does not have any criminal convictions in Singapore within a stipulated period of time.

CNCCs are issued to Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and foreigners above the age of 16 and who have resided in Singapore for more than six months.

They are requested for a variety of reasons, including applying for permanent residency rights in other countries (68% of applications), further studies and employment overseas (21% of applications) and child adoption, pre-marriage procedures and other reasons (12% of applications).

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The table below provides the number of CNCCs applied for and issued for the past 10 years:

Year: |

Total No. of CNCC Applications (A): |

Total No. of CNCC Issued:

(B): ---|---|---

1998

|

4996

|

5037

1999

|

6477

|

6382

2000

|

9000

|

8756

2001

|

9629

|

9327

2002

|

10908

|

10670

2003

|

10138

|

9899

2004

|

12250

|

11940

2005

|

11337

|

11289

2006

|

10548

|

10576

2007

|

12707

|

12249

NB: For some years, the number of CNCC applications is smaller than the number of CNCCs issued. This is due to the processing time of two weeks, resulting in some December CNCC applications processed only in January the following year.