Be aware that the certificate is only one part of the process. You usually then need to get it notarized. The notarization itself can take a day.

Thanks

Voltaire for your reminder. I will go to Kunming this weekend . I have 2 week in Kunming to do this certificate. So I am afraid that not enough time to do this. Haizzz.

Kitty
If you'll BE in Kunming, that's MUCH better.

1. Have your chinese speaking friend contact the PSB to find out which PSB office handles Criminal Background Checks for FOREIGNERS.

2. Take a Chinese speaking friend with you to the PSB and fill out the form for the Criminal Background Check, pay the fee (or pay after you pick up the report) and they'll either do it on the spot or give you a date to return to pick up the report. You should bring ALL your passports used during that time period, as passport numbers change with each new passport.

Kitty, you only need to be in Kunming for the application. I would check this, but anyo with the receipt slip should be able to collect the certificate and post it on to you.

Thanks Michael and Tiger for your answers. I already seen the other last post . Should I need to go to MingXin notary first to ask my case or I go to the PSB ??. Bring my passport ?? I don't have papers because I come back my country for 4years ago.

Kitty
You need the PSB report for the USA, so...

1. PSB. Go to PSB. Apply for and get the Criminal Background Check.
2. Notary. Take the PSB Criminal Background check to the Notary. Have it translated into English, then notarized.

For USA, you MAY need to have the document notarized at either the US consulate, embassy, or in the USA, but hopefully, not.

Good luck - this should be much simpler to do in China than the USA.

I was also asked to provide finger prints as part of the process. From an office near the centre of town can't remember the address, sorry. Not sure if this is standard?

Thank Micheal so much!

The last question,is Kunming PSB at 525 Beijing road?? I search it on baidu,but idk is it right?

Moved years ago and is now opposite the Kunming Museum on Tuodeng Road and next to the Kunming Urban Planning Exhibition Centre (One of the more curious places in Kunming, a city without any visual signs of urban planning)

Kitty - as lemon lover noted - the place EXIT-ENTRY Administration office of the PSB is on Tuodeng Road.Their phone number is 0871－63143436.

WEBSITE ADDRESS
www.kmcrj.com

WARNING
I have NOT done this process myself - HFCAMPO DID do this process about a year ago (I think) and it was not a simple matter for him.

Please note - this is the Visa Exit/Entry office for both Chinese and foreigners, so it's possible I'm directing you to the wrong PSB office - that's why it's better you ask a Chinese speaking friend to come with you, if possible. There's a user on here named taijijulia who MAY help you and others who may require nominal fees.

Also, please remember to bring the smaller ID pictures (at least TWO) and just in case, also bring TWO 2cmx2cm (?) passport photos, just in case. The rules on photos for foreigners at the visa office have changed, you'll need to get photos taken at officially designated photo shops and this may apply to the criminal background check. There's one next (?) to the PSB Visa Exit/Entry office and another across from the Green Lake entrance to Yunnan University. The photos office can supply both passport (larger) and visa (smaller) photos, which are automatically registered with the PSB online.

Foreigners go STRAIGHT upstairs to the third floor (3F). The officers on the third floor usually speak enough english to give you the right forms. This is actually the Visa office, but I believe they handle ALL administrative security matters related to foreigners living in Kunming. IF this is the WRONG office, they can direct you to the correct office - make sure they give you the address in Chinese and if you can't read - in pinyin.

You'll need to provide them the address(es) you used, while living in Kunming and they MAY ask you to visit the local PSB that you were required to register at when you lived here, so be prepared for that...and hopefully that won't happen. If you have the old slips of paper issued by the local PSB (residence registration), that will help a LOT.

Worst case - be prepared for a day or more of running around town. Hopefully the local PSB's are connected by computer, so you won't have to personally go visit them anymore.

Best wishes - HIGHLY recommend you search the old FORUMS for HFCAMPO's post on this matter as he gave an excellent summary of the steps required (including fingerprinting). I vaguely recall he went to a different office or different floor in the PSB building - probably at the old Beijing Lu address - so it is REALLY best you have a chinese friend call the office (they rarely answer their phones) to find the correct address to do this for this FOR FOREIGNERS, as opposed to my guessing - which will only point you to the first step (which may be the wrong first step).

I'm sorry I can't be more helpful - but I'm not in Kunming at the moment.