Application For Transfer Certificate

When and how to use this letter

Apply for your Transfer Certificate two to three weeks before you actually need it, even though most school offices issue it within three to seven working days. Submit your application through your class teacher, who will forward it to the principal's office with a forwarding note; applications that skip the class teacher often sit unattended. Attach photocopies of your no-dues slips from the library, laboratory, and accounts office, because the clerk cannot process the file without them.

A point many parents miss: if you are moving to a school under a different board or in another state, some boards require the Transfer Certificate to be countersigned by the district education officer. Ask the admissions office of your new school whether this applies before you collect the certificate, so you do not make two trips. When you collect it, check the spelling of your name, your date of birth, and your father's name against your admission form; corrections made later require a separate application and take far longer.

Always keep two to three attested photocopies of the Transfer Certificate. The original goes into your admission file at the new school and is rarely returned. If you also need a character certificate, mention it in the same visit or in the same application, since both are prepared from the same student record and this saves you another round of waiting.

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