canadian police certificate

[mercy 1]

I was told to bring two forms of ID(passport and something else with a picture) and something from the consulate stating that I needed a record search. When I offered the stuff from Montreal to the woman, she glanced at it and said "I've seen lots of those before!", and didn't take it from me.

I got mine(2 copies) for free from the London RCMP detachment, and it took about 10 minutes. I'm pretty sure your fiance can go to his local police department as long as they do a Canada wide search and that it says so on the "certificate"(I use this loosely as it's basically just a piece of paper).

damn. we are so frustrated.Help!!! We are really having a tough time. I started a new topic yesterday asking people about police certificates in Ontario and I got several really nice answers. My husband has no police record so we were told and have read now in two different places that he doesn't need fingerprints. RIGHT? So...as per guidance from you all (and we are really grateful for all the help) my husband went to the RCMP in New Market today near his place. They told him that they don't do that there and that he had to go to Ottawa. The guy seemed to think that he had to have fingerprints. Has anyone out there gone to RCMP locations in Ontario and just gotten the certificate without prints? If so which detachment did you go to? One person already told me London. Also what should my husband be calling it---a records search as opposed to a police certificate? It is so frustrating when you all tell me that you got yours so easily and the RCMP is saying they can't do it there. What are we doing wrong?

My fiance lives in Quebec but works in Ottawa and when he went for his, he had to do fingerprints and they did it all at the rcmp....We told them it was for a visa. This took almost 3 months to get back but we knew he was going to need it because we have a friend who just went through this whole process...So am not sure but my fiance first went to the police and they sent him to the rcmp...So I don't know what is right for you really.....

You only need fingerprints if you have a criminal record.