Police Clearance Letter from the Toronto Police Service

[odo 0]

Hello VJers,

I've been lurking in the forums for awhile now and all the information posted here has been such a great help throughout the waiting process! We are finally now waiting for our file to be sent to the Montreal Consulate and I would like to know if anyone has tried applying for a police clearance letter using the online system from the Toronto Police service? (http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/recordsmanagement/clearance.php) and if anyone knows how long it would take to receive one? I'm in the US visiting the fiance and so want to time everything right for the interview.

Thanks!

[Tileeka 1]

I made a post here about the topic: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/308124-help-about-police-clearance/page__gopid__4650332

Canada is way behind and I'm told you could wait 8 months if you use your local police force. Find a private agency. Had mine in 3 days.

[ravis 0]

Hello VJers,

I've been lurking in the forums for awhile now and all the information posted here has been such a great help throughout the waiting process! We are finally now waiting for our file to be sent to the Montreal Consulate and I would like to know if anyone has tried applying for a police clearance letter using the online system from the Toronto Police service? (http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/recordsmanagement/clearance.php) and if anyone knows how long it would take to receive one? I'm in the US visiting the fiance and so want to time everything right for the interview.

Thanks!

Hello,

I applied online, paid 28.25 for 1 copy. Got a receipt of payment. Received an email when the PCC was ready to be picked up. You can choose the police station in your area to pick up. I got it in 2 weeks.

Hope this information helps. Good luck.

[Stephen&Kim 1]

I went to my local station in Whitby and waited 5 minutes and they gave it to me then and there.

[canuckbos 10]

Hello VJers,

I've been lurking in the forums for awhile now and all the information posted here has been such a great help throughout the waiting process! We are finally now waiting for our file to be sent to the Montreal Consulate and I would like to know if anyone has tried applying for a police clearance letter using the online system from the Toronto Police service? (http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/recordsmanagement/clearance.php) and if anyone knows how long it would take to receive one? I'm in the US visiting the fiance and so want to time everything right for the interview.

Thanks!

Don't want to confuse you as there seems to be a variety of replies.

You can get a local one pretty quick but is that the one they want?

I got mine through the RCMP it's for all of Canada so no matter where I lived in Canada I'm covered. Took 5 months and cost $25. I went to the local town police office, they filled out a form with all my information on it, took my fingerprints and gave me the form to mail to the RCMP. The town police charged me $25 for this serrvice. I think fingerprints would be the key here....

This was my understanding, if anyone wants to correct me, please do.

Thank you

Edited May 7, 2011 by MBK

[brooksie 3]

took less than a week to get mine from TPS (toronto police) you do have to pick it up though and there’s only 4 divisions you can do it at, you need to bring the two pieces of id you applied with and it looks like its on photocopy proof paper lol but its not like we are going to need to keep it anyways, oh and you can pick it up 24 hours a day 7 days a week which is nice because i work nights lol