Questions about police record check for IR-1/CR-1

[Necraa 10]

Hey, so I'm a US citizen and my wife is a Canadian citizen living in Port Moody, Vancouver, Canada. We are looking to obtain her criminal record check currently. She has never been arrested or convicted of any crimes, so I thought that all she needed to obtain was a Canada-wide name check document (as listed in this guide. However when she went to the Port Moody Police Department they did not know what she was talking about when she asked for one. They said she would need to do fingerprinting and schedule an appointment, I thought the full fingerprint check was only needed if you had ever been convicted of a crime. Can anyone please help clear this up for me, what kind of police check will she need and what does she need to get it and around how long will it take? Thank you to everyone here who is so helpful to others in their time of need.

Edited April 4, 2013 by Necraa

[pocheros 101]

The fingerprint check is NOT necessary for your wife, not sure why the police dept. insisted on fingerprints. However, she can obtain a check from Commissionaires here: http://www.commissionaires.ca/ They are very reliable, lots of Canadian VJers have successfully used them before.

[hikergirl 277]

Wow Port Moody charges $60 as well.

I would recommend the Commissionaires like pocheros suggested.

Ours through them were under $40 each and only took a day.

They have offices in both Surrey and Vancouver.

[daphoknee 4]

I'm from Toronto and got my Police Clearance Certificate from my police station. It cost me about 25.

I just googled for the Vancouver PCC and came upon the Vancouver Police website..

http://vancouver.ca/police/organization/records-checks-fingerprinting/police-records-check.html

Looks like yours cost $70. I was recommended to use Commissionaires but when I called in, they wanted to do fingerprints on me. No need to do fingerprints unless you have a criminal record.

Hope that link helps!

[hikergirl 277]

If she calls to make an appointment with the Commissionaires she just needs to tell them she only needs a CPIC (see-pick) check.

Tell them no fingerprints and she’ll get the quick and cheap check that’s good for us.

Make sure she gets it for all previous names used. (i.e. maiden & married & old married if divorced)