Police Check in Ontario

[Matsiepan 6]

I am compiling all the documents for our next stage and am about to get my police clearance. What exactly do I ask them for when I get to the station? As I have no criminal history, I am under the impression I do not need to go through the RCMP for this, but can go to my local police station, correct?

[NikLR 13,227]

You can try your local police, the rcmp or commisionaires. You need a certificate of no conviction that notes the CPIC or national criminal records repository was searched using any and all of your names.

[Matsiepan 6]

Wonderful! Thank you again.

[sjs87 27]

I went to my local RCMP detachment, as it is the local 'policing' body in my area. I told them I needed a criminal record check for US immigration purposes. As long as they are searching a national database for criminal history (or in my/your case, lack thereof), it should be enough.

Also, the criminal record check my local detachment did for me was free (no charge).

[Matsiepan 6]

Lucky! I just called local detachment to figure out which location to go to, and the automated system told me it was going to cost $30.

[NikLR 13,227]

YAY, that's pretty close to what I paid too.

[Matsiepan 6]

Little amused that I have to pay to show I'm no criminal. Crime doesn't pay my butt....

[NikLR 13,227]

You'd have to pay for fingerprints and then maybe get a denial if you were a criminal. I agree that paying for a police check for a clean record is asinine though.

Edited January 10, 2014 by NLR