Police Background Check

[mwmadore 0]

Hi I am new here, I have just recieved my NOAA2 this morning and looking to get ready for the information to follow. I am trying to get my Police background checks in order to be ready for the information packet arrival. I am ffrom Canada, and lived here all my life. I have read that I need to get police checks from local police offices that I have lived in, and I have read that I need to get it through the RCMP? Could somebody advise me as to which is the case.

Thank You Very much for your help.

Mark

[ceriserose 1]

The RCMP name check is what you're looking for, as long as you don't have a criminal record. If you do, you'll need the fingerprint check.

You can get it through any RCMP detachment or your local police. In my case, the Vancouver BC main branch was $20, my local suburban police (non-RCMP) was going to cost me $70 to run it. I chose to drive to Vancouver.

Remember, if you don't have a criminal record, the name check is what you want. Mine took about 20 minutes. The fingerprint check is a months-long waiting list. If you don't need it, don't get that one.

[Waiting in Vancouver 6]

I just got my name check done in Langley BC at the local RCMP detachment ... Only cost me $35.00 ... I know one thing that they asked me at the RCMP detachment was if I was a resident of Langley ... If you have non RCMP police make sure you ask for a canada wide check ...

[Chicken_Little 0]

Doesn't have to be RCMP, it just has to use a certain type of search, a Canada-wide name-based search. The packet instructions say it only has to be RCMP if you have a criminal background. If not, then a local police search is perfectly fine. That's what I had, and I had no issues, plus I called and asked Montreal, and it's what it said on the instructions for packet three.

[nice_man 0]

Doesn't have to be RCMP, it just has to use a certain type of search, a Canada-wide name-based search. The packet instructions say it only has to be RCMP if you have a criminal background. If not, then a local police search is perfectly fine. That's what I had, and I had no issues, plus I called and asked Montreal, and it's what it said on the instructions for packet three.

Chicken_Little is absolutely right. I as well simply went down to my local police HQ and got a police check. On the police check it stated that I had been checked against all Canada-wide police databases, with no fault against me. The important part is that ALL Canada-wide police databases had been checked.

There was no need to get the RCMP involved.

It cost me about $30 CAD and 10 minutes of my time. Piece of cake.

[zyggy 9]

Doesn't have to be RCMP, it just has to use a certain type of search, a Canada-wide name-based search. The packet instructions say it only has to be RCMP if you have a criminal background. If not, then a local police search is perfectly fine. That's what I had, and I had no issues, plus I called and asked Montreal, and it's what it said on the instructions for packet three.

Chicken_Little is absolutely right. I as well simply went down to my local police HQ and got a police check. On the police check it stated that I had been checked against all Canada-wide police databases, with no fault against me. The important part is that ALL Canada-wide police databases had been checked.

There was no need to get the RCMP involved.

It cost me about $30 CAD and 10 minutes of my time. Piece of cake.

What everyone else said.. but make sure before you leave that it says explicitly that it was based on a CANADA WIDE SEARCH...

[canucker18 0]

That Canada Wide seacrh database is called CPIC (C-pick).

There are a few posts down in the forum that goes into greater detail.

[mwmadore 0]

Thank You so Much for this information, I did get a CPIC search done, but I was confused as to the RCMP involvement being mentioned. Thank you all so much.