Obtaining Police C dertifcate Canada

[beeju2003 0]

I am having trouble locating specific instructions for obtaining a police cdertificate in Canada. Currently, I live in Taiwan but lived in Canada for a period exceeding 12 months. I have no police records and am applying for immigration to the US. My questions are as follows:

1) Do I have to apply in person?

2) Is there an official form I need to fill out?

3) Do I need to provide a set of fingerprints or can they do a check by name?

4) If I need to provide a set of fingerprints how do I have them submitted electronically and how do I direct where to have the results submitted by the RCMP?

Thanks in advance.

[CanLee 5]

This link should answer all your questions: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cr-cj/fing-empr2-eng.htm

[beeju2003 0]

This link should answer all your questions: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cr-cj/fing-empr2-eng.htm

Thanks I read that page and have some more questions. Is it faster to go through an accredited third party fingerprinting agency? I read that going through the RCMP usually takes about six months.

[CanLee 5]

From the link above "The ability to submit fingerprints electronically to the RCMP is not currently available outside Canada".

However http://www.pacificfingerprintservice.ca/ seem to suggest they can do international via cardscan which is what I did albeit within Canada. Electronic prints are your only method of getting faster results so I would contact these guys or another accredited service to inquire. Electronic prints get results within 1 week.

Edited September 26, 2012 by CanLee