Australian Federal Police Certificate - Australian Government

Description

You may need this certificate for employment, occupation-related licensing, registration, voluntary work, immigration or other related purposes. It provides a summary of your offender history in Australia.

You must use this Australian Federal Police (AFP) certificate if your request is for Commonwealth or Australian Capital Territory reasons.

You might need a national police check for things such as:

  • recruitment and job applications
  • volunteer and not-for-profit positions
  • working with children or vulnerable groups
  • licensing or registration scheme applications
  • work-related checks due to legislation or regulations
  • Australian citizenship and permanent residence applications
  • visa applications for some countries
  • working overseas.

Other States and Territories conduct their own police checks within their own jurisdictions.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Exemptions

There are some exceptions which require you to disclose a spent or protected conviction such as for some positions of employment. This means that people applying for such positions must declare all convictions. Details of exclusions should be provided to you by the employing organisation before your consent is sought to obtain a criminal history check.

Eligibility requirements

To obtain this certificate, you must provide sufficient identification documents.

Duration

Valid at date of issue

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $56.00

National Police Check application. Fees for 2024-25

Apply Application All $113.00

Fingerprint and National Police Check application where the fingerprints are supplied to the AFP on application. Fees for 2024-25

Approval time

Most applicants will receive their certificate within 5 to 10 working days.

Administering agency

Australian Federal Police

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.