National police certificate - Queensland

Description

You may require a national police certificate as part of the application process for a licence, registration or other approval. Some employers or volunteer organisations may also require you to provide a national police certificate prior to commencing employment or volunteer work.

A national police certificate is a full record of your criminal history. It displays all criminal history records (sentences, convictions and findings of guilt) held against your name by police services across Australia. In some cases, you may also be required to undergo a fingerprint search.

Service type

Licence

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

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Amount Description
Apply Application All $63.00 Police certificate (national search of criminal history using name only)
Apply Application All $223.70 Police certificate (national search of criminal history using name and fingerprints)
Apply Miscellaneous All $6.05 Processing fee

Act(s) name

Australian Crime Commission (Queensland) Act 2003 Queensland

Lodgement process

Apply

To apply for a national police certificate, you must:

  • complete the application form, provide 100 points of identification and pay the prescribed fee
  • reside or work in Queensland.

If you are less than 15 years of age, you must apply in person accompanied by a parent / guardian.

If your legal name is a genuine mononym (single name) you will not be able to complete the online application and will need to attend an Australia Post outlet to complete your application.

Publications Details process

To view an electronic version of your national police certificate, you must register for a MyPost account and your certificate will be delivered to you via the Australia Post Secure Document Vault. If you have disclosable court outcomes, you will receive your certificate in hard copy via mail to the address specified on your application. Certificates with disclosable histories will not be received online.

Approval time

In person applications can take a minimum of three weeks to be processed. Online applications that do not require further investigation generally take one hour to be processed. You should expect processing to take an additional five to ten business days if further investigation is required.

Administering agency

Queensland Police Service

Contact details

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

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Queensland Police Service
Email: PIC.Certificates@police.qld.gov.au