Staff and members at The Fingerprint Room Inc. wish everyone a warm and happy BC Family Day! February 19, 2024 marks the 12th anniversary of Family Day in BC. This is the perfect time to celebrate with family and loved ones! . Our office will be closed on the holiday. For any questions or concerns, please feel [...]

If you have lived in Canada for an accumulative period of at least 12 months, then you will be requested to submit a Police Certificate when applying for an Australian visa or immigration. The Fingerprint Room Inc. offers simple and reliable service to assist applicants who are currently living in Australia. Here is a step-by-step guide [...]

Starting January 11th 2024, the previous legalization/authentication process of Canadian public documents were replaced by the new apostille procedures. A document apostilled in Canada can be used in the 125 countries that are members of the Hague Apostille Convention. Further embassy and consulate legalizations are no longer needed. Regardless of the document’s issuing province, The Fingerprint Room [...]

Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) is a special type of Canadian Background Check. It checks if a person has any pardoned or suspended records of sexual offences. This type of check is often requested for employment or volunteer positions that can give people authority over children or vulnerable people. As a RCMP accredited private fingerprinting agency, The Fingerprint [...]

Many professional associations in Canada require their applicants to submit a Canadian Background Check result as part of the registration/licensing process. The Fingerprint Room Inc. provides convenient and reliable service to help you obtain the Canadian Background Check certificate and to complete the registration process. We can assist clients living inside and outside of Canada. [...]

We at The Fingerprint Room Inc. wishes everyone happy holidays and a happy new year! 2023 is a monumental year for The Fingerprint Room Inc. This year we were recognized as the first Indigenous owned and operated RCMP accredited fingerprinting agency. At the same time, we also became registered with BC Metis Nation, Canadian Indigenous Business Directory, [...]

While looking for jobs, having a Canadian Background Check on hand can come in handy. Many employers require prospective employees to submit a Canadian background check as part of the screening process. The Fingerprint Room Inc. provides convenient services to help you obtain either a fingerprint based RCMP background check or a name based background check, depending [...]

After you have made an application for your Canadian citizenship, you will receive a fingerprint request letter from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The letter indicates that applicants must have their fingerprints taken within 30 days of the date of the letter. This means that you need to obtain a Canadian RCMP fingerprint-based background check. [...]

Global Affairs Canada officially announced that Canada is to become a member of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, also known as the Hague Apostille Convention. With this new certification, Canadian “public documents,” such as RCMP background checks, can be apostilled. This certification is used in any of the 124 [...]

There are two types of Canadian background checks, a name based one and a fingerprint based one. As the scope of reference used by these two different types of checks are different, the information displayed on the results are also different. A fingerprint based RCMP certified Canadian background check will include the applicant’s name, date of birth [...]