Steps to obtain Fingerprinting and Criminal Record Check from Inside and Outside Canada

Steps and Procedures

Direct accreditation with RCMP for capturing, digitizing, and submitting fingerprints to CCRTIS server to obtain RCMP certified police certificate. As pioneer of RCMP accredited fingerprinting company, our experienced staff will ensure the safe, smooth, and secure delivery of fingerprint and criminal background check services. We have had thousands of applicants from worldwide, Australia, New Zealand, United States, China, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and much more. Please select the service that best suites your needs.

Staff at The Fingerprint Room Inc. aim to simplify the process for you in obtaining criminal record check. We value the transparency of fees and customer care.

*Accredited is authorized to submit fingerprints to the RCMP’s Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services CCRTIS. Note that the results of certified criminal record checks do not include information from other national or local data bases.

APPLICANTS INSIDE CANADA

RCMP Criminal Record Check (Fingerprint based)

1. Book your appointment
2. Bring two pieces of government issued English IDs (one must include a photo)
3. Fingerprints will be scanned and submitted to the RCMP
4. RCMP will complete the background check in approximately 3 business days (up to 120 days for those with criminal history)
5. Our staff will arrange with RCMP to issue your certificate to your preferred mailing address

Name and Date of Birth Based Background Check

1. Book your appointment
2. Bring two pieces of government issued English IDs (both must be photo IDs)
3. Fill out name-based search consent form
4. Certificate will be completed in 1 to 2 business days and couriered to your mailing address

Digital Fingerprinting

1. Book your appointment
2. Bring two pieces of government issued English IDs (one must include a photo)
3. Fingerprints will be scanned and printed out onto the American FBI FD258 or Canadian RCMP C216 fingerprint form
4. Agency endorsement is included with the service

Ink and Roll Fingerprinting

1. Book your appointment
2. Bring two pieces of government issued English IDs (one must include a photo)
3. Fingerprints will be scanned
4. Agency endorsement is included with the service

FBI Criminal Identity History Summary Checks

1. Book your appointment
2. Bring two pieces of government issued English IDs (one must include a photo)
3. Fingerprints will be scanned and submitted to the FBI
4. Receive your electronic results via email

Mobile Fingerprint Service

Please contact us with information on which service you require and where you would like our staff to be dispatched. We will respond back to you with more details.

APPLICANTS OUTSIDE CANADA

RCMP Criminal Record Check (Fingerprint based)

1. Apply Online
2. Scan two pieces of government issued IDs and completed fingerprint form to

3. Our staff will review your fingerprint form to ensure that it is taken in correct format and to prevent retakes (RCMP C216 fingerprint form)
4. Once confirmed by staff, mail your original fingerprint form to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

5. RCMP criminal record check will arrive at our office in about 5 to 10 business days
6. Receive your hardcopy certificate by tracked express courier

Name and Date of Birth Based Background Check

1. Apply Online
2. Fill out name-based search consent form
3. Scan two pieces of government issued picture IDs and completed consent form to

4. Receive your hardcopy certificate by tracked express courier

FBI Criminal Identity History Summary Checks

1. Have your fingerprints taken on the American FBI FD258 fingerprint form
2. Scan two pieces of government issued IDs and completed fingerprint form to

3. Our staff will review your fingerprint form to ensure that it is taken in correct format and to prevent retakes
4. Once confirmed by staff, mail your original fingerprint form to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

5. Electronic FBI report will be emailed to you in approximately 2 business days (US citizens) or in approximately5 business days (foreign citizens)

DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATION/APOSTILLE

Authentication for Canadian Documents

Consulate General of Albania

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticate to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then Albanian Embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 11 to 16 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Argentina

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticate to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Consulate of Argentina will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15 to 20 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Brazil

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticate to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at the Consulate General of Brazil. The whole process takes approximately 5 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Chile

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticate to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then Consulate General of Chile will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 11 to 16 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Colombia

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticate to:

2. Mail the original document hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Colombian Embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 17 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Costa Rica

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticate to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The Consulate General of Costa Rica will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 1 business day. Tracking numbers will be emailed to you once shipped out.

Consulate General of Croatia

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticate to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Consulate General of Croatia will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 16 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once the procedure is completed.

Consulate General of Czech Republic

1. Fill out Global Affairs authentication request form
2. Scan us the request form to our email

3. The RCMP criminal record check will be translated in approximately 5 business days
4. The translated document and the original hardcopy will be sent to Global Affairs Canada for authentication which completes in about 10 to 15 business days
5. The documents will then be shipped to Czech Embassy for its superlegalization in about 3 business days.

Consulate General of Germany

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticate to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then Consulate General of Germany will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15 to 20 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Global/Foreign Affairs Canada

1. Fill out Global Affairs authentication request form
2. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated

3. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

4. Authentication at Global Affairs Canada will be completed in approximately 10 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of France

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original document hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Consulate of France will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 12 to 18 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Hungary

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original document hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Hungarian Embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15-20 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Italy

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. Authentication will be completed in about 1 to 2 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Israel

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then Israeli Embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 25 to 35 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Kuwait

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then Consulate General of Kuwait will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 20 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Mexico

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Mexican embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15 to 22 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Morocco

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Moroccan Embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 20 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Netherlands

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Consulate of the Netherlands will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15-20 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Philippines

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Philippines Embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15-25 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Qatar

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Consulate of Qatar will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15 to 20 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China

1. Fill out Chinese authentication request form
2. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated

3. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

4. The authentication service completes in approximately 10 business days and includes certified translation, provincial authentication, and the authentication from Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China

Consulate General of the Republic of Korea

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Fill out Global Affairs authentication request form

3. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

4. Authentication will be completed in approximately 11 to 16 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Panama

1. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The legalization at the Consulate General of Panama will take approximately 3 to 5 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Paraguay

1. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then Consulate General of Paraguay will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 13 to 20 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Portugal

1. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The Consulate General of Portugal will complete its authentication in 5 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Spain

1. Fill out Global Affairs authentication request form
2. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated

3. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

4. The document will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada, then at Consulate General of Spain, and will be completed in approximately 15 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

TECO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office)

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. TECO will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 3 weeks. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Thailand

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Thai Embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15 to 30 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of The Dominican Republic

1. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office located below:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the Consulate General of the Dominican Republic will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15 to 20 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of United Arab Emirates Embassy

1. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated to:

2. Mail the original hardcopy to our office located below:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

3. The documents will be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada first. Then the United Arab Emirates Embassy will legalize the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15-20 business days. As soon as the procedures are completed the authenticated document will be returned to your mailing address via express courier services. You will receive the tracking number.

Consulate General of Vietnam

1. Fill out Global Affairs authentication request form
2. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated

3. Mail the original hardcopy to our office

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

4. The document will be notarized first. The documents will then be authenticated at Global Affairs Canada, then the Consulate General of Vietnam will legalize and translate the documents for you. The whole process takes approximately 15 to 20 business days. Tracking numbers will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Authentication for American Documents

US Department of State Apostille

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 5 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China

1. Fill out authentication request form
2. Scan us the request form and the document you would like to have authenticated

3. The authentication service completes in approximately 10 business days and includes US Department of State Apostille and authentication by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in United States of America. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Egypt

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Haiti

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Jamaica

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Jordan

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Kuwait

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Mexico

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Qatar

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Singapore

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Taiwan

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. We will email you the authentication request form that you must fill out in blue ink.

3. Please mail us the original request form to our office:

The Fingerprint Room Inc.

1131-11871 Horseshoe Way

Richmond, BC, Canada, V7A 5H5

4. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Thailand

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of UAE

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

Consulate General of Vietnam

1. Scan us the document you would like to have authenticated

2. Authentication will be completed in approximately 10 – 15 business days. Tracking number will be emailed you to once shipped out.

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