The fin­ger­print ser­vice pro­vided by a RCMP’s accred­ited and cer­ti­fied agency. World­wide Foren­sic Ser­vices Inc. is RCMP’s accred­ited and cer­ti­fied fin­ger­print­ing agency in Scar­bor­ough, pro­vid­ing elec­tronic fin­ger­print­ing ser­vices for civil purposes.

I LIVE OVER­SEAS AND NEED POLICE CLEAR­ANCE FROM CANADA. DO I HAVE TO COME TO CANADA TO SUB­MIT MY FIN­GER­PRINTS OR YOUR COM­PANY CAN HELP TO GET CLEAR­ANCE FOR ME?

You don’t have to come to Canada for this pur­pose. We can email you the required forms; you can get your fin­ger­prints taken on those forms and send them the orig­i­nals to us via reg­u­lar mail or courier. We will sub­mit your fin­ger­prints to the RCMP elec­tron­i­cally and the RCMP will send the results directly to you or a third party via reg­u­lar mail.

WHERE TO GET FIN­GER­PRINTS IN TORONTO?

You can walk in to our loca­tion or make an appoint­ment to get fast and friendly ser­vices at low­est rates.

DO I NEED AN APPOINTMENT?

Walk-ins are always wel­come; how­ever it is bet­ter to get an appointment.

I APPLIED FOR A POLICE CHECK AND MY APPLI­CA­TION WAS RETURNED ASK­ING FOR SUB­MIS­SION OF MY FIN­GER­PRINTS TO THE RCMP. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

You can come to us for fin­ger­print­ing needs. We are accred­ited and cer­ti­fied by the RCMP for this pur­poses. We will take your fin­ger­prints dig­i­tally and sub­mit them to the RCMP elec­tron­i­cally. No hassles.

WHAT DO I NEED TO BRING WITH ME FOR FIN­GER­PRINT­ING SERVICES?
You are required to bring two pieces of accept­able iden­ti­fi­ca­tion (one of them must be a photo ID) and the appli­ca­tion fees.

All fin­ger­print­ing appli­cants for Cana­dian Cit­i­zen­ship must bring a let­ter from Cit­i­zen­ship and Immi­gra­tion Canada. This let­ter must include the address for 3rd party results and should have a CIC file num­ber which will be included in your trans­ac­tion. Please make sure you bring this let­ter with your per­ma­nent res­i­dence card for your fin­ger­print­ing session.

WHAT ARE YOUR RATES FOR PRO­VID­ING FIN­GER­PRINT­ING IN TORONTO?

Please visit ‘our rates’ page for more details.

DO YOU TAKE FIN­GER­PRINTS ON FORM C216C?

Yes we do. We take fin­ger­prints with dig­i­tal scan­ner and elec­tron­i­cally trans­mit them as form C216C to the RCMP. You can get a hard copy at an addi­tional cost.

WHY ELEC­TRONIC FIN­GER­PRINTS ARE BET­TER THAT THE TRA­DI­TIONAL INK & ROLL FINGERPRINTS?

Elec­tronic fin­ger­print­ing is much faster than the ink & roll fin­ger­print­ing. The RCMP nor­mally process elec­tronic fin­ger­print sub­mis­sions in 72 hours, as com­pared to the months taken for pro­cess­ing ink & roll fingerprints.

HOW DO I GET MY RESULTS?

Your appli­ca­tion results can be sent directly to you or an autho­rized third party such as a fam­ily mem­ber, an employer, immi­gra­tion or par­dons agency etc.

HOW CAN I FIND OUT THE STA­TUS OF MY APPLI­CA­TION ONCE IT HAS BEEN SUB­MIT­TED TO RCMP?

The appli­cant can call us or send an email to con­firm suc­cess­ful sub­mis­sion of fin­ger­prints to RCMP. Unless autho­rized by the appli­cant, the RCMP does not release any fur­ther infor­ma­tion to World­wide Foren­sic Ser­vices Inc. The appli­cant or an autho­rized third party may inquire about the sta­tus of fin­ger­prints sub­mis­sion by con­tact­ing RCMP Fin­ger­print Screen­ing Ser­vices at 613–998‑6362 or by email civilnps@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

DO YOU PRO­VIDE FIN­GER­PRINT­ING SER­VICE FOR GET­TING POLICE CLEAR­ANCE FROM THE OTHER COUNTRIES?

Yes we do.

I UNDER­STAND THAT IN ADDI­TION TO FIN­GER­PRINT­ING SER­VICES, YOUR COM­PANY ALSO PRO­VIDES CPIC/POLICE CLEAR­ANCE SER­VICES. IS THERE ANY DIF­FER­ENCE IN THE SER­VICES PRO­VIDED BY YOU AND THE LOCAL POLICE?

There is no dif­fer­ence in the services.

DO YOU PRO­VIDE FIN­GER­PRINTS ON FBI CARD (FORM FD 258)?

Yes we do. We are foren­sic pro­fes­sion­als and make sure that your fin­ger­prints pass the qual­ity tests of the FBI. Please visit our FBI Clear­ance Page.

DO I NEED TO BRING FBI CARD WITH ME FOR FIN­GER­PRINT­ING NEEDS?

You just have two bring valid IDs and applic­a­ble fees. We have FBI fin­ger­print cards and the required information.

DO I NEED TO SUB­MIT FIN­GER­PRINTS FOR CIT­I­ZEN­SHIP APPLICATION?

You may be required to pro­vide a police clear­ance with fingerprints.

DO I NEED TO SUB­MIT FIN­GER­PRINTS FOR IMMI­GRA­TION APPLICATION?

You may be required to pro­vide a police clear­ance with fingerprints.

DO I NEED TO SUB­MIT FIN­GER­PRINTS FOR AN INTER­NA­TIONAL ADOP­TION APPLICATION?

If you wish to adopt a child from a for­eign coun­try, you will be required to sub­mit police clear­ance with fingerprints.

WHAT IS A CRIM­I­NAL BACK­GROUND CHECK OR A CRIM­I­NAL RECORD CHECK?

A Crim­i­nal Back­ground Check is a search of RCMP National Repos­i­tory of Crim­i­nal Records to deter­mine whether an indi­vid­ual has a crim­i­nal record. The search is based on an individual’s name and date of birth. A crim­i­nal records check may also include a search of a Cana­dian police service’s local records, which may reveal crim­i­nal record infor­ma­tion that has not been reported to the RCMP.

HOW CAN I GET A CRIM­I­NAL BACK­GROUND CHECK?

You can walk-in to our loca­tion in Scar­bor­ough for name and date based back­ground check or fin­ger­print based back­ground check. You need to bring two pieces of accept­able ID and the applic­a­ble fees. Please visit ‘our rates’ page to get details about our fees.

HOW FAST I CAN RECEIVE THE RESULT OF A CRIM­I­NAL RECORDS CHECK?

Once an appli­ca­tion is sub­mit­ted, you can get the back­ground record check results in one busi­ness day. If you visit our loca­tion before 2 pm, you can get the results on the same day.

I AM AWARE, I HAVE A CRIM­I­NAL RECORD. CAN I GET BACK­GROUND CHECK FOR EMPLOY­MENT, BASED ON NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH SEARCH?

Your appli­ca­tion for back­ground check will lead to “incom­plete query results” and will prompt for a fingerprint-based crim­i­nal record check.

CAN I GET POLICE CLEAR­ANCE FROM YOUR AGENCY UNDER VUL­NER­A­BLE SEC­TOR CHECK?

Please con­tact your local police or visit their web­site for police clear­ance or back­ground checks under vul­ner­a­ble sec­tor search. We do not pro­vide crim­i­nal back­ground check for indi­vid­u­als seek­ing to check back­ground under vul­ner­a­ble sector.

WHERE CAN I GO FOR ADDI­TIONAL INFOR­MA­TION ON VUL­NER­A­BLE SEC­TOR VERIFICATION?

Please visit: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cr-cj/vulner/index-eng.htm for more information.