Biometric Fingerprinting Services
Biometric Fingerprinting Services
Only accredited agencies with a valid ORI number can submit electronic fingerprints. As a certified agency, we submit biometric fingerprints directly to the CCRTIS server. Processing time is 3-4 business days when records are clear plus mailing time. If there is a “hit”, processing times can go over 120 days.
Since July 1, 2014, the Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services only accept electronic fingerprint submissions for civil purposes. If you reside in Canada, you simply have to contact us to make arrangements to submit their fingerprints electronically. If you are outside Canada, we are equipped with card scan technology which enables us to digitize ink fingerprints and submit them electronically to the CCRTIS system.
With over 22 years in fingerprinting, Identification Canada is an accredited agency with a valid ORI number that can take and submit electronic fingerprints to the Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services.
- Immigration to Canada or the US
- Spanish Citizenship
- Australian citizenship
- Italian citizenship
- Any other purpose that would require a fingerprint based check
Fingerprints may be done for the following reasons:
- Permanent residency
- Canadian citizenship
- Pardon applications*
- US entry waiver applications*
- Employment*
- Adoption*
- Foreign visas / travel*
You may come our walk-in centre with 2 valid forms of identification with at least one bearing a picture and a proof of address.
FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION ACCEPTED:
- Passport
- Driver’s license (foreign driver’s license accepted)
- Medicare (health care)
- Landed documents
- Work permits
- Student permits
- Provincial identification card
- Birth certificate
- Citizenship card
If you do not have the original documentation, ONLY CERTIFIED COPIES will be accepted. Our fees for biometric fingerprinting are 55$* payable cash or debit. Delays for processing biometric fingerprints at the Royal Canadian Mounted police are approximately 2 to 3 days plus mailing time. These delays may change at any time.
*Extra fees of 25$ are required for certification by the Royal Canadian mounted police. Those fees are payable upon electronic submission.