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Conditions/Service Description: This service is
available to people who require confirmation on their criminal status for emigration
purposes or for working abroad. A certificate will be issued stating whether
any criminal offences are recorded against the applicant. The taking of the
fingerprints is performed at the nearest police station, prior to the
analysis thereof and the issuing of the certificate. The issuing of a
Clearance Certificate is the sole responsibility of the SAPS Criminal Record
Centre in Pretoria.
Process:
- The applicant must provide
a full set of their fingerprints, preferable taken at their nearest
Police Station. The applicant's full name, surname, date of birth, place
of birth and identity number (if available) must also be recorded on the
fingerprint form. A copy of the applicant's ID document/passport must
accompany the application. The applicant must present their Identity
Document at the police station as proof of identity will be required.
- South African citizens
living outside the Republic, may apply at any
Police Station in that country or at the South African Embassy.
Fingerprints should be taken on the official fingerprint forms of the
specific country. The fingerprint form must be signed by the person who
took the fingerprints. The application must be accompanied by a
completed set of fingerprints and a copy of the applicants Identity
Document or Passport.
- If the applicant provide
his/her cell phone number (currently only South African) on the
application for a Police Clearance Certificate he/she will be provided
with an sms indicating that application was
received and the reference number that will be allocated to his/her
certificate. The applicant can then determine, by making use of the
reference number provided, when his/her Police Clearance Certificate has
been finalized at the Police Clearance office by making use of the facility
on the SAPS web site.
- The police station where
the applicant applied will forward the complete application to the
Criminal Record Centre. Alternatively the applicant may deliver the
completed application in person or mail the application to;
The Head of the South African Criminal Record Centre
(For attention: Police Clearance Certificates)
Private Bag X308
PRETORIA
Gauteng
South Africa
0001
- The application may also be
delivered by courier to:
The Head of
the South African Criminal Record Centre
(For attention: Police Clearance Certificates)
Bothongo
Plaza West
CRC Client Service Centre
1st Floor, Room 14
271 Schoeman Street
PRETORIA
Office Hours 7:30 - 16:00 (Monday - Friday)
Cost: This
service is rendered at R59-00 per application payable by bank guaranteed cheques bankers draft or electronic payment into the
South Africa Police Service account ( ABSA cheque
account number 4054522787; Branch code 632005; Swift code ABSA ZAJJ) in the favour of the National Commissioner of the South African
Police Service. In the case of an electronic payment the initials and surname
of the applicant should be indicated as the reference. The letters PCC must
be added as reference, which will indicate that the payment is for a Police
Clearance Certificate (PCC). An applicant who prefers to make an electronic
payment abroad can approach any Bank who can make a telegraphic transfer and
request that the relevant fees be payed into above
mentioned Bank account. Proof of payment must be sent to this office before
the processing of the application will take place.
On
completion, the certificate will be mailed to the applicant by post . Individuals abroad are responsible for their own
postage. Applicants can arrange for the certificate to be collected via
courier service at their own expense. A Police Clearance Certificate can be
reissued within six months of the original application yet an additional cost
of R59-00 will be required. After six months of the date of the original
application a new application must be submitted.
Contact
information: Tel South Africa (012) 393 3928
Tel International: 27 12 393 3928
Fax number South Africa
(012) 393 3909
Fax number International 27 12 393 3909
E-mail addresses:
Type: This
service is rendered on behalf of the Government to Citizen (G2C)
Service
Standard: The average time to render this service will take approximately 14
working days from the day that the complete application is received at the
Criminal Record Centre until the Clearance Certificate is issued.
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