Police Check South Australia (SA)

Australian National Character Check™ makes obtaining a South Australia police clearance certificate simple. The SA police check application can be completed securely from your computer, mobile or tablet

Most South Australia (SA) police checks are returned to applicants within one to three days.

Applicants can pay securely via credit card, debit card or PayPal.

Most South Australian employers, corporations and voluntary organisations will request a person’s police clearance certificate or a criminal record check before they grant admission to the person. Whatever name it is given, it means the same thing as a Police Check Certificate.

A Police Check South Australia (SA) is a record of an individual’s disclosable criminal offences and convictions with outcomes including pending charges obtained from the databases of all Australian police agencies (including Adelaide and other parts of South Australia).

An applicant can apply through Australian National Character Check’s secure online police clearance SA application form, and get their police check certificate between one and three days. The applicant will only need their computer, smartphones or tablet.

A Police Check SA certificate will contain all releasable court data and outcomes and all pending data sourced from the databases of all Australian Police agencies.

Information on the spent convictions scheme can be found here.

Some of them include and are not limited to:

• All convictions, findings of guilt, good behaviour bonds, community-based orders and suspended convictions
• Traffic infringements such as drink or drug driving, excessive speeding all for which you have been convicted.

• Diversion programs
• Incomplete or dropped charges
• Penalties/Sanctions imposed by third party institutions or Unions
• Convictions abroad
• Issues prosecuted by authorities outside of statutory bodies like the police forces
• Spent convictions

A police check SA is generally requested by decision makers to get a summary of a person’s criminal background (if any). Therefore, only such decision makers can determine the period that will elapse before an updated police check is required. Most employers and decision makers in South Australia (SA) do not accept a police check certificate that is older than three months. This however will depend on the organisation and their internal risk mitigating strategies.

A police check is a point in time check and is valid up until the point of issue. There is no set expiry date for an SA police clearance certificate.

If your Police Check SA has been requested by any authority, there are two ways of applying:

• √ You can apply online through an official agency like Australian National Character Check through the online application form.
• √ You can apply through the South Australia Police (SAPOL).

• √ Your details (name, previous names, gender, address history, etc.)
• √ Your contact details (e-mail, mobile number)
• √ Proof of identity documents as listed on the application form

• Search and click on the Australian National Character Check online application form.
• Choose and enter your payment details (Australian National Character Check offers PayPal, Credit and Debit Cards).
• Fill and complete the online SA police clearance application form (with correct details).
• Sign the informed consent.
• Submit your SA police clearance application and get the official results via email.

Most applicants will normally receive their police check certificate within 24 hours. However, a police check application may automatically get flagged for ‘manual review’ which will delay the person’s application.

A manual review occurs when there is a likelihood of correlation between an applicant’s information and the police criminal database, and an official must peruse through criminal background history before a result can be released. Delay from manual reviews can extend between one to 15+ working days. Just because an application gets referred for a manual review does not necessarily mean that they have criminal history. It is more than likely that there is an individual in the country with the same or similar name to the applicant who is of interest to Australian police agencies.

Unfortunately, Australian National Character Check cannot see beforehand if an application will be flagged for ‘manual review’ but you will be duly notified via email when this happens.

Australian National Character Check does not only assure applicants of providing their Police Check South Australia certificate, but we are also professional and secure when handling applicants personal data and information.

Australian National Character Check is an accredited service approved by the Australian Federal Government to conduct nationally coordinated criminal history checks.

The criminal record check issued by Australian National Character Check is valid nationwide and hence within South Australia (SA).

A police check South Australia is actually a National Police Check. When you apply for a police check South Australia, in essence you are also applying for the following:

Police Check NSW
Police Check QLD
Police Check Victoria
Police Check Tasmania
Police Check NT
Police Check WA
Police Check ACT

We provide a 100% online solution for businesses and workplaces to streamline police clearance checks when hiring or recruiting new staff. Contact us today to find out how Australian National Character Check can streamline national police checks for your organisation.