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Applicants can obtain a Police Check Online in the comfort of their home or within their workplace. The online police check application can be completed using a mobile, tablet or PC. Applicants receive the police clearance certificate via email. An instant sms notification is also sent when the results of the police check online have been dispatched via email.
The online police check application can be completed within a few minutes. After lodgement, over 70% of applicants get their police clearance certificate returned within one to three business days. The remaining get referred for manual processing and may take up to 15+ business days.
The base price to obtain a police check online is $46.00. You can pay securely using PayPal, debit or credit card.
We access the same central government database as local police stations to issue police checks online.
There is no difference in the legitimacy of a police check online issued by a local police station and
Australian National Character Check.
An applicant may notice small differences in the formatting of the police clearance certificate, however both
are equally valid. Applicants that apply through Australian National Character Check do however experience the
substantial difference in speed and efficiency when obtaining their police clearance online. Majority of police
checks are returned to applicants within one to three business days. Results are instantly emailed on the same
business day they are received.Overall, applicants save time and cost when applying for their police check online.
Due to spent convictions legislation, police agencies may only release criminal history records that relate
to the purpose of the police check.
If you have an existing police clearance certificate, you need to consider when the certificate was issued and if
the police certificate covers the specific risks of that role.
For example, if you have a police certificate for the purpose of “access to sensitive information” and you are
being placed into a role with direct access to vulnerable people, then the original police check would not
cover the new role and an updated police check online is required specifying the new role.