State Apostille Services from USA
Apostille Services in California
Apostille Services in Texas
Apostille Services in Florida
Apostille Services in Washington
Services from Canada
Services from United Kingdom
Services from New Zealand

If you’re a Canadian living in Spain, you may be asked to provide an RCMP criminal record check for a visa, residency application, employment, or other legal paperwork. This document is commonly requested by government authorities and employers to verify your Criminal Record in Canada.

Portugal's Nationality Law reform, signed into law on May 3, 2026 and in force since May 19, extends the citizenship residency requirement from 5 to 10 years (7 for EU/CPLP nationals), with the countdown starting from residence permit issuance. Though applicants who paid Golden Visa fees before the law was gazetted, or whose citizenship applications were already pending, keep the prior 5-year timeline. Permanent residency remains unchanged at 5 years. As with before, applicants should have fingerprinting, police clearances, and document legalization ready in advance, since delays in these steps compound against the now-longer citizenship wait.

Most background check rejections come from avoidable errors at the preparation stage - wrong form, smudged prints, or missing signatures. Globeia reviews the full file before submission.

Globeia operates as a one-stop solution because it owns both ends of a process that most providers split apart: local fingerprint capture and international submission. For RCMP checks, Globeia Incorporated in Toronto holds the RCMP-accreditation that allows electronic submission to the RCMP. For FBI checks, Globeia Inc. in the USA manages submission through the correct federal route. This means a single appointment for ink fingerprinting, whether mobile or in-office, feeds directly into a verified submission chain, with apostille, legalization, and certified translation coordinated inside the same workflow. The applicant never has to bridge the gap between a local fingerprinting provider and a foreign processing office.
This blog is here to get you through the process of obtaining your RCMP criminal record check from France, step by step. You will learn the difference between a local police certificate and an RCMP Criminal Record Check, who usually needs one in France, where you can get ink fingerprints taken in Paris, how long the process normally takes, and the common mistakes that can lead to delays.

FBI checks in France are American documents that need ink fingerprints captured on the correct forms locally in France, then apostilled and translated (if needed).
Fingerprinting in Lisbon is done locally but submitted to overseas authorities, so what matters most is using the correct format, such as the FD-258 for a U.S. FBI Identity History Summary Check or the C-216C form for a Canadian criminal record check, since a card accepted by one authority may not meet another's standards.
An RCMP Criminal Record Check from Australia requires fingerprints to be taken in Australia and the original fingerprint documents to be submitted through an RCMP-accredited company in Canada. The Canadian company digitises the fingerprints and submits them electronically to the RCMP for processing. Applicants should also account for fingerprinting, RCMP processing, courier and any additional document-service costs.

Applying for a Canadian RCMP Criminal Record Check from the UK starts with an in-person ink fingerprint session, as foreign digital submissions are not accepted. Applicants must submit their physical fingerprint cards to an RCMP-accredited agency in Canada, such as Globeia Incorporated, for electronic processing through CCRTIS.
This guide covers the full process for getting an FBI background check from the UK - what it is, who needs it, which application route fits your situation, where to get fingerprints taken, what forms to complete, and how long it takes. It also covers federal apostille requirements and the mistakes that cause rejections.
You can get an FBI Apostille in Spain by completing Form DS-4194 and mailing it with your original FBI background check and a $20 fee to the US Department of State's Office of Authentications in Sterling, Virginia. Since Spain won't accept the report in English even with the apostille attached, it also needs a sworn translation (traducción jurada) by a MAEC-registered translator before submission to Spanish authorities.

An FBI background check from Portugal can be obtained by mailing a completed application and FD-258 fingerprints directly to the FBI, or through Globeia, which handles fingerprinting in Portugal, US-based submission, and optional apostille in a single coordinated process.
Global Services
State Services