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Apply for Your RCMP Criminal Record Check from France

Canadian nationals residing in France are often required to provide a Canadian Criminal Record Check to meet the requirements of employers, immigration authorities, and educational institutions in France. This certificate confirms your criminal background and is a trusted document for work, immigration, and educational purposes.

Globeia offers a dependable and simple solution for obtaining your RCMP Criminal Record Check from France. We process all submissions through our own RCMP-accredited office, Globeia Incorporated, based in Canada. This means your application is handled entirely in-house, with no third-party involvement, ensuring full compliance with RCMP regulations.

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*Once Globeia receives the original fingerprint and submits it to the RCMP, the estimated processing time is approximately 72 hours, plus an additional 1-2 weeks for mailing. However, if a potential match to a criminal record is identified during the verification process, the turnaround time could extend to over 120 business days.

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Fingerprinting for RCMP Criminal Record Check

For your RCMP criminal record check, fingerprinting must be done using high-quality black ink on an official C216C fingerprint card or an equivalent form. The card must also be signed and stamped by authorized personnel to be valid. In France, you have two options to get this done:

Local police station or gendarmerie in France.

Globeia’s convenient doorstep fingerprinting service, where a trained associate comes to your location and takes accurate fingerprints on official cards.

Canadian Apostille from France

If you plan to use your RCMP criminal record check in France, or in any of the 125+ member countries of the Hague Convention, it must first be apostilled by Global Affairs Canada. A Canada apostille confirms that the document is genuine and legally recognized for use abroad.

Globeia takes care of this entire process for you. We submit all apostille and authentication requests directly to Global Affairs Canada, the relevant government authority in Canada, on your behalf. This means you don't have to leave your house at any point.

RCMP-Accredited Fingerprint Submission from France

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police requires that all fingerprint-based criminal record checks be submitted through an accredited agency in Canada. Globeia meets this requirement directly, by coordinating with Globeia Incorporated in Toronto, an RCMP-accredited agency in Canada. Here, fingerprints are digitized and submitted electronically to RCMP CCRTIS on your behalf.

This means your fingerprints and application are handled entirely within Globeia. There is no need to pass your information to a third-party company or an outside agency at any stage of the process. Everything stays in-house, which keeps the process secure and easy to track.

Sworn French Translation of Your RCMP Criminal Record Check

Since your RCMP criminal record check is issued in English, French authorities will require a sworn French translation, completed by a translator who is officially certified and registered with a French Court of Appeal (traducteur assermenté). This includes the translator's signature, stamp, and a certification statement confirming that the translation is a true and accurate representation of the original document.

Globeia arranges the sworn French translation of your RCMP criminal record check through certified sworn translators, ensuring the translation meets the exact standards required by French authorities. This way, your document is fully accepted and ready to use.

What our clients say about us

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"I was relocating with my family to Canada and needed RCMP fingerprinting . Globeia Lyon managed everything efficiently, and the results were accepted without any issues."

Maria

Frequently
Asked Questions

How long does it take to get an RCMP criminal record check from France?

The RCMP processing time can take anywhere from 3 to 120 days, depending on the presence or absence of a criminal record and other factors. But because you are in France, your physical ink-and-roll fingerprints have to be couriered to Canada for digitization, and the final certificate will also travel internationally back to you. So, the complete process generally takes much longer.

Can I get the RCMP criminal record check done at the Canadian Embassy in Paris?

No. The Embassy of Canada to France in Paris does not capture fingerprints or issue criminal record checks for civil or immigration purposes. They will also advise you to use an RCMP-accredited private fingerprinting entity to handle the digitizing and submission from abroad.

Why do French authorities require my Canadian RCMP check to be apostilled?

Canada officially joined the Hague Apostille Convention. Because France is also a signatory country, French prefectures, universities, and employers will no longer accept plain Canadian documents or old consular legalization stamps. Your RCMP criminal record check must have a registered Canadian Apostille to be legally recognized in France.

I lived in several Canadian provinces. Do I need a separate background check for each one?

No. The RCMP manages Canada's centralized National Repository of Criminal Records. A single fingerprint-based check searches all provincial, territorial, and federal criminal databases simultaneously, providing a single comprehensive document valid across all of Canada.

Can I send my digital fingerprints directly to Canada?

No, because live digital scanning networks are located and acceptable only from within Canada. Applicants living in France must have their fingerprints taken physically on standard C216C fingerprint cards. These physical cards must then be couriered to a RCMP-accredited office in Canada to be converted into a secure electronic format for direct submission to the RCMP database.

Can I track the progress of my RCMP application while in France?

With Globeia’s services, you get access to a centralized dashboard where you can track everything in real-time. You will also get regular notifications and updates for the status of your RCMP criminal record check application.