Easy online application
Step 1
Fast
Sign up and start your police check
Step 2
Secure
Upload your ID and pay for your check
Step 3
Convenient
Get results within the hour
How does it work?
Simply upload the required information, pay and wait for the results. It’s that simple!
You can track the status of your online police check every step of the way, and we’ll also keep you up to date via email. Once the certificate has been delivered to your account, you can share it securely and instantly with any organisation. Your police check is valid for 12 months, with encrypted security.
Start Your Police Check
Police Checks Online is designed for
individuals requiring an Australian
National Police Check for employment or
volunteering purposes.
There are a number of organisations who
have specific requirements and require an
Australian Federal Police Check, including
checks for:
- VISA applications
- Australian Citizenship Applications
- Immigration purposes
- Victorian IVF requirements
- Overseas immigration departments
- Requirements for foreign embassies
- Applications for Australian Police Officer
and recruits, Taxi Licence, Justice of the
Peace, Jurors, Magistrates, Judges
If in doubt, please contact us before
commencing your check.
You need to provide the following
documents to complete your police
check:
- 1 x ‘commencement of identity’
document, eg a valid Australian passport
- 1 x ‘primary use in the community’
document, eg a valid Australian driver’s
licence
- 2 x ‘secondary use in the community’
documents, eg an Australian Medicare
card or bank or credit card
- At least one of the above documents
must include your photo
- A linkage of identity photo, ie, a photo
(‘selfie’) including yourself and one of
the above documents
- The documents must show the same
name as your claim, or evidence of a
change of name is also required
Once your check has been submitted, in
most cases your result will be returned
within the hour.
However, in around 20%
of cases it may take a number of days for
your final result to be returned.
There
are a number of reasons as to why some
police checks take longer to process than
others, including:
- You have a common name
- Transferring of information between
state and territory police agencies
before the information can be released
- The relevant police agency has
inaccurate or incomplete records which
need to be investigated
- Old police history associated with
a possible match requires manual
collection and processing of hardcopy
records
- Workloads within each police agency
To help protect the Australian community,
the Australian Criminal Intelligence
Commission (ACIC) works with Australian
police agencies and accredited bodies
to deliver the Australian National Police
Checking Service.
Police Checks Online is
a part of WorkPro, and WorkPro is proud
to be an ACIC accredited business.
WorkPro connects to ACIC’s database
and our software is secured in line with
ACIC’s stringent security and audit
terms. WorkPro regularly undertakes
testing to ensure our software remains
in line with ACIC and Australian
Government legislated requirements.
WorkPro’s system manages the security,
archiving and destruction of information
in accordance with national Privacy
Standards and ACIC’s terms of service.
Once the certificate has been delivered to your account, you can share it securely and instantly with any organisation.
If you are an organisation and need to
order more than 20 checks, it may be
more cost effective and efficient for you
to use the WorkPro online platform so
that you can request, track and manage
everything in just one place.
Visit workpro.com.au/backgroundchecks/
australian-police-check/ to learn
more about WorkPro’s complete range of
streamlined employment services.