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Background checks

Most visa, residence and citizenship applications ask for a criminal record certificate, apostilled and officially translated. The certificate itself is handled by our partner service, Background Checks Abroad.

Order a background check at Background Checks Abroad ↗

What you can order there

FBI background check

The Identity History Summary that US citizens and former US residents need for visas and residence permits abroad.

RCMP criminal record check

The fingerprint-based Canadian certificate for immigration, citizenship and work permits.

Fingerprinting appointments

Fingerprints taken at an office or by a mobile technician, on the card format each police body accepts.

Apostille

The apostille that makes a US background check valid in other member countries of the Hague Convention.

The usual order of steps

  1. Get the background check from the police authority of each country that the application asks about.
  2. Have it apostilled or legalised in the country that issued it.
  3. Have the certificate and its apostille officially translated for the country where you will present it.

Already have your certificate?

Send it to us with its apostille and we prepare the official translation for the destination country.

Order the translation