Organization : Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
Type of Facility : Procedure For Obtaining A Police Certificate
Country: Jamaica
Website : https://mfaft.gov.jm/
Procedure For Obtaining A Police Certificate:
Procedure for persons Residing Overseas
1. Two (2) recent passport size photographs (must not be signed or sealed)
2. Submit a set of his/her fingerprints which should be taken by the relevant agency in the country he/she resides and must be stamped.
Related : Ministry of National Security How To Obtain A Police Record Jamaica : www.statusin.org/11898.html
3. Supply copy of passport (data page).
Services offered:
** Next Day Service – Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000)
** Express Service – Five (5) Working Days from the date of receipt ofapplication – Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000).
** Normal Service – Twenty-one (21) Working Days from the date ofreceipt of application – Three Thousand Dollars($3,000).
An International Money Order or Bank Draft for the respective fee should be made payable to Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge Criminal Investigation Branch.
The above mentioned should be forwarded to:-
Senior Superintendent of Police
i/c Technical Services Division
34 Duke Street
Kingston C.S.O.
Jamaica West Indies
NB:
The next day service is offered only at Technical Services Division, 34 DukeStreet, Kingston.
Make an application on the prescribed form obtained from the Ministry of Justice, 2 Oxford Road, Kingston 5; supplying the following information:-
** Full name
** Date of Birth
** Offence Convicted for
** Court convicted
** Date of Conviction
NB:
Application must be accompanied by a set of fingerprints for the applicants. A fee of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) is required to be paid at the Inland Revenue Department (Tax Office).
Spent The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1988 makes provision for an individual who has been convicted and have successfully completed his/her rehabilitation period in accordance with the act, such a conviction is “spent” i.e. he/she can receive a “clean record”.
Example #1:
A person convicted for an offence and was sentenced to pay a fine (sentence imposed does not include imprisonment).
Example #2:
A person convicted for an offence and sent to prison the rehabilitation period are as follows:
** One (1) day to six (6) months = five (5) years.
** Six (6) months not exceeding eighteen (18) months = eight (8) years.
Eighteen (18) months but not exceeding three (3) years = ten (10) years.
NB:
The rehabilitation period applicable to an offence commences from the date of the termination of the sentence of imprisonment or the payment of the fine or the compliance with any condition imposed in respect of that offence.
Any clarification please contact : 922-0125, 922-6214 or 922-3221.
About Us:
The Jamaican Foreign Service comprises its Headquarters located in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and 20 diplomatic missions and consular posts in the Caribbean, North, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. These Missions and posts execute a range of activities embracing the development and maintenance of foreign and trade relations and the promotion and protection of its nationals overseas
General Contact Info:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade
21 Dominica Drive
Kingston 5, Jamaica
Tel: (876)- 926 – 4220
Fax: (876) – 929 – 6733
Email: info@mfaft.gov.jm