Criminal History Check
Upon application, Queensland College of Teachers will conduct an Australian criminal history check.
The fee for this check is included in the application fee ($23.10).
Applicants who have lived overseas for 12 months or more within the last ten years will need to provide the QCT with a suitable criminal history check from each country they have resided in for 12 months or longer.
Overseas criminal history check
If you are an applicant who is not living in Australia or who has lived for periods of 12 months or more in any country other than Australia in the past ten years you are required to obtain:
- a police certificate from that country
- a police certificate from your country of citizenship.
The certificate(s) must be current unless you have returned to that country for 12 months or more since your last police clearance certificate was issued. Procedures for obtaining clearance vary between countries as does the cost. In most cases an application needs to be completed. Details and forms can generally be obtained from the local embassy for that country.
Other useful addresses commonly requested are as follows. Please note that this list is updated when we are informed of contact detail changes:
www.migrationint.com.au/office.asp
http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection
Other contact addresses are as outlined below for the countries shown.
Canada
Apply to the Commissioner, RCMP, Attn: Identification Services, Civil Section, PO Box 8885, Ottawa, Ontario for a police certificate based on full name and date of birth. Apply to your local police station if living in Canada.
Fiji
Apply to the CID, Police Headquarters, Suva, Fiji and request the certificate to be forwarded direct to the Queensland College of Teachers,
PO Box 389 Toowong 4066.
Ireland
Applicants living in Ireland should apply to the local Garda Siochana Authority under section 4 of the Data Protection Act 1988 for a search of the Garda Criminal Records Database for any information held on you. Those outside Ireland apply to the Commissioner of Police, Garda Siocharna, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Japan
Apply to the Prefectural Police Office in your town or city of residence. Tokyo residents apply to Metropolitan Police Department,
Public Safety Division, Tokyo. Applicants in Australia apply to the Embassy of Japan, Box 6340, Wellington.
Singapore
Call at the Criminal Record Office, Criminal Investigation Department, 90 Eng Tong Sen St, Singapore 0105 and show thisinstruction sheet.
Applicants in Australia apply to the Singapore High Commission, 17 Kabul Street, Khandallah, Wellington for a form to apply direct to
the Criminal Record Office.
South Africa
Apply to the Criminal Record Centre, South African Police, Private Bag X308, Pretoria, 0001.
UK & Northern Ireland
Apply to MPS Public Access Office, 20th Floor, Empress State Building, Empress Approach, Lillie Road, London, SW6 1TR for your personal
record/prosecution/conviction history from the UK Police National Computer (New Scotland Yard) under section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Form is available at http://www.met.police.uk/dataprotection/ Apply to your local police station
if living in the UK.
USA
Apply for an FBI identification record to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Attn: Identification Division, 1000 Hollow Custer Road, Clarksburgh,
West Virginia 26306, USA.
Hong Kong
Contact the Queensland College of Teachers to obtain a letter indicating that a police clearance is a requirement of registration and then send this
letter together with your request to The Certificate of No Criminal Conviction Office, 14th Floor, Arsenal House Police Headquarters,
1 Arsenal Street, Wanchai, HONG KONG.
Other countries
You must make your own enquiries about obtaining a police certificate either from the police in that country or the nearest embassy as appropriate.
Further information is available from the following website www.migrationint.com.au/office.asp
If you are unable to provide a police certificate a statutory declaration is accepted by the QCT as a last resort and only for countries
where a police clearance certificate is unobtainable. The statutory declaration must be less than six months old, and must detail your attempts
to obtain a police certificate. It needs to state that you have not been convicted or found guilty of any offences against the law of that country or
have not been charged with any offence against the law in that country. The statutory declaration must be signed by a solicitor,
justice of the peace, or notary public.