Persons who require a Police Record should visit any of the Inland Revenue Department Offices (Tax Office) and pay for the record. The receipt must be in the name of the applicant.
The fees are:
- JMD $3,000 – Regular Service (21 working days)
- JMD $6,000 – Express Service (5 working days) NB – Your 5 days start after you have taken your fingerprint
- JMD $8,000 – Next Day Service (Temporarily Suspended)
You are then required to go on our JCF website ( www.jcf.gov.jm ) or type applying for police record Jamaica in your google search engine
and complete the application form on the JCF webpage.
You will be able to set your own appointment date.
Ensure that your correct email is entered. After completion, submit the application and download the application it will also appear in the email account you’ve entered earlier.
You should then arrive at The Technical Services Division (Criminal Records Office), 56 Duke Street, Kingston on the appointment date that you have set for yourself with the following documents;
– the receipt from the tax office the printed application
– a document for identification (preferable the one which is use to complete the application such as; elector id, drivers licenses or passport).
– Passport size photos (1 or 2) should NOT be certified or embossed
If the police record is for overseas/travelling purposes, a VALID passport must be presented.
Fingerprinting is done at the following locations:
56 Duke Street Kingston (Kingston): 876-224-1011/876-922-0125
Summit Police Station (St. James): 876-224-1012
Area 2 Police Headquarters Pompano Bay (St. Mary): 876-975-5066
May Pen (Clarendon): 876-224-1014
Opening Hours
Mondays-Thursdays 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fridays 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
A letter of authorization must be provided if the police record is to be collected by someone other than the applicant. The bearer must have valid identification.
FOR OVERSEAS APPLICANTS: 876-348-4098
Persons living overseas must submit:
- Fingerprints (signed and stamped by the police or reputable agency in your country of residence. The name of the person taking the fingerprints must be clearly stated on the document
- Two passport-sized photographs (May be signed but NOT embossed)
- Bio-data page of passport (must be certified)
- If sent by FedEx or DHL, a return label must be sent if the document is to be sent back to the receiving destination via the same method
- Bank draft/money order made payable to the Commissioner of Police
The fees are:
- JMD $3,000 – Regular Service (21 working days)
- JMD $6,000 – Express Service (5 working days)
- JMD $8,000 – Next Day Service (Temporarily Suspended)
Payment options
Fees may be paid in USD, CAD, Pound and any note tenable in Jamaica via money order made payable to the Commissioner of Police as well as a third party locally, who will make the payment at the tax office.
How to send fingerprints from abroad
Fingerprints can be sent via courier service, regular mail or a third party.
If the applicant does not have a Taxpayer Registration Number (TRN), payment must be made at the: Jamaica Constabulary Force Finance Branch, Ground Floor, N.C.B North Tower, 2 Oxford Road, Kingston 5. The receipt and documents must then be taken to the Technical Services Division (Criminal Records Office), 56 Duke Street, Kingston.
If the applicant has a Taxpayer Registration Number (TRN), payment must be made at any Inland Revenue Department (Tax Office) islandwide, and the receipt and documents taken to the Technical Services Division (Criminal Records Office), 56 Duke Street, Kingston.
A letter of authorization must be provided if the police record is to be collected by someone other than the applicant. The bearer must have valid identification.
NB: For Police certificates to be used abroad, the passport is the only accepted form of identification.
