Canada Police Clearance
Mexico Police Clearance
You will need to provide both a federal police certificate and a state police certificate.
Federal Police Certificates: Federal police certificates must be from the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR). Depending on your situation, the PGR issues two kinds of certificates:
If you live in Mexico: If you are living in Mexico, the federal police certificate you need is called the Constancia de Antecedentes Registrales. During the processing of your application, you Embassy in Mexico City will give you instructions for obtaining the Constancia de Antecedentes Registrales.
If you live outside of Mexico: If you are living outside of Mexico, the federal police certificate you will need is called the Informe de datos registrales.
State Police Certificates : Please contact the office corresponding to the state where you lived from the list below:
Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Distrito Federal , Durango, Estado de Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas
Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes
United States of America Police Clearance
You should: get a cover letter and fingerprint card from the FBI. You can download these from the FBI website in the Related Links section at the bottom of the page or write to the address below and have them mailed to you.
have fingerprints taken. You can have this done by:, a local police department or a private fingerprinting business. (When you have your fingerprints taken, you will need photo identification.) , include a Certified cheque or money order for the fees, payable to the U.S. Treasury, mail the letter, fingerprints and fee payment to: FBI, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Attention: SCU, Mod D-2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, West Virginia 26306, U.S.A.
Processing times are normally between 16 and 18 weeks. The FBI will send you a letter with the results of their record check. That letter will be your police certificate. You should send the letter and any attached documents to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada office processing your file. All police certificates must be originals. Photocopies will not be accepted by our office.
For more detailed information, visit the FBI website in the Related Links section at the bottom of the page.
For information on Puerto Rico, please see Central America, South America and Caribbean.