Digital Fingerprinting

My Global Steps Immigration Inc. provides you both immigration and fingerprinting services (Digital and Ink and Roll Fingerprinting).

Digital fingerprinting services also referred to as Electronic Fingerprinting allow people living in Canada to acquire certified criminal record check results from RCMP.

Reasons for Digital Fingerprinting/Criminal Record Check:

\Adoption
\Canadian Citizenship
\Employment (Federal Government)
\Employment (other)
\Employment (police)
\Employment (Private Industry)
\Employment (Provincial Government)

\Landed immigration status
\Name Change
\Privacy Act request
\Record Suspension Application/ Pardon
\Visa/ Border Crossing/ Foreign Travel/ Work
\Other services- Kindly contact for these before confirming an appointment

Process

The process of getting your RCMP Fingerprint-based Criminal Record Check is very simple

MGSI will capture your fingerprints electronically with an Optical Livescan scanner and submit them directly to RCMP’s Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services (CCRTIS) via a secure link.
RCMP will then check your application against its national criminal record database.
RCMP will process your application and issue a hard copy of your RCMP Fingerprint-based Criminal Record Check
RCMP will mail it back to your home address or to a third party by Canada Post (regular mail)

The processing time:

If there is NO match to a criminal record. 
The RCMP processing time is estimated about 3 business days, plus delivery time. Total is to be around 2-4 weeks depends on RCMP and Canada Post.
If manual processing is involved and/or if there is a MATCH to a criminal record. 
The RCMP processing time is estimated up to 120 business days, plus delivery time.

Please note: We are not involved in the process of issuing or delivering your RCMP Fingerprint-based Criminal Record Check.

Identity Proofs that are accepted:

The candidate must bring along two pieces of identity proofs and following IDs are acceptable:

Primary Identification that are acceptable:

\Driver’s license (issued by Canadian province or territory)
\Health Card
\Foreign Driver’s License
\Canadian Passport
\Foreign Passport
\Permanent Resident card
\Certificate of Indian Status
\Record of Landing

\Canadian citizenship card
\Student ID Card from foreign institute
\Firearms acquisition certificate
\Firearms Possession Certificate
\Canadian national Institute of Blind ID card
\Federal/ Provincial/ municipal ID card
\Military Family ID card

Secondary ID Accepted

\Birth certificate
\Baptismal Certificate
\Hunting License
\Fishing License
\Hospital Card
\Immigration Papers

Notes:

It is recommended applicants bring a letter or file number from the requesting source, if applicable.

All identification must be current and not expired.

Photos and photocopies of identification cards are NOT acceptable. We require originals.

All digital fingerprinting requests for Canadian Citizenship must include a letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. This letter must include the address for third party results and should have a CIC file number, which will be included in your transaction. Please ensure this letter is available during the fingerprinting appointment.

Our experienced staff will be happy to assist in answering any questions.

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How long will it take for the results to be declared?

The fingerprinting process at our office is usually 15 mins. longer provided you have provided us with all the pre-requisites. Once completed, we send you results to RCMP and wait until they check those details against their database:

If you have no criminal record, then the results come within 3-10 business days.
If you have a criminal background or some possible match, your results are withheld for 120 days

Processing times may vary depending on some incomplete information or checks with local police and digital services involve manual processing also.

Will my fingerprints be stored with RCMP for future?

Fingerprints are never added to the system as they are only meant for civil screening. Once your application is completed and results of fingerprinting are transmitted to you via email or mailed, the fingerprints are removed from the system

How do I book my appointment?

To book an appointment you can call our office at 780-628-7373 from Monday-Friday anytime 10:00 am to 6:00pm and schedule through the available slots or email us at info@myglobalsteps.com

How can I check status of my fingerprints?

If your fingerprints results have taken more than the normal processing time you can check the status of your application by sending an email at CCRTIS-SCICTR@rcmp-grc.gc.ca and provide the following information:

Full Name of the applicant
Date of birth of Applicant
Type of Application submitted
Date when the application was submitted
Valid Phone number
DCN number:
***The DCN can be found on the confirmation report that was emailed to you on the date of fingerprinting.

Do you provide Vulnerable sector check?

For Vulnerable Sector Check, you must initiate the process with your local police as they may complete the check without the need of fingerprints. Otherwise, they will send you a fingerprint request to come to us for capturing your fingerprints. In this case, the result will be sent back to them for further processing. Therefore, the police’s information, including its address, is required when you come to us for the fingerprints.