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Jamaica

The Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) provides Police Certificates to individuals wishing to obtain information relating to any criminal record information that may be held on them by the JCF. The JCF charges £38.00 for this service.

Application Procedure

You will need to supply the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) with the following information:

• Name
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth
• Date that the individual left Jamaica and the last address in Jamaica
• The purpose for which the Police Certificate is required
• The address and person to whom the applicant wishes the Certificate to be sent
• A full set of authenticated fingerprints
• Postal orders in the amount of £38.00 made out to the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
• Photocopy of current passport
• Two (2) passport-sized photographs

(The applicant must take the photographs and a photocopy of his or her passport to the Jamaican High Commission in London to be verified. The applicant must also take their original passport to the High Commission. The High Commission will charge £15.00 for this service.)

Please note these requirments are subject to change. For an up-to-date list please visit www.fco.gov.uk/lds (new window).

A covering letter with the information from (i) to (vi), including fingerprints, certified copy of passport, photographs, and postal orders should be sent by recorded delivery to:

Jamaica Constabulary Force
Records and Identification Division
East Queen Street
Kingston
Jamaica
W.I.

Content of certificates

The JCF Police Certificate will contain all convictions recorded against an individual subject to the following :

An individual is able to apply to the Jamaican Ministry of Justice to have a conviction expunged from his or her record providing that they have not been convicted of an offence in the 7 years since being convicted. This is not an automatic process.

Cost of certificates

You must supply postal orders to the value of £38.00 sterling with the application.

Turnaround Times

The JCF aims to produce a Police Certificate within two (2) weeks of receiving a complete application (if applying from within Jamaica.)  Requests made from outside of Jamaica will take between 6 and 8 weeks.  The certificate is then returned by standard post.