Applicants should write to the Office of the Police Commissioner, Private Mail Bag 014, Port Vila, Republic of Vanuatu; Phone: (678) 26570, Fax: (678) 22800. The police charge a small fee for this service. Quality of information is sometimes uneven. An automated information system is planned but not yet fully implemented; criminal records from police stations are currently forwarded to police headquarters for manual entry. There are no reliable alternative methods of background checks.