In Person At Our Office (Live Scan - Montreal / Ville St-Laurent)
Montreal (Ville Saint-Laurent)
If you are in Montreal and need a Canadian criminal record check, see us at our office. We will take your fingerprints and electronically submit them to the RCMP for fast processing.
Easy and Fast
We use an optical fingerprint reader instead of paper and ink.
We're Here to Help
Make sure to book an appointment and bring all the required documents.
Reasons to Get a Certified Criminal Record Check
Individuals are increasingly required to submit to a criminal record background check by governmental agencies and private companies, making it selection criteria for potential employees. A criminal background check is also required for other official demands such as:
- Employment
- Volunteer work
- Foreign travel - Visas, U.S. Waivers, Border Crossing
- Applications for immigration to Canada
- Applications for Canadian Citizenship
- Applications to obtain a criminal record to apply for a Pardon
- Name change
- Child adoptions - Canadian and International
- Permanent residency in foreign countries (all countries except Canada)
Required Personal Information
- your full name
- date of birth
- sex
- home address
- phone number
- e-mail address
Required Documents
The following documents are required when presenting yourself at our office:
- 2 (two) different government-issued identification documents with your picture on them (ex: Passport, Driver's licence). <-- NOT expired
- If applicable, all files and/or letters requesting the criminal record check.
XL-ID will take your picture and fingerprints as per RCMP requirements.
Processing Time
Responses from the RCMP are usually mailed back to us (when applications are from outside the country) or directly to the customer. However, if an anomaly or discrepancy is found during the verification process, it can take up to 120 business days (RCMP Processing Times).
XL-ID Solutions electronically submits your fingerprints to the RCMP. If you have any questions relating to the status of your fingerprint record or fingerprint submission, please get in touch with RCMP at:
Email: CCRTIS-SCICTR@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Phone: 613-998-6362 between 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM Eastern Time
1-833-541-3089 between 7:30 AM and 5:30 PM Eastern Time
Unable to get to our offices ?
If you are outside Montreal's region, you can always use our Fingerprinting By Mail service.
Benefits of Electronic Fingerprinting
Digital (electronic) fingerprinting consists of digitally acquiring a person’s fingerprints using an optical device.
There are several advantages to this method:
- Non-Staining
No ink is used; an optical device captures your fingerprints. You will never get your fingers dirty.
- Fast and Easy Process
Capturing a complete set of fingerprints (flat impressions) of all ten fingers is only a matter of minutes.
- Instant Quality Check
Each fingerprint gets analyzed to ensure the quality is adequate.
- Get the Result Faster
Electronic processing significantly reduces processing time when there is no match to an RCMP fingerprint holding.
RCMP Accredited
XL-ID Solutions is a direct connect accredited by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- to submit electronic fingerprints for
- criminal record checks
- vulnerable sector checks
- to receive fingerprints that have been taken on paper, convert them to electronic transactions, and submit them for processing
- NIST standard 1.7.8.
Requests are submitted directly to the RCMP's Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services (CCRTIS).
