Need a Police Check fast?
Individuals can order an Online Police Check in a matter of minutes and in most cases be returned within the hour*
What you need to do?
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Lodge your application online
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Select the offer to digitally verify your ID, via DVS. See ‘About DVS’ below.
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Log into your PRM Account and print your certificate.
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In the unlikely event that you fail digital verification of ID:
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a. Print, or store on your mobile device, the unique barcode displayed.
b. Present the unique barcode and the
original 100 points ID, that you entered into the police check application, in person to your nearest PharmacyID member**
c. You can search for a PharmacyID member by using the postcode search feature.
About DVS
The PRM Group / PharmacyID are accredited to provide Commonwealth ‘Document Verification Services’. The service has been integrated into PharmacyID to provide applicants with an opportunity to digitally verify their ID. Please note that ONLY the following Australian documents can be digitally verified:
• Citizenship Certificates
• Driver Licenses
• Immigration Cards
• Medicare Cards
• Passports
• Certificates of Registration by descent
• Visas.
Here are some alternative methods you may use to complete your police check. Please be aware
that there are risks in sending information including copies of your identification via unsecured
methods.
Slower
Email your documentation including certified photocopies of your nominated 100 points to:
helpdesk@pharmacyid.com.au
Applications will be evaluated by our consultants before they are approved for processing.
Slowest
Mail this document and certified photocopies of your nominated 100 points by registered mail to:
P.O. Box 611 Moonee Ponds, Vic 3039.
Documentation may take up to 2 days to reach us by post.
Who can certify my ID as "True Copies?"
Certification of true copies can be carried out by:
- Justice of the peace
- A currently Registered Nurse
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Accountants - member of a recognised professional accounting body or a Registered Tax
Agent
- Manager of a bank or credit union, other than managers of Bank Travel Centres
- Barrister, Solicitor or Patent Attorney
- Police Officer at a local police station
- Postal Manager or at Selected Australia Post Outlets
- Principal of an Australian Secondary College, High School or Primary School
- Registered Pharmacist
- Medical Practitioner
- Dentist
- Chiropractor
- Physiotherapist
- Veterinary Surgeon
- Optometrist
- Member of Engineers Australia - Other than at the grade of student
For a complete list of individuals who can certify your documentation please visit
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/sdr1993389/sch2.html
What does the certifying person need to do?
The Certifying Person must:
- Write on the copy "This is a true copy of the original documents sighted by me";
- Sign and print their name;
- Provide a contact telephone number;
- State their profession or occupation group;
- Write on the copy the date certified
- List the appropriate registration number; and
- Affix the official stamp or seal of the certifier's organisation on the copy (if available).
Photocopies of previously certified documents will not be accepted. The PRM Group takes no
responsibility for the failure to supply certified 100 points of ID.
Terms and Conditions
1.
PharmacyID is unable to process a National Police Check application without the necessary identity documents being provided and verified and the applicant providing consent.
2. PharmacyID cannot expedite the police check process.
3. Individuals must check their forms before submitting them online, any incorrect information will make the police check certificate invalid.
4. Refunds will not be offered for:
- Incorrect form choice
- Data entry errors
- Checks already submitted to CrimTrac
- Submissions for checks we are not authorised to process
All refunds will incur administration fee of $5.00AUD up to 59 days and $10.00AUD after 60 days.
5.
There are certain checks that PharmacyID cannot conduct. Below are examples of some checks we are not able to supply. Please consult a PharmacyID staff member on 1300 937 487 if you are unsure about being able to use a third party broker.
- Operational policing
- Police applicants/recruits
- Corrections/prison services/parole board
- Court officials, Court processes
- Firearms/ammunition licensing
- Judges, Magistrates, Jurors, Justices of the Peace.
- VISA Applications
- VicRoads applications
- Taxi Directorate
- Any Police Checks that require fingerprints
Please contact PharmacyID on 1300 937 487 or via email helpdesk@pharmacyID.com.au, if you are unsure of any of these terms and conditions.
Clicking 'accept' below confirms that you have read the above information, understand the requirements listed
and wish to continue.
* If no match is made, when accessing the National Name Index, then 76% of checks are returned immediately. The remaining 24% are returned anywhere between 1 day and 4 weeks.
**PharmacyID cannot submit an application until you either pass digital verification of ID or present your PharmacyID unique barcode and your original 100 points ID as displayed on the PharmacyID slip, in person, to your chosen PharmacyID member.
***Once processed, your check will be available for you to download. If you require a hard copy from
PharmacyID, please send a stamped self-addressed envelope to P.O. Box 611, Moonee Ponds, VIC 3039
