How to Get a Police Certificate - Peru

If you need to give your fingerprints for a police certificate, this isn’t the same as giving your biometrics (fingerprints and photo) for an application.

Names of the documents you need

If you’re a citizen of Peru, you need a Certificado Unico Laboral (Unique Labour Certificate).

If you’re not a citizen of Peru, you need 3 documents:

  • a police certificate
  • a judicial certificate
  • a penal certificate

Police certificate and IRCC requirements

You must provide a police certificate when you apply for

  • permanent residence
  • citizenship
  • some temporary residence programs

Check your application package or instructions for details.

How to apply

If you are a Peruvian citizen with an ID number

Apply for a Certificado Unico Laboral from the Peruvian Ministry of Labour.

You can request your certificate online for free.

When you submit your application to IRCC, you must include an English or French translation along with any document that isn’t in English or French.For contact information for translators in Peru, check special considerations for more information.

If you aren’t a Peruvian citizen

You live in Peru

You need to apply for 3 documents:

When you submit your application to IRCC, you must include an English or French translation along with any document that isn’t in English or French.For contact information for translators in Peru, check special considerations for more information.

You live outside of Peru

Apply for police, judicial and penal certificates by doing one of the following:

When you submit your application to IRCC, you must include an English or French translation along with any document that isn’t in English or French.For contact information of translators in Peru, check special considerations for more information.

If you aren’t a Peruvian citizen and you live outside of Peru

Apply for police, judicial and penal certificates by doing one of the following:

When you submit your application to IRCC, you must include an English or French translation along with any document that isn’t in English or French.For contact information of translators in Peru, check special considerations for more information.

Special considerations

You must include the following along with any document that is not in English or French:

Depending on the type of translation you need, you can contact the Colegio de Traductores del Perú (Peruvian School of Translators) (available in Spanish only) or the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (available in Spanish only) to find a translator.

Contact information

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