How to get a police certificate – Israel
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.
Name of the document you need
Teudat Meida Plili – Criminal Information Certificate
If you live in Jerusalem (East or West), or in the Golan Heights, you should apply for an Israeli police 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.
If your police certificate was issued after July 12, 2022
Along with your Teudat Meida Plili, you must also provide
- a self-declaration of
- past offences that are not on your Teudat Meida Plili
- sentences that are not on your Teudat Meida Plili
- the relevant dates of the offences, sentences, investigations and pardons that are not on your Teudat Meida Plili
- all court documents for any criminal charges
- Provide complete copies of the decision or the resolution of the case.
- proof you completed any penalties, such as paying a fine or serving prison time, for any previous criminal convictions
How to apply
If you live in Israel
You must have an open application with IRCC in order to apply in person for a police certificate at your nearest police station or to apply online via the Israeli Police website (available only in Hebrew). If you apply through a designated representative, they must submit a power of attorney for this purpose; however, the document does not need to be notarized.
The police certificate will be sent directly to the Embassy of Canada in Tel Aviv to be entered into the IRCC system. This process takes approximately one month. You must contact IRCC Tel Aviv via email at taviv-immigration@international.gc.ca to verify that your application has been received and that all relevant information, such as your application number, UCI, full name, passport/travel document number, to support your application has been provided.
The criminal information certificate can only be sent to the official entity requesting it. In accordance with Israeli law, IRCC Tel Aviv does not send, scan, transfer, provide Israeli PCs to requesters nor to third parties.
As such, if your request is not linked to IRCC (e.g. Canadian employer in Canada), you will have to send an online request form from the Israeli Police to one of Israel’s representations in Canada and contact them for further assistance.
If you live outside of Israel
You must have an open application with IRCC to apply for a police certificate online on the Israeli Police website (available only in Hebrew).
The police certificate will be sent directly to the Embassy of Canada in Tel Aviv to be entered into the IRCC system. This process takes approximately one month. You must contact IRCC Tel Aviv via email at taviv-immigration@international.gc.ca to verify that your application has been received and that all relevant information, such as your application number, UCI, full name, passport/travel document number, to support your application has been provided.
The criminal information certificate can only be sent to the official entity requesting it.
In accordance with Israeli law, IRCC Tel Aviv does not send, scan, transfer, provide Israeli PCs to requesters nor to third parties.
As such, if your request is not linked to IRCC (e.g. Canadian employer in Canada), you will have to send an online request form from the Israeli Police to one of Israel’s representations in Canada and contact them for further assistance.
Special consideration
Police certificates handed directly to you by the Israeli Police continue to be unacceptable documents for immigration purposes.
Contact information
Israeli Police website (available only in Hebrew)
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