Police certificatesLast checked October 20, 2026
Police certificate for South Africa
Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)In personEmbassy or consulateOfficial page(opens in a new tab)
- Issued by
- South African Police Service (SAPS), Criminal Record Centre, Pretoria
- How to apply
- Go to your nearest police station with your ID document or passport; police take your fingerprints and the application is sent to the Criminal Record Centre. The finished certificate is returned to that station for collection.
- From abroad
- Apply at a police station in your country of residence or at a South African embassy.
- Fee
- ZAR 114Per application, as announced by the government in July 2018; may have changed
- Notes
- Criminal Record Centre: 012 393 3928, [email protected]. DIRCO legalises PCCs for use abroad.
Not confirmed
We couldn’t confirm these on an official page. Check the official page.
- SAPS website failed TLS verification, so the current fee and processing time were not read; R114 is from 2018.
- DIRCO information sheet PDF could not be parsed.
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