Police certificatesLast checked October 21, 2026
Police certificate for Tonga
Police Record CertificateIn personBy postOfficial page(opens in a new tab)
- Issued by
- Tonga Police, National Criminal Record Office (issued by an officer authorised by the Commissioner of Police after a Criminal Record Check)
- How to apply
- Complete the prescribed Police Record Application Form (Form 1, in your own handwriting in block letters) and the Fingerprint Form, and lodge them with the Tonga Police National Criminal Record Office, P.O. Box 8, Central Police Station, Nuku'alofa (phone/fax +676 22 790). Attach your birth certificate or current passport, National Identity Card if you have one, a recent photo, a complete set of fingerprints and the prescribed fee. If someone else applies for you, include a completed consent form.
- From abroad
- Overseas applicants provide the same documents, have their fingerprints taken at the police station nearest their overseas residence, and enclose a bank draft or other means of payment (not cash).
- Processing time
- Within two business days of lodging; an emergency fee applies for earlier issue.
- Valid for
- 3 months from issueValid for three months from the date of issue.
- Notes
- Issued only to people aged 16 or older. Valid for three months from the date of issue. The certificate does not include cases pending in court, under investigation or under appeal, convictions pardoned by the Privy Council, or discharges without conviction. Governed by Part 6 of the Tonga Police Regulations (Cap. 7.07.01, 2020 Revised Edition). Schedule I lists separate fees for Tongan and non-Tongan applicants, fingerprinting and emergency processing, excluding consumption tax.
Not confirmed
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- Fees are shown only with '$' in Schedule I ($30 Tongan applicant, $60 non-Tongan applicant, $30 fingerprinting, $40 emergency, excluding CT) and no ISO currency is stated, so the fee is omitted.
- The source is the regulations, not a Tonga Police service page. Tonga Police websites could not be reached, so current practice (address, payment methods, channels) was not confirmed.
- Whether residents can apply by post as well as in person is not stated explicitly; channels are inferred from the regulations and the postal address on the form.
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