Non-citizens
Apply for a COC from the Singaporean Police Force. See website below for details of what to provide.
You will need to obtain a letter from DIAC requesting the certificate and provide a set of fingerprints
taken by a qualified officer at a police station or an authorised office of the country in which you are
living. Please note there can be delays in Australia in obtaining fingerprints.
Fee: payable – see website below. Residents can pay using NETS, Cashcard or Credit Cards (Visa or
Mastercard only).
Processing time is two to three weeks.
Police checks for you and everyone included in your application, whether they are migrating or not, who is at least 16 years of age. You must provide a scanned colour copy:
* of an Australian National Police Check for anyone who has spent a total of 12 months or more in Australia since turning 16 years of age
* of police certificates from each country in which anyone in your application has spent a total of 12 months or more in the past 10 years since turning 16 years of age.
If you or anyone included in the application has served in the armed forces of any country:
certified scanned colour copy of military service record or discharge papers.