Name of the Police Certificate: Certificado do Registo Criminal (Criminal Record Certificate)
If you live in Portugal
Apply online
Use the Online Criminal Record service to apply online. You’ll need your citizen card with the Digital Mobile Key (Chave Móvel Digital or CMD) that you got with your citizen card.
Apply in person
Go to any of these locations to apply in person:
- Central authority desks: Balcões dos Serviços de Identificação Criminal (in Portuguese only) (PDF)
- Courts: Unidades Centrais ou Juízos de Proximidade de Secretarias de Tribunais de Comarca (in Portuguese only) (PDF)
- Citizen service offices that offer Espaços do Cidadão
- Residents of the Azores can apply to the local citizen services office: Lojas da Rede Integrada de Apoio ao Cidadão (in Portuguese only) (RIAC) da Região Autónoma dos Açores
You don’t need an application form, but you must prove your identity with acceptable photo identification such as a citizen card, identification card, or another valid identification document.
If you live outside of Portugal
Apply online
Use the Online Criminal Record service to apply online if you have an active citizen card code and reader, or with the Digital Mobile Key (Chave Móvel Digital or CMD) that you got with your citizen card.
You must have a bank account in Portugal with a home banking service.
Apply by email, mail or fax
Fill out the Request for a Portuguese Criminal Record Certificate (PDF) form and send it to the Criminal Identification Services of the DGAJ. See Special notes and considerations for the complete address.
Contact Information:
Direção-Geral da Administração da Justiça, Serviço de Consulados
Av. D. João II, nº 1.08.01 D/E
Piso 13º- DSIC
1990-097 Lisboa, Portugal
Email: sicrim@dgaj.mj.pt
Fax: +351 211 545 113
Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/
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