Book a fingerprinting appointment

Victoria Police offers both ink and Livescan fingerprinting services by appointment only at designated fingerprinting locations.

To make an appointment for ink or Livescan fingerprinting, call 1300 881 596 between 8.30am and 12pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. 

Livescan fingerprints

Livescan fingerprints are required for a National Police and Fingerprint Records Check.

Common reasons to get Livescan fingerprints include:

• Victorian private security licence
• Victorian firearm licence
• Working for Victoria Police
• Prison or Corrections Officer.

Livescan fingerprints are taken electronically and copies of the fingerprints will not be provided.

Once the check is complete, you will be issued with a National Police Certificate.

For information about the National Police and Fingerprint Records Check application process and timings, visit Apply for a national police check.

Book a Livescan fingerprint appointment

If you require Livescan fingerprints for a National Police and Fingerprint Records Check you will need to:

1. Book a Livescan fingerprinting appointment by calling 1300 881 596 between 8.30am and 12pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
2. Bring a completed VP820B Consent to Check and Release National Police Record application form and identity documents to your appointment for verification.

Ink fingerprints

Victoria Police offers an ink fingerprint service for immigration, visa, passport and general employment purposes that do not require a national police check.

A hardcopy set (or sets) of fingerprints will be given to you at the end of your appointment to take away.

Some countries require you to supply a specific form. Please refer to your consulate communications to determine what documents are required. If no form is provided by the consulate, a Victoria Police issued form will be used to take your fingerprints.

Please note: Each appointment is for one person only.

Book an ink fingerprint appointment

Residents of Victoria requiring ink fingerprints will need to:

1. Book an ink fingerprinting appointment by calling 1300 881 596 between 8.30am and 12pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
2. Check with the requesting agency about whether the ink fingerprints need to be taken on a specific form and bring that with you to your appointment. We do not provide forms for other countries or agencies. We are unable to offer a refund if the fingerprints are rejected due to the form being incorrect.
3. Book individual appointments for each applicant for the required sets of fingerprints. Each set of fingerprints will include individual fingerprint impressions that are rolled from nail to nail. This includes flat impressions of the fingers and thumbs of both hands. Palm impressions are also taken if required.

Fingerprinting locations

Metropolitan

Victoria Police Fingerprint Facility 
Ground Floor 
311 Spencer Street 
Docklands VIC 3008.

Call to make an appointment.

Regional Victoria

Regional fingerprinting services are available at the below locations. Appointments must be made by calling 1300 881 596 between 8.30am and 12pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

• Ballarat
• Bairnsdale
• Bendigo
• Geelong
• Hamilton
• Seymour
• Shepparton
• Swan Hill
• Traralgon.

Most regional fingerprinting locations only operate one day per week.

If you are unable to find an available appointment online, please continue to check as additional appointments are added regularly.

Call to make an appointment.

Cancel a fingerprint appointment

To cancel your fingerprint appointment, please call 1300 881 596 between 8.30am and 12pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

Fingerprinting fees and charges

For information on costs involved with applying for a name and fingerprint check, visit our fees and charges page.

National police check processing times

For information about processing times for national police checks, visit Apply for a national police check.

Contact us

Get in touch about police checks or the fingerprinting process through our online enquiry form.

To book, change or cancel a fingerprinting appointment, please call 1300 881 596 between 8.30am and 12pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

Fingerprinting appointments cannot be made through our online enquiry form.

Please use the online enquiry form if you have a general enquiry.