Easy Police ClearanceGet your South African police clearance certificate — without the queue, or the flight home.
We apply for your SAPS police clearance certificate, submit it to the Criminal Record Centre in Pretoria, collect it when it is issued, and courier it to you — wherever you are in the world.
- Our fee
- R2,450per applicant
- Typical turnaround
- 2–4 weeksSAPS controls the clock
- Apostille, if needed
- R1,650added to the same run
What you get for R2,450
One fee covers the work we do: checking your paperwork before it goes in, submitting your application to the SAPS Criminal Record Centre, following it up, and collecting the certificate once SAPS issues it.
Two things sit outside that fee, and we would rather say so plainly than advertise a "no hidden fees" flat rate and surprise you later:
| Item | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Police clearance application | R2,450 | Our fee — submission, follow-up and collection |
| SAPS fingerprint fee | R190 | Government fee, passed on at cost |
| Local courier (South Africa) | R250 | Optional — only if you want it delivered |
| International courier | R800–R1,300 | By destination zone |
| Apostille (Hague countries) | R1,650 | If the certificate is going abroad |
No VAT is added. The price you are quoted is the price you pay.
Going abroad? Do the apostille in the same run
A South African police clearance is usually only half the job. If you are submitting it to a foreign government — for a visa, residency, registration or employment — that government needs proof the certificate is genuine. For countries in the Hague Convention that proof is an apostille; for the rest it is embassy attestation.
More than half the people who come to us for a police clearance need it legalised too. Doing both in one run means your document does not travel back and forth, and you are not starting a second process from scratch a month later.
Apostille of your police clearance is R1,650. Tell us the destination country when you start and we will confirm whether an apostille is enough or the document needs embassy attestation as well.
If SAPS rejects your application, we re-do it at half price
Applications are sometimes rejected for reasons no agent controls — fingerprints that fail the SAPS optical scanner, gaps in older police records, a maiden name that was never captured. It is uncommon, but it happens.
If SAPS rejects your application and you send us corrected paperwork within 30 calendar days, we re-submit for 50% of our admin fee. The discount applies to our fee only — government fees and courier are charged again at cost, because we pay those out.
Applying from outside South Africa
You do not need to fly home. Have your fingerprints taken at a local police station, or at a South African embassy or consulate, on the SAPS fingerprint form. Courier the completed form and a certified copy of your ID or passport to us, and we handle the South African end.
We return the finished certificate — apostilled if you need it — to any address worldwide.
Read the full detail on police clearance certificates →
Clearing a team? Rates drop from five applicants
If you are clearing a staff cohort, a recruitment intake, a school's teaching staff or a family group, our fee reduces with volume:
| Applicants | Discount | Our fee each |
|---|---|---|
| 5–10 | 10% | R2,205 |
| 11–25 | 20% | R1,960 |
| 26 or more | 30% | R1,715 |
Discounts apply to our fee, not to government fees or courier. Applications can be submitted as one batch or accumulated over a 30-day window.
Beyond the certificate
Apostille and legalisation
Apostille for Hague Convention countries, or full embassy attestation for the rest. R1,650 for an apostille on your clearance certificate.
Criminal record expungement
If a minor offence is on your record and enough time has passed, it may be eligible for expungement. R6,450. Ask us and we will tell you honestly whether you qualify before you pay anything.