Can you escalate my police check - its been too long!
Only in URGENT circumstances
Aaron
Last Update a year ago
Unfortunately, the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has no escalation process for standard checks.
ACIC will only follow up on Urgent Checks, which are defined as Urgent priority.
An urgent priority can only be applied to checks where a delay in results may have a direct impact on the
care, safety or provision of essential services within the community.
Four general categories exist for urgent checks:
- specialist skills or an emergency or disaster situation;
- political reasons (including national security – for Australian Government only);
- medical reasons; or
- child-related process, including adoption and emergency placement
Some examples include when:
- volunteers are needed to provide bushfire relief;
- support is needed for an upcoming election;
- medical specialists are required for locum work in a remote area; or
- emergency foster carers are needed
Many types of reasons are not considered to be urgent priorities. Examples are when an applicant:
- is offered employment and is due to start tomorrow;
- has an expired police clearance;
- cannot work until their check is returned; or
- has a professional registration pending a check.