Key facts
- Fee, standard: $91.50, GST exempt
- Fee, volunteer or student on placement: $31.10, GST exempt
- Processing: Minimum 10 business days
- When fees change: 1 July each year
- Checked against the issuing authority on 2026-10-25.
What we have checked
- Fee, standard
- $91.50, GST exempt
- Fee, volunteer or student on placement
- $31.10, GST exempt Victorian volunteers and students on placement only. You need a Community Volunteer Fee number from the organisation; without one you pay the standard fee.
- How to apply
- Online through Service Victoria, or by post Online applications need at least three identity documents totalling 100 points.
- Processing
- Minimum 10 business days Longer again if fingerprints are required.
- When fees change
- 1 July each year Set by the Victoria Police (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2024 and indexed annually.
True wherever you are
- Does it expire
- No formal expiry It is a snapshot of the day it was issued, so the employer decides how recent it must be. Most care and construction employers want one from the last 12 months.
The rest of your tickets
A national police check is one of several you probably carry, each on its own clock. See which of yours lapses first, or register and we hold them all and chase the dates.