Expect delays for police clearance certificates as CRC in Pretoria closes for 10 days

0
0
0

Planned Maintenance at Pretoria’s CRC: Delay and backlogs in Police Clearance Certificates

South African citizens in urgent need of Police Clearance Certificates might express their discontent at the news of the scheduled closure of the Criminal Records Centre (CRC) in Pretoria in August. The CRC recently announced that they will be unavailable due to maintenance work from August 10th to 20th, which is set to cause a delay in the issuance of police clearance certificates.

The CRC Office will nonetheless be open for collection of applications that have been completed, as well as accepting new applications. However, due to system unavailability during this period, no new applications will be attended to. Backlogs in the issuance of police clearance certificates are a recurrent issue, which brings about major disappointment every time it happens.

Expected Duration for Police Clearance Application Delays

Delays of up to ten days, if not more, can be expected, particularly if the backlog resulting from the CRC’s closure proves substantial. Keep in mind that ALL police clearance certificates will be affected. The sole authority issuing the PCCs from South Africa is the Criminal Records Centre in Pretoria.

Let it be clarified that the hitch is unrelated to slow delivery on the part of Govnet.co.za. The guidance we received indicates that the CRC offices will be running operations again on August 21st. Even though the CRC will be back in service, applications will go through, but a backlog might slow down the process. This predicament further burdens the already delayed police clearance certificate issuance process.

Also Read  KZN Department of Public Works is hiring Administration Clerks (X2 Posts)

Message for our Valued Clients

If you urgently require a police clearance certificate, we strongly recommend that you get in touch with us. We can promptly submit your applications to the CRC so that you get them as fast as possible. At Govnet.co.za, we guide our clients to apply early for critical documents such as police clearance certificates to make allowance for possible setbacks like this.

Was this helpful?

0 / 0