RCMP RMAQ and Required Forms: What Happens After the PFA and AE Interview

After the RCMP Online Entrance Assessment, the PFA Field test, and the Attribute Evaluation Interview, the application process becomes more document-heavy. This is where applicants are asked to complete required forms, scan original personal documents, submit a Security Screening Application, and prepare for suitability review.

The form that deserves special attention is the Regular Member Applicant Questionnaire, usually called the RMAQ. The RCMP says the RMAQ is reviewed in detail during the suitability interview and focuses on honesty. That makes it more than paperwork. It becomes part of how the RCMP checks whether your answers are accurate, complete, and consistent with later background checks.

Where This Step Fits in the RCMP Process

The current RCMP application-process menu places Submit the required forms and documents after the applicant fitness test and attribute interview, and before the suitability interview.

Once you are contacted by a recruiting analyst, the RCMP says you will have 14 days to complete all required forms and documents, including the Security Screening Application, and submit them through the secure screening portal.

That short window is the reason to prepare early. You do not need to complete official forms before the RCMP asks for them, but you can organize the facts and documents you will likely need so you are not scrambling under a two-week deadline.

The Required RCMP Forms Listed Officially

The RCMP required-forms page currently lists these forms for police officer applicants:

• Regular Member Applicant Hearing Examination Report (RCMP 6509)
• Vision Examination of Applicant (RCMP 2180)
• Regular Member Applicant Questionnaire (RCMP 5096)
• Suitability Screening Form (RCMP 1980)
• Acknowledgement of Professional Responsibilities in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP 6465)

The exact instructions you receive from your recruiting analyst matter. Use the current official portal and analyst directions rather than copying an old checklist from a forum or saved PDF.

Personal Documents You May Need to Scan

The RCMP says applicants must scan original documents, and that scans of copies are not accepted. The listed personal documents include:

• Canadian birth certificate, front and back, if born in Canada
• Canadian citizenship or permanent resident card, plus Confirmation of Permanent Residence if applicable, if born outside Canada
• social insurance number
• marriage, divorce, separation, or name change certificate, if applicable
• custody agreement, if applicable
• a recent shoulders-up photo
• proof of education, such as a Canadian high school transcript showing graduation or an equivalency assessment
• valid Canadian driver's licence, front and back
• driving record from every province or territory where you lived in the last 3 years
• provincial health card, front and back
• valid standard first aid certificate, including Level C CPR for infant, child, and adult, valid for the duration of the Cadet Training Program
• fitness logs and self-declaration

Some of these can take time to collect. Driving records, education documents, name-change documents, custody documents, or equivalency assessments are not always instant. The smart move is to know where they are before the RCMP clock starts.

What the RMAQ Is Used For

The RCMP suitability-interview page says every suitability interview includes a detailed review of the Regular Member Applicant Questionnaire. The purpose is to help the RCMP understand whether past actions or behaviours may affect your ability to become a police officer.

The same page says the RMAQ focuses on honesty and that responses are checked carefully to make sure they are truthful. During the RMAQ interview, the RCMP says you will make statements about your life, and the RCMP will follow up with a background check.

That is the key mindset: the RMAQ is not about making your life look perfect. It is about making your disclosure accurate.

What Happens if You Are Unsure About an Answer?

The RCMP is direct on this point. The suitability-interview page says to answer all questions accurately and honestly. It also says that if you are unsure, or think your answer might not look perfect, honesty is what matters most.

Giving false information can result in termination of your application. That warning matters because applicants sometimes create bigger problems by trying to smooth over something that could have been explained honestly.

If you are unsure about dates, addresses, employment details, driving history, travel, education, or other background information, do the work to reconstruct the answer as accurately as possible. Use records where you can, and follow the instructions you receive from recruiting.

How the RMAQ Connects to Polygraph and Background Checks

The RCMP says you could be asked about the honesty of your answers through a pre-employment polygraph test. It also says past and current employers and references will be contacted during the background check to help confirm your answers are consistent and accurate.

Later in the process, the field investigation and security assessment looks at your background over the past 10 years. The RCMP lists areas such as previous employment, education, personal references, finances, drug and alcohol use, online activities, criminal activities, associations, integrity, personal behaviour, and loyalty to Canada.

This is why consistency matters. Your forms, RMAQ, suitability interview, polygraph-related questions, references, and background investigation should all point to the same honest story.

Do Not Let PDF Logistics Delay You

The RCMP's form-completion guidance includes a few practical details that are easy to miss:

• complete forms electronically, then print and sign them
• some initials can only be signed after printing
• submit forms and documents electronically based on provided instructions
• hand-delivered, mailed, or emailed packages are not accepted
• retain original copies of all forms for your records
• use the date format YYYY/MM/DD
• download PDF forms and open them with Adobe Reader 10 or newer
• mobile devices cannot be used to open and complete the PDF forms

The same guidance says incorrect or incomplete forms can cause a considerable delay and may lead to your file being closed. That is not a place to improvise. Give yourself enough time to complete the forms on a proper computer, review them, and follow the submission instructions exactly.

How to Prepare Before You Are Asked

You can prepare for the RMAQ and required-forms stage without filling out official forms early or guessing at hidden requirements. Focus on the basics you can control:

• locate original identity, education, licence, health card, and family-status documents
• find out how to request driving records from every province or territory where you lived in the last 3 years
• keep employment, address, school, travel, and reference history organized
• write down approximate dates now, then verify them against records
• save recruiter instructions and portal messages in one place
• use honest notes for anything you may need to explain later instead of relying on memory under pressure

Bottom Line

The RCMP RMAQ and required-forms stage is where the process shifts from assessment performance to documented suitability. You may have only 14 days after recruiter contact to submit forms, documents, and the Security Screening Application. The RMAQ is reviewed during the suitability interview, checked for truthfulness, and connected to later background work.

Do not treat the RMAQ like a form to survive. Treat it like the first draft of the honest, consistent background story the rest of the process will verify.

If you are still preparing for the earlier OEA stage, start with our free RCMP practice test sample. Then use the waiting time wisely by organizing the documents and dates the next stages can ask for.