Background checks after medicals.

[shibuya]

Background check the basic:
· Timeframe: 0 (people can get exempt from this)
· Steps that they take: If everything is cleared (relationship is real, medical is cleared, police report is cleared) they then start the background check (they will not do this before all of those three things are cleared)
· From the first step they determine (with a CSIS member) if they want a in-depth report or simple one...
· Simple on takes about 90 days - 120 days
· In-depth takes about 180 days - 12 months -->   how in-depth they go... here are a few determining factors
o Your nationality and race (eg. if you are Sri Lankan Tamil you are going to get an in-depth one... )
o Where you currently live
o Have you ever been rejected by a country
o have you ever been a refugee in a country and was that excepted
o how many countries you lived in
o Have you ever been in a country illegally
o Your Criminal record
§ if you have a record have you been rehabilitated and for how long
§ they do a full 12 months one if you had a criminal record
o And then they go into your personal stuff
§ eg. Bankruptcy ....
o They also will check your family background if they have reasons to suspect it
§ eg your brother is involved in anything that is related to their watch list (terrorism springs to mind here)
· Checks for most in-Canada aps are done by CSIS unless they think that they need to do checks in other countries...
·  US and the UK and Russia (for swift) ... all are done by CSIS unless they have reasons to check with local ... now for Russia swift  CSIS does their own check because they worry about security breaches ..
·  if your country is on the watch list for Canada you can find it on CSIS website.
· Here is also an added factor ... If you have ever worked for any governments you will be of interest even if you have ever been just a file clerk...
· Military background automatically = in-depth report ... (this means if the person sponsoring or the person being sponsored has any military background your looking at least 6 months check)
· Now for outside aps... your looking at 6 months check anyway unless you come from a country that is visa exempt ...
· Another thing that you have to look at if you are coming from a country that is not visa exempt.
·  Most of the other countries that Canada does not have a close ties to or does not know much about get done by their local counterpart... so eg in Sri Lanka the local depts take over and they then fork it out to local police and equals of CSIS ... as they would know the culture and behaviours of those people ... and to top it off .. if there is unrest this will take longer ... and if their is any prejedice against you in that country eg.. .Tamils in Sri Lanka then expect it to take even longer ...

[shibleebd]

hi SHIBUYA

great post..........u have made it look so simple......now we know why it is taking so long.........

i wish ur file get's the approval quickly & ur background check is done more faster.......

good luck...................

Background check the basic:
· Timeframe: 0 (people can get exempt from this)
· Steps that they take: If everything is cleared (relationship is real, medical is cleared, police report is cleared) they then start the background check (they will not do this before all of those three things are cleared)
· From the first step they determine (with a CSIS member) if they want a in-depth report or simple one...
· Simple on takes about 90 days - 120 days
· In-depth takes about 180 days - 12 months -->   how in-depth they go... here are a few determining factors
o Your nationality and race (eg. if you are Sri Lankan Tamil you are going to get an in-depth one... )
o Where you currently live
o Have you ever been rejected by a country
o have you ever been a refugee in a country and was that excepted
o how many countries you lived in
o Have you ever been in a country illegally
o Your Criminal record
§ if you have a record have you been rehabilitated and for how long
§ they do a full 12 months one if you had a criminal record
o And then they go into your personal stuff
§ eg. Bankruptcy ....
o They also will check your family background if they have reasons to suspect it
§ eg your brother is involved in anything that is related to their watch list (terrorism springs to mind here)
· Checks for most in-Canada aps are done by CSIS unless they think that they need to do checks in other countries...
·  US and the UK and Russia (for swift) ... all are done by CSIS unless they have reasons to check with local ... now for Russia swift  CSIS does their own check because they worry about security breaches ..
·  if your country is on the watch list for Canada you can find it on CSIS website.
· Here is also an added factor ... If you have ever worked for any governments you will be of interest even if you have ever been just a file clerk...
· Military background automatically = in-depth report ... (this means if the person sponsoring or the person being sponsored has any military background your looking at least 6 months check)
· Now for outside aps... your looking at 6 months check anyway unless you come from a country that is visa exempt ...
· Another thing that you have to look at if you are coming from a country that is not visa exempt.
·  Most of the other countries that Canada does not have a close ties to or does not know much about get done by their local counterpart... so eg in Sri Lanka the local depts take over and they then fork it out to local police and equals of CSIS ... as they would know the culture and behaviours of those people ... and to top it off .. if there is unrest this will take longer ... and if their is any prejedice against you in that country eg.. .Tamils in Sri Lanka then expect it to take even longer ...

[datuganol]

very informative indeed. many thanks.

[goal]

Background check the basic:
· Timeframe: 0 (people can get exempt from this)
· Steps that they take: If everything is cleared (relationship is real, medical is cleared, police report is cleared) they then start the background check (they will not do this before all of those three things are cleared)
· From the first step they determine (with a CSIS member) if they want a in-depth report or simple one...
· Simple on takes about 90 days - 120 days
· In-depth takes about 180 days - 12 months -->   how in-depth they go... here are a few determining factors
o Your nationality and race (eg. if you are Sri Lankan Tamil you are going to get an in-depth one... )
o Where you currently live
o Have you ever been rejected by a country
o have you ever been a refugee in a country and was that excepted
o how many countries you lived in
o Have you ever been in a country illegally
o Your Criminal record
§ if you have a record have you been rehabilitated and for how long
§ they do a full 12 months one if you had a criminal record
o And then they go into your personal stuff
§ eg. Bankruptcy ....
o They also will check your family background if they have reasons to suspect it
§ eg your brother is involved in anything that is related to their watch list (terrorism springs to mind here)
· Checks for most in-Canada aps are done by CSIS unless they think that they need to do checks in other countries...
·  US and the UK and Russia (for swift) ... all are done by CSIS unless they have reasons to check with local ... now for Russia swift  CSIS does their own check because they worry about security breaches ..
·  if your country is on the watch list for Canada you can find it on CSIS website.
· Here is also an added factor ... If you have ever worked for any governments you will be of interest even if you have ever been just a file clerk...
· Military background automatically = in-depth report ... (this means if the person sponsoring or the person being sponsored has any military background your looking at least 6 months check)
· Now for outside aps... your looking at 6 months check anyway unless you come from a country that is visa exempt ...
· Another thing that you have to look at if you are coming from a country that is not visa exempt.
·  Most of the other countries that Canada does not have a close ties to or does not know much about get done by their local counterpart... so eg in Sri Lanka the local depts take over and they then fork it out to local police and equals of CSIS ... as they would know the culture and behaviours of those people ... and to top it off .. if there is unrest this will take longer ... and if their is any prejedice against you in that country eg.. .Tamils in Sri Lanka then expect it to take even longer ...

Hi ,
Would you please explain the following line...what kind of things they look into ...

· Here is also an added factor ... If you have ever worked for any governments you will be of interest even if you have ever been just a file clerk...

Goal

[shibuya]

If u w ere just a Clerk in govt sector where taking bribes for getting things done u could be in trouble as we have many income tax officers etc in India who were trapped by enforcement dept and police complaints registered. ALL these chaps if they have filed and if also a dependent to the principal applicant can face the music.

[jadwig]

This is from an earlier post dated 2007. Check:

roadtocanada.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=3143

Cheers.

[canada1234]

Background check the basic:
· Timeframe: 0 (people can get exempt from this)
· Steps that they take: If everything is cleared (relationship is real, medical is cleared, police report is cleared) they then start the background check (they will not do this before all of those three things are cleared)
· From the first step they determine (with a CSIS member) if they want a in-depth report or simple one...
· Simple on takes about 90 days - 120 days
· In-depth takes about 180 days - 12 months -->   how in-depth they go... here are a few determining factors
o Your nationality and race (eg. if you are Sri Lankan Tamil you are going to get an in-depth one... )
o Where you currently live
o Have you ever been rejected by a country
o have you ever been a refugee in a country and was that excepted
o how many countries you lived in
o Have you ever been in a country illegally
o Your Criminal record
§ if you have a record have you been rehabilitated and for how long
§ they do a full 12 months one if you had a criminal record
o And then they go into your personal stuff
§ eg. Bankruptcy ....
o They also will check your family background if they have reasons to suspect it
§ eg your brother is involved in anything that is related to their watch list (terrorism springs to mind here)
· Checks for most in-Canada aps are done by CSIS unless they think that they need to do checks in other countries...
·  US and the UK and Russia (for swift) ... all are done by CSIS unless they have reasons to check with local ... now for Russia swift  CSIS does their own check because they worry about security breaches ..
·  if your country is on the watch list for Canada you can find it on CSIS website.
· Here is also an added factor ... If you have ever worked for any governments you will be of interest even if you have ever been just a file clerk...
· Military background automatically = in-depth report ... (this means if the person sponsoring or the person being sponsored has any military background your looking at least 6 months check)
· Now for outside aps... your looking at 6 months check anyway unless you come from a country that is visa exempt ...
· Another thing that you have to look at if you are coming from a country that is not visa exempt.
·  Most of the other countries that Canada does not have a close ties to or does not know much about get done by their local counterpart... so eg in Sri Lanka the local depts take over and they then fork it out to local police and equals of CSIS ... as they would know the culture and behaviours of those people ... and to top it off .. if there is unrest this will take longer ... and if their is any prejedice against you in that country eg.. .Tamils in Sri Lanka then expect it to take even longer ...

From where you got this information. Kindly tell what is the source?

[ankit_20]

Nice Information Shibuya

[shibuya]

Recently many forum members had put up a question on Immigrant summary & supplementary forms. My personal belief is all those who got a request for the same are subjected to in-depth screening hence the delay in getting PPR.

[luluyu]

Thanks!

[canada121]

That was some research!!

Thanks shibuya!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eemmoo1]

Background check the basic:
· Timeframe: 0 (people can get exempt from this)
· Steps that they take: If everything is cleared (relationship is real, medical is cleared, police report is cleared) they then start the background check (they will not do this before all of those three things are cleared)
· From the first step they determine (with a CSIS member) if they want a in-depth report or simple one...
· Simple on takes about 90 days - 120 days
· In-depth takes about 180 days - 12 months -->   how in-depth they go... here are a few determining factors
o Your nationality and race (eg. if you are Sri Lankan Tamil you are going to get an in-depth one... )
o Where you currently live
o Have you ever been rejected by a country
o have you ever been a refugee in a country and was that excepted
o how many countries you lived in
o Have you ever been in a country illegally
o Your Criminal record
§ if you have a record have you been rehabilitated and for how long
§ they do a full 12 months one if you had a criminal record
o And then they go into your personal stuff
§ eg. Bankruptcy ....
o They also will check your family background if they have reasons to suspect it
§ eg your brother is involved in anything that is related to their watch list (terrorism springs to mind here)
· Checks for most in-Canada aps are done by CSIS unless they think that they need to do checks in other countries...
·  US and the UK and Russia (for swift) ... all are done by CSIS unless they have reasons to check with local ... now for Russia swift  CSIS does their own check because they worry about security breaches ..
·  if your country is on the watch list for Canada you can find it on CSIS website.
· Here is also an added factor ... If you have ever worked for any governments you will be of interest even if you have ever been just a file clerk...
· Military background automatically = in-depth report ... (this means if the person sponsoring or the person being sponsored has any military background your looking at least 6 months check)
· Now for outside aps... your looking at 6 months check anyway unless you come from a country that is visa exempt ...
· Another thing that you have to look at if you are coming from a country that is not visa exempt.
·  Most of the other countries that Canada does not have a close ties to or does not know much about get done by their local counterpart... so eg in Sri Lanka the local depts take over and they then fork it out to local police and equals of CSIS ... as they would know the culture and behaviours of those people ... and to top it off .. if there is unrest this will take longer ... and if their is any prejedice against you in that country eg.. .Tamils in Sri Lanka then expect it to take even longer ...

Good work shibuya

[SunnyDXB]

Shibuya,

Thanks for this information.

God bless you.

SunnyDXB

[M+JM]

Thanks Shibuya for the precious info! Bad news, though... Can you be sure about the fact that they wait until even the med check is clear. I thought the background check was ongoing...
Has anyone thought about doing the med check before they get the request? Would it not speed up the process? Is it too risky? Surely it can't take a whole year after you do you med check, can it...

[goal]

If u w ere just a Clerk in govt sector where taking bribes for getting things done u could be in trouble as we have many income tax officers etc in India who were trapped by enforcement dept and police complaints registered. ALL these chaps if they have filed and if also a dependent to the principal applicant can face the music.

I am a teacher at a govt place , that's why I was asking .What sorts of things they will look into ?

Goal