Police Certificates - Need advise

[usercanadavisa]

I have lived in two different countries since 18 for over 6 months, so I have to present police certificates of both countries. One of the countries is my home country where I do not have any problem to get those documents. However, It is very difficult for me to get the other one from the other country because I do not have relatives or close friends to get them for me. I know some people have faced this problem and wrote a letter to CIC explaining their cases and eventually CIC would accept that. What should I do?

[jean2008]

i look for same answer. anyone?

[AndreaSA]

Get the document , even if its extremely hard to get. Otherwise you may be risking it and delaying you application, up to you.

[yasirmajid]

Try to contact the police stations by calling them. If not then, let me know if you lived in UK and probably, I can assist you in that! It will be extremely difficult. Probably going to that place on visit visa ..let other have their input!

Yasir
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[benoy]

it actually depends on the country you have lived. for some country, they have special email address/phoneno contact, for their police affairs, where you can directly speak/mail. For some countries, you can contact their embassy, in the country, you are presently living. www.cic.gc.ca have the informations.


Police certificate is a MUST producible document. Your application will be delayed, without.

[professional 1]

if the country you are talking about is saudi arabia, you are exempted of providing police clearance from them (only current legal residents of that country can get such a certificate) as it says in the immigration website in that regard :


"Saudi Arabia

Do I need to provide a police certificate when applying for permanent residence?
Yes. However, certificates are available only to current legal residents."


the source : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/mid-east/saudi-arabia.asp

[elotanciongco]

actually canadavisa office in bufallo emailed me how to apply pcc from saudi which is through saudi embassy or consul however the waiting time is 3 to 4 months; the hard part is whenever i try calling the embassy to follow up the status of the application, nobody will answer the phone. Well, there is a recorded voice message stating to leave your phone number and they will call you back but I've done this a hundred times and they have not returned my calls; so even if I submitted an application I still do not have the assurance that I will be issued a Saudi pcc.