Police clearance question

[scobut]

Hello,

My wife was in Canada from May-December last year on a study visa. Due to a number of reasons, she went back home to California at the end of December.

Because she was in Canada for more than 6 months, does she need to get a police clearance from here? I'm not sure if it qualifies as "living" in Canada, as she was only a temporary resident here and her permanent residence was still in California. If so, how would we go about getting her clearance from here? Does she just mail her fingerprints to CSIS or wherever does the background check?

Thanks for any help.

[PMM]

Hi

Hello,

My wife was in Canada from May-December last year on a study visa. Due to a number of reasons, she went back home to California at the end of December.

Because she was in Canada for more than 6 months, does she need to get a police clearance from here? I'm not sure if it qualifies as "living" in Canada, as she was only a temporary resident here and her permanent residence was still in California. If so, how would we go about getting her clearance from here? Does she just mail her fingerprints to CSIS or wherever does the background check?

Thanks for any help.

No, if a criminal records check is required, CIC/CHC will request it from her.  The instructions are here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/north-america/canada.asp  Don't forget she will also require an FBI report as a well state police certificate from every state where she has resided for 6 months or more since turning 18.

PMM

[Suin]

if one stayed in the US almost 6 months, but not complete 6 months, I mean 5 months and 29 days - does he need to apply for police certificate from the US?

[shamrock]

Is the State clearance certificate a recent addition to the criminal check?
We sent our package in April and we either somehow missed this or it's a new requirement.

[PMM]

Hi

Is the State clearance certificate a recent addition to the criminal check?
We sent our package in April and we either somehow missed this or it's a new requirement.

Requirement as of the 19th of Feb/09

PMM