Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide
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No as it comes in email and not dependent on your presence in Canada.
Hi @forw.jane
I have a similar question but in a different situation. I moved to Canada during May 2022 and applying for Citizenship now, for the below question I have to answer Yes as I was in the US for more than 183 days prior to moving to Canada during May 2022. Do I need to apply and obtain FBI PCC now or I can answer No for PCC and provide explanation that I provided PCC in 2019 when I applied for my PR? Please advise.
In the past 4 years, were you in a country or territory other than Canada for 183 days or more in a row (since the age of 18)? Yes
I have a similar question but in a different situation. I moved to Canada during May 2022 and applying for Citizenship now, for the below question I have to answer Yes as I was in the US for more than 183 days prior to moving to Canada during May 2022. Do I need to apply and obtain FBI PCC now or I can answer No for PCC and provide explanation that I provided PCC in 2019 when I applied for my PR? Please advise.
In the past 4 years, were you in a country or territory other than Canada for 183 days or more in a row (since the age of 18)? Yes
As far as I know, if you are applying for Citizenship for example in Sep 2025, 4 year period starts from Sep 2021. So, if you stayed 183 days in a row in US before coming to Canada in between those two time periods, then you should get PCC from US.
Having said that, there is also another clause that I have read, if you are coming from the country from where you applied PR, then it will be your country of origin and you will not require PCC from that country.
These two are little confusing. If I were you, I would get one, to be on safer side.
Sorry if this is not very helpful and let's see if anyone else have any other thoughts.
If that 183 day period was prior to moving to Canada and becoming a PR, no, you don't need one.
Hi @armoured The question asks "in the past 4 years" I guess this means 4 years prior to the date of application. And the answer for the question is Yes by its simple meaning. May I know based on which clause has it mentioned if the 183 day period is prior to moving to Canada as PR? Trying to understand this in detail to see if it helps decide.
If you look at the form here (which is, I believe, identical to what is online or in the online instructions): https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ip/adult-minor/how/adult-forms-documents.html
And read, you answer 'yes' to outside Canada more than 183 days, but in the explanation box (read just below) note that the 183 days were immediately before becoming a PR.
The note below the 'list countries where you were for more than 183 days' boxes (two of them) reads "Note: if you were in your country or territory of origin immediately prior to becoming a permanent resident and landing in Canada and this time falls within this four year period, you are not required to provide a police certificate. Please indicate this in the explanation box."
Hi @armoured Yes that makes sense, so if I moved directly from my "country or territory of origin" which I think means my current country of citizenship, then I wouldnt need a PCC and I can mention that in the explanation. In my case I moved from the US but that is not my country or origin or citizenship, so I guess this answers Yes I need a PCC from US.
Hello. I'm new here.
Can someone help me as my case is slightly different. My family and I moved here during covid. We are originally from Indonesia. Our case is we move from UAE to Canada in 2020. So for PCC requirement says
You don’t need to provide a police certificate if
- you were in your country of origin immediately before becoming a permanent resident and landing in Canada and (our case we came from UAE direct to Canada)
- this time falls within the past 4 years (2020 is more than 4 years we are planning to apply for citizenship may 2026)
- after the last time you were in that country, or (me and my wife has UAE PCC for the PR application that was 2023) is this PCC still valid
- within 6 months of signing your application form
The first question you have to ask/answer - read the instructions! - is whether you spent 183 days or more continuously in that country in the last four years. If you did not (i.e. you have not lived there since you departed in 2020), I believe there is no requirement to provide the PCC.
Again: instructions!
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