Criminal Records from EU Country

[Stefanie87]

Hello there,

I am applying for a Working Holiday Visa and now I have to hand in my criminal records. I am from Germany, but I am living in Denmark since 2016. It was very easy to apply for the criminal record in Denmark. I will receive it within 5 days. I wanted to do the same for my homecountry, but it seems to be really complicated and it´s a high bureaucracy . (No surprise)

Option 1: I can send a letter with the application to the German Authority. It can take up to 8 weeks. Afterwards I need to go to the German Embassy and get it verified (as far as I understood). It means, that I have to inform Canadian Immigration, that it will take time. Is a copy of the letter I'm going to send and a payment proof enough?
Option 2: I need to go to Germany (But I dont have time for that, as I can't take days off at work at the moment)

Are here some Europeans who are in the same situation? Is it really necessary to get the police records of those two countrys I lived in? I read that, all EU countries are connected to the European Criminal Records Information System, so they share all the information.
2 of my friends (French citizen) applied for the Working Holiday Visa and they only sent the record for Denmark (EU) and Norway (non-EU) where they lived in. But this was maybe 1,5-2 years ago. Maybe they changed the rules.

Thank you so much for your help.

Best Regards,
Stefanie

 

[canuck78]

Hello there,

I am applying for a Working Holiday Visa and now I have to hand in my criminal records. I am from Germany, but I am living in Denmark since 2016. It was very easy to apply for the criminal record in Denmark. I will receive it within 5 days. I wanted to do the same for my homecountry, but it seems to be really complicated and it´s a high bureaucracy . (No surprise)

Option 1: I can send a letter with the application to the German Authority. It can take up to 8 weeks. Afterwards I need to go to the German Embassy and get it verified (as far as I understood). It means, that I have to inform Canadian Immigration, that it will take time. Is a copy of the letter I'm going to send and a payment proof enough?
Option 2: I need to go to Germany (But I dont have time for that, as I can't take days off at work at the moment)

Are here some Europeans who are in the same situation? Is it really necessary to get the police records of those two countrys I lived in? I read that, all EU countries are connected to the European Criminal Records Information System, so they share all the information.
2 of my friends (French citizen) applied for the Working Holiday Visa and they only sent the record for Denmark (EU) and Norway (non-EU) where they lived in. But this was maybe 1,5-2 years ago. Maybe they changed the rules.

Thank you so much for your help.

Best Regards,
Stefanie

Depending on what your convictions are you may not be admissible to Canada.

 

[Stefanie87]

Depending on what your convictions are you may not be admissible to Canada.

I don‘t have any criminal records.
I‘m just asking, if the record from Denmark is enough as it‘s in the European Union or do I need to get it from my home country Germany as well?

 

[Bs65]

Seems clear in the instructions as I read it for any country where you have lived more than 6 months from 18 years old. European Union or not doesn't make any difference given each EU country still has own laws and criminal justice system.

Have you specifically been asked for certificates ?

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...work-canada/iec/apply-work-permit.html#police

 

[Stefanie87]

Seems clear in the instructions as I read it for any country where you have lived more than 6 months from 18 years old. European Union or not doesn't make any difference given each EU country still has own laws and criminal justice system.

Have you specifically been asked for certificates ?

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...work-canada/iec/apply-work-permit.html#police

Thank you. I have read, that the government

Seems clear in the instructions as I read it for any country where you have lived more than 6 months from 18 years old. European Union or not doesn't make any difference given each EU country still has own laws and criminal justice system.

Have you specifically been asked for certificates ?

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...work-canada/iec/apply-work-permit.html#police

Yes they want to see certificates. I pressed the questionmark button and it says the same like you posted with the link.

It‘s just really confusing for me, because a new rule at least in Germany says, that when you apply for a police record it‘s automatically an European record. But maybe I just misunderstood it. I will try to get on hold of the German record though.

 

[vensak]

Hello there,

I am applying for a Working Holiday Visa and now I have to hand in my criminal records. I am from Germany, but I am living in Denmark since 2016. It was very easy to apply for the criminal record in Denmark. I will receive it within 5 days. I wanted to do the same for my homecountry, but it seems to be really complicated and it´s a high bureaucracy . (No surprise)

Option 1: I can send a letter with the application to the German Authority. It can take up to 8 weeks. Afterwards I need to go to the German Embassy and get it verified (as far as I understood). It means, that I have to inform Canadian Immigration, that it will take time. Is a copy of the letter I'm going to send and a payment proof enough?
Option 2: I need to go to Germany (But I dont have time for that, as I can't take days off at work at the moment)

Are here some Europeans who are in the same situation? Is it really necessary to get the police records of those two countrys I lived in? I read that, all EU countries are connected to the European Criminal Records Information System, so they share all the information.
2 of my friends (French citizen) applied for the Working Holiday Visa and they only sent the record for Denmark (EU) and Norway (non-EU) where they lived in. But this was maybe 1,5-2 years ago. Maybe they changed the rules.

Thank you so much for your help.

Best Regards,
Stefanie

Depending how it is done you have also option 3. If there are no fingerprints requested for that certificate all you need to give somebody that lives in Germany (your family or friend) a letter authorizing to act on your behalf (in this specific case to ask for your criminal record).

Anyway Denmark is a neighbour country to Germany, so what you are talking about is pretty much doable (for example if you hit a day that is a national holiday in Denmark but is a working day in Germany). Anyway, you would be taking a year off if I am not mistaken.

Choice is yours.