Do I need to provide Canadian police certificate while applying from outside Canada?

[brookwk]

I am under CEC and applying from outside of Canada. I will submit police certificate in my living country.
Do I still need to include Canadian police certificate? I lived in Canada for 5 years from 2013 to 2018.

 

[thevisawhisperer]

What does your document checklist say?

 

[brookwk]

What does your document checklist say?

You must provide a police certificate from this country or territory. We use police certificates to find out if you have a criminal record. They help us make sure you are not a security risk to Canada.

 

[thevisawhisperer]

Not about the reason for requiring police clearances, about specifically which police clearances you must upload.

 

[brookwk]

Not about the reason for requiring police clearances, about specifically which police clearances you must upload.

Get the police certificates you need
You must include police certificates when you apply for permanent residence.

Our online system will ask for a police certificate for:

• you and your family members who are 18 years or older
• and
• every country you (or a family member) stayed in during the last 10 years for 6 months or more in a row

You don’t need to give us police certificates for any period of time before you were 18 years old or for time spent in Canada.



found that. No need.