File number needed for Canadian Police Check

[Basser]

Hi to you all,

I thought I might ask around here for some advice before I start calling CIC.
I am currently in Canada on a Young professional visa which does not expire till March 2013 which is great. Before that I was on a work and holiday visa for my first year in Canada.
I am a Dutch citizen and I have a Canadian girlfriend whom I lived with for longer than a year which means we are officially common law.
We are currently working on getting everything together for a overseas sponsorshop, meaning that she will sponsor me to get myself permanent resident status. While going through the process I need to get myself a Canadian Police check as I have lived here for longer than a year, I was told to get fingerprints taken at one of the various private R.C.M.P. accredited fingerprinting agencies which I went to today.
When I got there they told me that they need a letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. This letter must include the address for third party results submissions and should have a CIC file number. How do I get this File number when I am still working on getting all the documents together to complete the overseas sponsorship application? I don't understand, do I just mail everything in and wait for a response by immigration with my filenumber included in that? I am scared that my application will be refused if there's something missing in my application.
Any advice is much appreciated, thanks alot.

Cheers,

Basser

 

[CharlieD10]

For Family Class applications, you do not apply personally for the police check from Canada. CIC will do that themselves. You need one for every other country you've spent 6 months or more consecutively in since age 18.

 

[Basser]

Hi Charlie,

Thanks for your quick reply.
I believe in the forms that I printed off(Checklist) it says that I do need one, so you're saying basically just submit my Dutch Police Check and the rest will be done by CIC?
Thanks once again.

Bas

 

[OhCanadiana]

Hi Charlie,

Thanks for your quick reply.
I believe in the forms that I printed off(Checklist) it says that I do need one, so you're saying basically just submit my Dutch Police Check and the rest will be done by CIC?
Thanks once again.

Bas

Yes, if you haven't lived in a third country over 6 months time.

You can see this on CIC's website at: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/north-america/canada.asp

"How to obtain a police certificate - Canada

Do I need to provide a police certificate when applying for permanent residence?
Only in certain cases. The Canadian visa office will tell you if you need a Canadian criminal record check while your application is being processed."

 

[Basser]

@ OhCanadiana

Thanks alot this saves me a lot of time and money .
Much appreciated.

 

[OhCanadiana]

@ OhCanadiana

Thanks alot this saves me a lot of time and money .
Much appreciated.

Bedankt en veel geluk


You're welcome and good luck