I confirmed with an expert on this forum (many thanks to him), I DO need police certificate in my case. Agreed that the language on the official website is a bit confusing or could have been more clear. My next question is how to get police certificate from India while sitting in Canada? Has anyone here applied for and got one? If so, please share your experience. The official website does have a section on "how to obtain police certificate from India" but on clicking that link, it takes us to Indian passport website. I don't think that helps because Indian passport website details the process of getting police clearance for Indian passport, not Canadian citizenship.
