Never resided in country of nationality as an adult (police certificate)

[aurora2014]

The requirements for skilled worker are that I provide a police certificate for every country in which I've lived for six months in a row or longer since reaching the age of 18. The only two countries that I've lived that long in are Canada and Taiwan. I have not lived in my country of nationality since before the age of 17.

Problem: How can I indicate this to CIC? They only ask for information dating back five and ten years but I'm 37. They will surely wonder why I've not included a UK police check in my documentation.

 

[ksa0510]

No PCC is needed since you were not 18 yrs old as at that time.
Secondly,you can't give information on that as this doesn't fall
within the limit of when you were 18yrs old or last 10 years.

No cause for alarm please.

Good luck.

 

[aurora2014]

No PCC is needed since you were not 18 yrs old as at that time.

But CIC doesn't know that without me providing evidence or writing something to that effect.

Secondly,you can't give information on that as this doesn't fall
within the limit of when you were 18yrs old or last 10 years.

There's a contradiction in CIC's requirements.
1. They want a Police Certificate for every country I've lived in for 6 months or longer since turning 18.
2. They only want travel data for the last ten years.

The travel data is insufficient for them to know where I was in the nine years from age 18 to 27.

Should I write a note explaining things? Should I go overboard and give all details from my passports for the relevant time period?

No cause for alarm please.

Hope not.

Good luck.

Thank you.

 

[aurora2014]

Anyone else out there got any ideas on how to handle this one?

 

[akbardxb]

Anyone else out there got any ideas on how to handle this one?

Didn't understand the contradiction in CIC requirements, you mention. In your case, they will not wonder since the form will clearly show where all you have lived in the last 10 years and what were you doing in that period, without any gaps. . If that does not include UK for more than 6 months PCC is not required, even though it might be your country of origin.

Also, you can apply without the PCC. If asked for, you can always get one from the UK.

 

[ksa0510]

Anyone else out there got any ideas on how to handle this one?
Same reply.PCC not needed for UK.

 

[aurora2014]

Didn't understand the contradiction in CIC requirements, you mention. In your case, they will not wonder since the form will clearly show where all you have lived in the last 10 years and what were you doing in that period, without any gaps. . If that does not include UK for more than 6 months PCC is not required, even though it might be your country of origin.

The bolded sentence just isn't true. The last ten years of data doesn't go back to my 18th birthday - that's the point I'm trying to make.

I am 37 years old. The personal history I am offering CIC goes back ten years - i.e. until the age of 27. However, the police certificate requirement is for every country one has lived in for six months since turning 18. My point is that I have a NINE YEAR gap that CIC will not have information on.

There is not a single place in the documents where you actually "list all the countries you've lived in for six months or more since turning 18". I am concerned that if I don't submit police certificates from the UK with my application, CIC will assume I'm submitting them later.


Thanks ksa0510.

I think I'm going to include a covering note regardless.

 

[akbardxb]

The bolded sentence just isn't true. The last ten years of data doesn't go back to my 18th birthday - that's the point I'm trying to make.

I am 37 years old. The personal history I am offering CIC goes back ten years - i.e. until the age of 27. However, the police certificate requirement is for every country one has lived in for six months since turning 18. My point is that I have a NINE YEAR gap that CIC will not have information on.

There is not a single place in the documents where you actually "list all the countries you've lived in for six months or more since turning 18". I am concerned that if I don't submit police certificates from the UK with my application, CIC will assume I'm submitting them later.

Thanks ksa0510.

I think I'm going to include a covering note regardless.

From the guide and the form, it seems CIC is only interested in the last 10 years of your history.as I said earlier you can apply without the PCC and if asked, send.

 

[aurora2014]

From the guide and the form, it seems CIC is only interested in the last 10 years of your history.as I said earlier you can apply without the PCC and if asked, send.

Seriously, you don't see the problem? (You said there was no contradiction above).
They ask if you've lived anywhere than your current country of residence for more than six months in the last FIVE years.
They ask for your travel history for the last TEN years.
They ask for police certificates from every country you've resided more than six months in since your 18th birthday - which in my case is NINETEEN years ago.

The forms are full of contradictions. I'm surprised anyone is ever accepted with the sloppy way in which everything has been put together. We're told to "Make sure you follow the Document Checklist (IMM 5612) and use it as the cover page of your application" while earlier on in the same document (the instructions, no less!!!) we're told "Place the barcode page(s) on the top of your application (forms and supporting documents) when you submit it." So which one is supposed to go on top? The checklist or the barcodes?

And don't get me started on how tiny the spaces are in some of the sections. Ten years of travel history in five lines? They give more than TWICE that much space for military service! Someone needs to redo all the forms with an eye to consistency and finding problems in the questions.