samra_ said:
ok, regarding Police certificate.
I have been living in UAE for past 6 years (my spouse 9 years), during this time we both have not visited our home country for more than 1 month.
Do I need to get the Police Clearance certificate from home country as well ?
In UAE, Police issues the Good Conduct Certificate which can be applied online. Is that OK?
regards,
samra
I too am applying from the UAE with my spouse and child. The Police certificate requirements are that if you have lived in any country for more than six months you will need a police certificate. I lived in Pakistan for almost a year and 6 years in Australia and 20 years in Kuwait. So for me I have to get certificates from all of these places.
I was recently in Lahore to apply for the police certificate. They ask you to fill a form, get 3 x photos 1.5'' x 1.5'' with light blue background and charge you 100Rs. If you are there in person, than you have to visit the Gulberg Police document collection centre in Liberty market's parking. There they ask you to hand in the documents in Person and take your photo. Then few days later a police officer comes to your listed address and verifies the information. It is best to invite them in, give them tea / snacks and give them 1000Rs. / 500Rs. as zakat without them asking for it.
They will not ask for it, but it is a nice gesture. Theory is that these are government salaried people and have extremely low income. You want to be as nice to them as possible to avoid any hurdles and delays in the application. They only verified information from me and when I asked if I should invite my wife to this discussion, he said no need, this is sufficient.
If you can't travel, then you need to get an affidavit / authorisation letter nominating the person who will do all of this for you.
For my Australian Police certificate, they require a Standard clearance National police certificate from the Australian Federal Police. Costs about A$50 and takes about 3 weeks to get to you. In the event you don't get it in your mail, you can always request another one. They will not email you the document due to the nature of the document. If you lived in Queensland, like I did, then you will also need a traffic history report for your entire time you held a drivers license. This can be downloaded from the Queensland Traffic Department online portal using your online account. Costs about A$20
For the Kuwaiti Police Certificate, It is best if you know people in the ministry of interior or a senior official in the police department. Otherwise going through the standard process could take up to 2 months and still there's no guarantee that you'll get it on time, it could be less or more. Im still trying to source a contact to get this done. Otherwise, you'll need to get a letter from the Canadian embassy in UAE requesting the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior to grant a good conduct certificate. Then you apply through the Kuwaiti embassy and wait till your eggs hatch.
I havn't applied for the UAE police certificate yet but you can apply online. And yes that is ok as it states on the CIC website.