PCC from India Issue: less then 50 days for the deadline

[canadacanada]

hi All,

Need suggestion from you guys.

I am from country "Y" living in US and since I lived in India as wellI needed a PCC from India.
On my application sent to NS ( initial app) , it was mentioned I stayed in India ( on and off ) till 1999.
Now when Indian Consulate in my home country issued me PCC mentioning the date till 1996. They ask for the proof I stayed there till 1999 and I dont have any proof and I did have a recomendation letter from the company I worked but I lost it. Never got any pay stub or appoitment letter or anything.

When i approached the Chicago consulate they told me I have to apply to Govt of Haryana ( since I lived in gurgaon) and there is no way in the earth I will get reply from them in 45 days ( i have around that time left for 120 days ).
Earlier , I thought of faxing them and contacted the Chicago Indian consulate. I got conflicting answer and I applied at Chiacgo and they returned my app. Now I got one from home country and that says till 1996.

What should I do? I believe that the CHC is going to ask me till 1999 and then I am in fix.
Any helps and tips....

 

[reachmenow]

What proof is indian consulate asking you? DId they give any reason for rejecting your application for PCC.

I think your visa and stamp in your passport should be a good proof that u were in india during that time till 1999?

Thanks,

 

[canadacanada]

I am nepalese citizen and both countries have open border policy. so there is no proof of any sort. I got my passport after 1999. I thnk around in 2000.

What proof is indian consulate asking you? DId they give any reason for rejecting your application for PCC.

I think your visa and stamp in your passport should be a good proof that u were in india during that time till 1999?

Thanks,

 

[jes_ON]

Hi again CanadaCanada, no luck from the Chicago consulate? Did they send you a letter when they returned your application? (KEEP THAT as proof of effort).

I know how hard it is to "prove" you lived somewhere after so many years - no bank account records, tax receipts, written lease/tenancy agreements, etc? (Who keeps such things, esp. after moving overseas?) No chance of getting another letter from your former employer? A neighbor attesting that you lived there? Nothing?

Might not matter even if you did. Right now, I'm having trouble with Bangladesh, purportedly because the office where I worked 14 years ago moved into a different precinct after I left. Why that matters, who knows.

My 120 days will end without me being able to get a PCC from 2 countries. (Haven't stopped trying for B'desh, but I do not think it will happen).

I was advised by a call center agent to DOCUMENT all my efforts to obtain a PCC. Received a hint from a consular agent (not Canada) that a STATUTORY DECLARATION might be accepted if you have tried everything (and can prove it) but still cannot get the PCC. I have not found this info anywhere in CIC instructions, so there's no proof that this will work. But what else can you do?

So - I am making a "Declaration of No Criminal Record in Bangladesh" for which prepared a written record of exactly what I did to get the PCC (with dates, names, etc.), and have attached copies of all correspondence. In the sworn statement, I say where I lived and when; what I was doing there; what I have done to get the PCC (following CIC instructions), and why that has not worked; then (on a separate page) the sworn statement:

"I attest that I _______NAME____ was not involved in any illegal activity in PLACE. I further swear that I was never arrested nor convicted of any criminal act in _________. "

I have not done this yet but I will take it to a Commissioner of Oaths - in Illinois, that would be a Notary Public - perhaps you can get some advice from one on the words to use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statutory_declaration

On this page, you can click on a link to a form that's used for a statutory declaration from BC
http://www.hsd.gov.bc.ca/lclb/LLinBC/criminal_record_search.htm

-of course you would have to adapt it to your situation and make sure that it's acceptable in the state where you get it notarized or witnessed (you may need to go to a justice of the peace at a county court, but ask a notary public first).