Police Certificate for Citizen Application

[Deutschland]

Hello all,

My wife will be applying for her citizenship and we have a confusion regarding her stay outside Canada. She came to Canada in February 2020. She went back to the country of birth in May 2021 and came back in October 2021 (141 days). She went back again on March 2022 and came back in July 2022 (110 days). The total days outside Canada come out to be more than 183 days. Will my wife require a police certificate from her birth country? Anyone's response will be highly appreciated. Thanks and have a great day.

 

[abbas.pasha]

Hello all,

My wife will be applying for her citizenship and we have a confusion regarding her stay outside Canada. She came to Canada in February 2020. She went back to the country of birth in May 2021 and came back in October 2021 (141 days). She went back again on March 2022 and came back in July 2022 (110 days). The total days outside Canada come out to be more than 183 days. Will my wife require a police certificate from her birth country? Anyone's response will be highly appreciated. Thanks and have a great day.

The answer would be No...

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...bsection-5-1-adults-18-years-older.html#Step4

You need to provide a police certificate from each country, other than Canada, if you were there

• in the past 4 years
• for 183 days or more in a row

Example...
You became a permanent resident 3 years and 9 months ago. In the past 4 years, you lived in Brazil for 3 months (90 days) before you became a permanent resident and you returned to Brazil to visit family for 4 months (120 days) after you became a permanent resident. You would answer “No” to the question and you would not need to provide a police certificate from Brazil because you did not spend 183 days or more in a row in Brazil.

 

[Deutschland]

Thank you so much Abbas Pasha for the the response. Appreciate it.