Police certificate for the country lived in the past

[meiqian]

Hi all,

Have a question related to the police check for the country lived in the past.

I live in Australia for most of the time in the past 10 years and still here. I spent 7 month consecutively in Singapore from January 2014 to July 2014.

I had a police check from Singapore dated April 2019. After April 2019, I visited Singapore twice, but only stayed there for around one week.

My question is will the police check from Singapore still valid under IRCC's rule?

I guess it's okay, coz i read the following:

For any other country
For any other country, the police certificate must be issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row.

Some countries put expiry dates on their police certificates. If you have a police certificate that expired, include it. We’ll accept it if:

• it was issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row
• it is not for the country where you currently live

An officer may ask for a new one later on.


Many people in this forum said you need to get a new one after you left that country. This makes me nervous because I had two short trips to Singapore after the police check has been issued. Can someone please confirm?

Thanks.

 

[express2020]

you are fine.... just submit the old PCC and mention those two brief visits in Travel History

Technically you only have to get another/ updated COC (Certificate of Clearance) if you stayed in Singapore for more than 6 months after April 2019 which you dint

 

[g.neha]

Hi all,

Have a question related to the police check for the country lived in the past.

I live in Australia for most of the time in the past 10 years and still here. I spent 7 month consecutively in Singapore from January 2014 to July 2014.

I had a police check from Singapore dated April 2019. After April 2019, I visited Singapore twice, but only stayed there for around one week.

My question is will the police check from Singapore still valid under IRCC's rule?

I guess it's okay, coz i read the following:

For any other country
For any other country, the police certificate must be issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row.

Some countries put expiry dates on their police certificates. If you have a police certificate that expired, include it. We’ll accept it if:

• it was issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row
• it is not for the country where you currently live

An officer may ask for a new one later on.


Many people in this forum said you need to get a new one after you left that country. This makes me nervous because I had two short trips to Singapore after the police check has been issued. Can someone please confirm?

Thanks.

Hi,

Is your PR application submitted ? Is it accepted ?

I am in the same boat, just that my residing country is USA more than 2 years and I visited India for 2 weeks after I applied my PCC from Indian Consulate. I am confused too and after reading several posts, I notice that I have to apply for a new PCC at Indian consulate..

Can you confirm what you did ? and did you apply a new one? My deadline is approaching

Thanks
Neha

 

[meiqian]

Hi,

Is your PR application submitted ? Is it accepted ?

I am in the same boat, just that my residing country is USA more than 2 years and I visited India for 2 weeks after I applied my PCC from Indian Consulate. I am confused too and after reading several posts, I notice that I have to apply for a new PCC at Indian consulate..

Can you confirm what you did ? and did you apply a new one? My deadline is approaching

Thanks
Neha

Hi Neha,

I lodged my application without reapplying police certificate. It’s still in process so I can’t give you an answer.

 

[g.neha]

Hi Neha,

I lodged my application without reapplying police certificate. It’s still in process so I can’t give you an answer.

Thanks for the response.

According to CIC it says, "if you stayed in a country for 6 months or more in a row", a PCC will be required, based on this statement I'll submit my application. However I hope they don't come up with a query or rejection of PR application.

 

[meiqian]

Thanks for the response.

According to CIC it says, "if you stayed in a country for 6 months or more in a row", a PCC will be required, based on this statement I'll submit my application. However I hope they don't come up with a query or rejection of PR application.

i wouldn't believe they will reject the application given what you quoted above.

The worst scenario is they will ask you to provide additional document.