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Police certificate from Canada for PR application

kunalkhanna

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Hello All

need your help to clarify a doubt. I am currently in Montreal as TFW and moving back to my home country India in the first week of June. i will be applying for the PR under EE once I reach India. I need to clarify that if I get an ITA do I need to submit my police certificate from Canada as well? I have been living in canada since last 1 year and have also lived here in 2012 for 9 months.
If it is required then I will have to apply before i leave the country. This is what I ould find on the CIC website which makes me think that I might need one.

Who needs a police certificate?
In general, you and all the people in your family who are 18 or older need to get a police certificate.

You may need a police certificate from any country or territory that you have spent six months or more since the age of 18.

For example: if you visited, worked or lived in a country for two months, left for a few years, then returned for four months, that counts as spending six months there. In this case, you would need a certificate.

If you need a police certificate from a country or territory and:

are currently living there, or received the police certificate before leaving, the police certificate must be issued within six months before you apply.
have lived there in the past, the police certificate must be issued after you last lived in that country or territory.
 

jes_ON

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The words "in general" are key - you must read the rules for each specific country, as they can vary.

So if you read the rules for Canada,
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/north-america/canada.asp


"Do I need to provide a Police Certificate with my Application for Permanent Residence? No."