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Police Certificate from mu home country concern

ImmigrantVL

ImmigrantVL

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Mar 5, 2018
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Hi,

I just read the info posted on cic.gc regarding this question, however, I have not got a satisfactory answer.

My situation:

I came to Canada in August 2013, just after a month I aged 18, and I have not left Canada since then. I know that I will need to obtain my Canadian Police certificate, but not sure if I am in need of the one from my home country in this case. I may come back to my home country for a couple of weeks that is probably going to happen before my PR application.

Do I need a Police certificate from my country?
 
DelPiero07 said:
Canada is the exception to the 6 month rule.
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Thank you for your input! What is the exact reason I do not need a Police check from my home country after I get an ITA? is it because I was below 18 years old and lived there less than 6 months before the maturity age? Or there another reason?
 
ImmigrantVL said:
Thank you for your input! What is the exact reason I do not need a Police check from my home country after I get an ITA? is it because I was below 18 years old and lived there less than 6 months before the maturity age? Or there another reason?
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That would've been the case but I am looking at the requirements and it seems they changed the wording once again:

"Police certificates are required upfront and are mandatory for each country (except Canada) where an individual has spent 6 months or more in a row within the last 10 years. The individual does not need to provide one for any period of time before the age of 18."

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...er-january-1-2016-completeness-check.html#s07
 
DelPiero07 said:
That would've been the case but I am looking at the requirements and it seems they changed the wording once again:

"Police certificates are required upfront and are mandatory for each country (except Canada) where an individual has spent 6 months or more in a row within the last 10 years. The individual does not need to provide one for any period of time before the age of 18."

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...er-january-1-2016-completeness-check.html#s07
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It is exactly what I was looking at. And it seems that I do not need to provide the police certificate due to the fact that I lived in another country only a month after I aged 18. Is that correct?
 
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