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Police certificate needed ? Lived in Canada for 2.5 years

Joey10

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Hi there , Can someone please advise if I need a Canadian Police cert at ITA stage , Ive lived in Canada for 2.5 years on a temp visa . Do I only need one from my home country .

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Joey10 said:
Do I need one from Canada aswell or just home country ?
Just your home country.
 

SMCANADAVISA

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scylla said:
Just your home country.

If you received ITA you would have to submit police verification from Canadian RCMP. Assuming that you will soon receive ITA initiate the process of PCC from RCMP. If you are not in Canada I would not know the process. But if in Canada get a fingerprint done. It takes 2 weeks to receive the report from Ottawa-RCMP and costs around 80 CAD. I did mine few weeks back.
 

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Joey10 said:
Do I need one from Canada aswell or just home country ?
Here's the link.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/perm/express/intake-complete.asp#police_certificates


Police certificates

As part of a complete application, applicants, their spouse or common-law partner and their dependent children 18 years of age or older (including non-accompanying dependants) must submit a valid PC for all countries or territories (except Canada)[/i] in which they have lived consecutively for six months or more, since the age of 18.

Note: This includes the requirement to provide a PC for countries in which the individual has traveled for six months or more, whether or not the individual had an established residential address during this time.

The CIC website provides instructions to applicants on how they can obtain a PC.

PCs are typically valid for one year from the date they are issued; however, PCs should be issued no more than three months prior to when they are provided to CIC as part of the e-APR.

The personalized document checklist provided to applicants in their MyCIC account does not prompt applicants for individual PCs based on their declared residence and travel history; rather, applicants must determine which PCs are required as part of their application and must compile the PCs into a single file, to upload as a single supporting document.
 

scylla

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SMCANADAVISA said:
If you received ITA you would have to submit police verification from Canadian RCMP. Assuming that you will soon receive ITA initiate the process of PCC from RCMP. If you are not in Canada I would not know the process. But if in Canada get a fingerprint done. It takes 2 weeks to receive the report from Ottawa-RCMP and costs around 80 CAD. I did mine few weeks back.
This is wrong. You need PCC for every country you have lived in for at least six months since the age of 18 - except Canada.
 

Joey10

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Thanks for the responses, My understanding is I don't need one from Canada . its slightly odd as I currently live here . but its one less thing to have to organize.
 

scylla

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Jun 8, 2010
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Toronto
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Buffalo
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
Joey10 said:
Thanks for the responses, My understanding is I don't need one from Canada . its slightly odd as I currently live here . but its one less thing to have to organize.
Correct - you don't need one from Canada because CIC can check these records on their own.