Police certificates - PR application (common law)

[Janzi]

Hello!

I am starting to apply for PR and the CIC website states that I have to send in police certificates for each country I have lived in for 6 months or more since I was 18.
I was born in South Africa and left there when I was 21 to move to England. Then I moved to Vancouver from England in 2014 with a work permit. I got a police certificate last year from England as I needed one to re-apply for my work permit so it's about 1 year old.

So, my questions are;
A: Do I need to apply for another police certificate from the UK even though I haven't been back there since 2014, as I have one from last year? It says they shouldn't be older than 6 months but it also says that you have to send one in after you have lived in that country and I haven't lived there for 2 years.

B: Should I apply for a police certificate from South Africa even though I haven't lived there since I was 21 (I'm now 31)? I know I probably have to and have kind of started the process already, but hoping to get confirmation/opinions from others.

Any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you!

 

[ImABule]

Hello!

I am starting to apply for PR and the CIC website states that I have to send in police certificates for each country I have lived in for 6 months or more since I was 18.
I was born in South Africa and left there when I was 21 to move to England. Then I moved to Vancouver from England in 2014 with a work permit. I got a police certificate last year from England as I needed one to re-apply for my work permit so it's about 1 year old.

So, my questions are;
A: Do I need to apply for another police certificate from the UK even though I haven't been back there since 2014, as I have one from last year? It says they shouldn't be older than 6 months but it also says that you have to send one in after you have lived in that country and I haven't lived there for 2 years.

B: Should I apply for a police certificate from South Africa even though I haven't lived there since I was 21 (I'm now 31)? I know I probably have to and have kind of started the process already, but hoping to get confirmation/opinions from others.

Any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you!

You should be able to use the UK PCC as you have not lived there since you obtained it.

Yes, you need the South African PCC.