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Police Certificates

GSIn

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Jun 21, 2012
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Just wondering if police clearance cerificates are valid for 3 months or 1 year from the date of issue. It's confusing because documents check list says 1 year and instruction guide says 3 months.
 

seton

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Jun 6, 2012
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Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-06-2012
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05-11-2012
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15-02-2013
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21-02-2013
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04-04-2013
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22-04-2013
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03-05-2013
You must send your application within 3 months of it being issued. Generally, they consider the certificates valid for 1 year - so if they don't finish clearing your criminal record screening after 1 year of the certificates being issued, they may ask you to obtain another police certificate. This is not very common.