Police Certificates

[8638896255]

I have been living in a number of countries in the last 10 years. I applied to IEC with police certificates from Finland, Norway, Spain and Ireland in 2018.

Ireland is my country of origin, and was back at Christmas, I have ordered a new one.
Norway's police cert was generated while I still lived there, and didn't move to Canada for a few more months. I have ordered a new one.
Spain I have not been back to, and there is no sign of an expiry date. - Retrieved March 2018
Finland I have not been back to, and there is no sign of an expiry date. - Retrieved March 2018

Is there any requirement that they have to be less than 6 months old before the PR application?

In addition to this, Spain only offers a certificate in Spanish, meaning I had to get it translated for the IEC application. Can I make the assumption that if the translation was good enough for IEC, it will be good enough for CEC?

 

[gaurav1282]

My understanding is that once you leave country which you are not citizen of and PCC is obtained later on you can use that - refer extract from cic
If you have a police certificate that expired, include it. We'll accept it if: it was issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row. it is not for the country where you currently live

 

[gaurav1282]

R

My understanding is that once you leave country which you are not citizen of and PCC is obtained later on you can use that - refer extract from cic
If you have a police certificate that expired, include it. We'll accept it if: it was issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row. it is not for the country where you currently live

Use translator for Spanish as he needs to be certified as per definition below
A member in good standing of a provincial or territorial organization of translators and interpreters in Canada

 

[8638896255]

R

Use translator for Spanish as he needs to be certified as per definition below
A member in good standing of a provincial or territorial organization of translators and interpreters in Canada

My translator for the Spanish one was Norwegian, since that is where I was living at the time. They were fully certified, and that police cert was accepted for IEC. Do you imagine I will have to get it retranslated by an Canadian recognized certified translator? Is there a directory of those kinds of translators?

 

[Generosuboy]

My understanding is that once you leave country which you are not citizen of and PCC is obtained later on you can use that - refer extract from cic
If you have a police certificate that expired, include it. We'll accept it if: it was issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row. it is not for the country where you currently live

Can you please link this statement?

 

[gaurav1282]

My translator for the Spanish one was Norwegian, since that is where I was living at the time. They were fully certified, and that police cert was accepted for IEC. Do you imagine I will have to get it retranslated by an Canadian recognized certified translator? Is there a directory of those kinds of translators?

This should be acceptable - I have submitted birth certificate using translator and getting it notarised

 

[8638896255]

This should be acceptable - I have submitted birth certificate using translator and getting it notarised

OK, but that translator was one certified here in Canada right?

 

[gaurav1282]

No it was not

 

[8638896255]

I think there is one more thing in relation to the Police Certificates.

I was under the impression that I didn't need to produce a Canadian Police Cert, because we were already in Canada, and I am sure they would be able to look up my lack of a criminal history themselves. There is even a very specific note, on the How to get a Police Certificate, it says that if you are applying for PR, you do not need to generate one for Canada.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/police-certificates/how/canada.html

However, while on r/ImmigrationCanada, someone posted how they would go about getting a Canadian Police Cert. I was confused by their request, and where did that request come from. I figured that they were confused. They then copy pasted the request text, and it did in fact say that they need to get a Canadian Police Cert, from the RCMP.

Has anyone come across this? Is this something that I should look to get before starting my application?

 

[PMM]

Hi

I think there is one more thing in relation to the Police Certificates.

I was under the impression that I didn't need to produce a Canadian Police Cert, because we were already in Canada, and I am sure they would be able to look up my lack of a criminal history themselves. There is even a very specific note, on the How to get a Police Certificate, it says that if you are applying for PR, you do not need to generate one for Canada.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/medical-police/police-certificates/how/canada.html

However, while on r/ImmigrationCanada, someone posted how they would go about getting a Canadian Police Cert. I was confused by their request, and where did that request come from. I figured that they were confused. They then copy pasted the request text, and it did in fact say that they need to get a Canadian Police Cert, from the RCMP.

Has anyone come across this? Is this something that I should look to get before starting my application?

1. If someone with a similar name and age has a criminal record, then CIC will request that you get a fingerprint Criminal Records Check in Canada, to either confirm or eliminate the person with record is you.

 

[8638896255]

Hi




1. If someone with a similar name and age has a criminal record, then CIC will request that you get a fingerprint Criminal Records Check in Canada, to either confirm or eliminate the person with record is you.

That makes perfect sense. Thanks!