Requesting Police Certificates from Mexico

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http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2012/ob422.asp


Operational Bulletin 422 - May 25, 2012

Requesting Police Certificates from Mexico

Summary

This Operational Bulletin provides instructions to officers on new procedures for requesting police certificates from applicants who have lived in Mexico for six consecutive months or longer since reaching the age of 18.

Background

Currently, applicants are required to provide a Federal certificate from the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR), as well state-issued police certificate(s) from each state in which they have resided for at least 6 consecutive months since turning 18 years of age. However, state certificates have become increasingly difficult for applicants to obtain, and very few of which have actually indicated any positive criminality results.

Instructions

Effective immediately, individual state-issued police certificates should no longer be requested.

Offices that process permanent and temporary residence applications from applicants who have lived for six consecutive months or longer in Mexico since reaching the age of 18 are now required to request both the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) and Secretaría de Seguridad Pública (SPP) certificates. The SPP certificate is easier for applicants to obtain, and also includes a search for law infractions from state databases.

Instructions on obtaining a police certificates from Mexican police authorities has been updated on the Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) website: www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/north-america/mexico.asp

 

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http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2012/ob422.asp


Operational Bulletin 422 - May 25, 2012

Requesting Police Certificates from Mexico

Summary

This Operational Bulletin provides instructions to officers on new procedures for requesting police certificates from applicants who have lived in Mexico for six consecutive months or longer since reaching the age of 18.

Background

Currently, applicants are required to provide a Federal certificate from the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR), as well state-issued police certificate(s) from each state in which they have resided for at least 6 consecutive months since turning 18 years of age. However, state certificates have become increasingly difficult for applicants to obtain, and very few of which have actually indicated any positive criminality results.

Instructions

Effective immediately, individual state-issued police certificates should no longer be requested.

Offices that process permanent and temporary residence applications from applicants who have lived for six consecutive months or longer in Mexico since reaching the age of 18 are now required to request both the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) and Secretaría de Seguridad Pública (SPP) certificates. The SPP certificate is easier for applicants to obtain, and also includes a search for law infractions from state databases.

Instructions on obtaining a police certificates from Mexican police authorities has been updated on the Citizenship and Immigration Canada's (CIC) website: www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/north-america/mexico.asp

i have a question, my friend is applying for inland spousal sponsorship to canada. she is mexican married to a canadian. if i understand correctly, based on the cic website, the police certificate is not required when submitting the application even though it is in the checklist. here are my questions then:
1. Do we just cross out the police certificate then and put a note saying that it is not required yet because she is from mexico? If we do this, we are worried that the application might be treated as incomplete and returned.
2. Can we just submit a state police certificate from Mexico for now just so she is not incomplete and wait for the request from CIC? Is it easy to get a state police certificate while in Canada?