Saudi Police certificate

[kaaaak]

Hi

I am a Saudi citizen and I applied for a PR FROM inside Canada. After I submitted my application to CIC I got a request for Saudi police certificate through the express entry profile.

The CIC website state the following:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/mid-east/saudi-arabia.asp

If you are a citizen of Saudi Arabia:

If you live outside of Saudi Arabia:


You should contact your nearest Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for information on how to get a police certificate.

If your application is being processed in Canada, you are not required to get a police certificate. See the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Ottawa’s website for more information.

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I submitted a letter quoting the link and the fact a police certificate is not needed as I am applying from inside Canada as per the CIC own website. I also provided a link (getting a police certificate from SA is nearly impossible from Canada)

Now I am starting to get concerned my application will be rejected. My friend did the same thing and his application was accepted.

Any advice?

 

[striver434]

Hi
Any updates about this query?

 

[striver434]

Hi
Can you please tell me what happened with your application for PR after you submitted the letter?
As I am exactly in the same situation right now and they are asking for a Saudi police certificate and since I am applying from within Canada it will be very difficult to get the clearance from Saudi

Did they approve you PR application without the police clearance?
Your answer will b

 

[wtox]

Any answers???

 

[Vitesze]

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

Certificates are available only to current legal residents.

If you do not have current legal residence status in Saudi Arabia, you are not required to provide a Saudi Arabian police certificate. If you are asked for a police certificate from Saudi Arabia, write: “I cannot provide a police certificate for the time I spent in Saudi Arabia because certificates are only available to people who have current legal residence status.”

Looks like Saudi Arabia simply doesn't issue Police Certificates to non-citizens that live abroad. And for Saudi citizens, PCC is not required if they're inland applicants (no idea why this is - perhaps because screening would already have been conducted previously?)

So it's totally fine to not include a PCC in this case - these are the instructions CIC is giving you.