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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has made an update with reference to the instructions on police certificates for the candidates, who are applying for Canadian Permanent Residence via federal Express Entry system.
Now the applicant must provide a Police certificate from any country, or territory, where he/she has resided for (6) consecutive months or longer during the past 10 years or after attaining the age of 18. This means that all the applicants are only bound to provide a Police Certificate from a country where they have stayed for six months or more in a row.
Before the introduction of this update, it was obligatory for an applicant to submit a police certificate from a country or territory where he/she had resided for a total period of six months. Hence, the applicant required to submit a police certificate from a country where such a person had initially lived for two months, left, came back after a few years and lived in the same country for another four months.
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Police Certificate Requirements
- The police certificate is valid only if it has been issued within a period of six months prior to the submission of an e-APR
- A color scan of the original police certificate is acceptable
- Provision of unauthorized copies or even the certified true copies may lead to a rejection of permanent residence application
- Such a certificate should have been issued after the last time when the applicant resided in that country
Who Must Provide a Police Certificate
Following applicants must provide a police certificate with their e-APR (Electronic Application for Permanent Residence.
- The principal applicant
- Spouse or common-law partner
- Dependent children 18 years or older
This particular change is effective and applicable to the permanent residence applications received on or after January 1, 2015, through the Express Entry system.