Do I need a new police certificate?

[Ahmisht]

Hi all,

Can anyone please comment.

• I've been in Canada since 2016.
• Before coming to Canada as a student, I had submitted a police clearance certificate to IRCC.
• During my entire stay in Canada, I visited my home country just once and stayed for less than 6 months (= 5 months 20 days); this was in 2021.
• I have not visited any other country.

Can I use the same police certificate that I obtained in 2016 for Express Entry? Note that I have a new passport now (same nationality) and so the passport number is different than what's on the police certificate from 2016. My new passport does show the old passport number.

Do I need a new police clearance certificate?


IRCC website says the following:

For any other country [i.e., country other than where you currently live], the police certificate must be issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row.

Some countries put expiry dates on their police certificates. 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

An officer may ask for a new one later on.

Source: Police certificates for Express Entry applications - Canada.ca

 

[scylla]

Hi all,

Can anyone please comment.

• I've been in Canada since 2016.
• Before coming to Canada as a student, I had submitted a police clearance certificate to IRCC.
• During my entire stay in Canada, I visited my home country just once and stayed for less than 6 months (= 5 months 20 days); this was in 2021.
• I have not visited any other country.

Can I use the same police certificate that I obtained in 2016 for Express Entry? Note that I have a new passport now (same nationality) and so the passport number is different than what's on the police certificate from 2016. My new passport does show the old passport number.

Do I need a new police clearance certificate?


IRCC website says the following:

For any other country [i.e., country other than where you currently live], the police certificate must be issued after the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row.

Some countries put expiry dates on their police certificates. 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

An officer may ask for a new one later on.

Source: Police certificates for Express Entry applications - Canada.ca

You need a new PCC. The PCC you submitted as part of your study permit application was issued before you left the country. The PCC must be issued AFTER the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row. Yours was issued before.

 

[Ahmisht]

You need a new PCC. The PCC you submitted as part of your study permit application was issued before you left the country. The PCC must be issued AFTER the last time you stayed there for 6 months or more in a row. Yours was issued before.

Ahh, I see. Thanks for clarifying that.