Express Entry in a nutshell

[hamgha]

i thought it was less than 6 months so u do not need one...just going off what I read on the CIC website

Less than 6 months in that place so if I went to France 6 times for a month even if they were years apart I'll need a PCC.

 

[abzoo17]

Less than 6 months in that place so if I went to France 6 times for a month even if they were years apart I'll need a PCC.

yes...that's what I am saying...the PCC issued was in June 2017....so technically I have a clear record till June. After that I visited India for only 3 weeks. Since I have been here in Australia I have visited India for a total of 130 days in 8 years...so was a bit confused...

 

[hamgha]

yes...that's what I am saying...the PCC issued was in June 2017....so technically I have a clear record till June. After that I visited India for only 3 weeks. Since I have been here in Australia I have visited India for a total of 130 days in 8 years...so was a bit confused...

then why did you request a PCC in the first place? I'm quite confused now

 

[abzoo17]

then why did you request a PCC in the first place? I'm quite confused now[/QUOTE

I requested a PCC coz as per CIC website u need a PCC from the country you have stayed since you are 18yrs old. At that age I was in India. I came to Australia when I was 26

 

[abzoo17]

then why did you request a PCC in the first place? I'm quite confused now

this PCC thing has driven me crazy....

 

[hamgha]

Please read carefully what cic requests. The sentence is "You may need a police certificate from any country or territory that you have spent six months or more since the age of 18." and
"

• are currently living there, or received the police certificate before leaving, the police certificate must be issued within six months before you apply.

• have lived there in the past, the police certificate must be issued after you last lived in that country or territory."

SO if ever since you were 18 you've been in India for at least six months you need a PCC and therefore need to update yours since you went back there and therefore need a recent one.
If not you don't need it.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/intro.asp

 

[abzoo17]

then why did you request a PCC in the first place? I'm quite confused now

Who needs a police certificate?
In general, you and all the people in your family who are 18 or older need to get a police certificate.

You may need a police certificate from any country or territory that you have spent six months or more since the age of 18.

For example: if you visited, worked or lived in a country for two months, left for a few years, then returned for four months, that counts as spending six months there. In this case, you would need a certificate.

If you need a police certificate from a country or territory and:

• are currently living there, or received the police certificate before leaving, the police certificate must be issued within six months before you apply.
• have lived there in the past, the police certificate must be issued after you last lived in that country or territory.

 

[hamgha]

S

Who needs a police certificate?
In general, you and all the people in your family who are 18 or older need to get a police certificate.

You may need a police certificate from any country or territory that you have spent six months or more since the age of 18.

For example: if you visited, worked or lived in a country for two months, left for a few years, then returned for four months, that counts as spending six months there. In this case, you would need a certificate.

If you need a police certificate from a country or territory and:

• are currently living there, or received the police certificate before leaving, the police certificate must be issued within six months before you apply.
• have lived there in the past, the police certificate must be issued after you last lived in that country or territory.

Six months or more. read it word for word. Have you spent six months or more in India since you were 18?

 

[hamgha]

In total, it's cumulative.

S

Six months or more. read it word for word. Have you spent six months or more in India since you were 18?

 

[abzoo17]

S

Six months or more. read it word for word. Have you spent six months or more in India since you were 18?

I have absolutely read it word to word and based on that I got a certificate issued in June 2017

 

[hamgha]

I have absolutely read it word to word and based on that I got a certificate issued in June 2017

So you spend 6 months or more in India since you were 18 or not?

 

[abzoo17]

In total, it's cumulative.

dealing with the Police there is a nightmare....I had to get the Indian Consulate involved....help me...will have to do all that again

 

[abzoo17]

So you spend 6 months or more in India since you were 18 or not?

ofcourse I was there for years......just coz I had to go for a family emergency post the PCC...will have to do all that again...

 

[hamgha]

dealing with the Police there is a nightmare....I had to get the Indian Consulate involved....help me...will have to do all that again

Man I don't get why you're not answering my question. It's very simple.:
CASE 1: You spent 6 months or more in total even if they were in separate visits in India since you were 18. Then you need a new PCC because you went back there even if for a visit.
CASE 2: You haven't spent a total of 6 months in India since you were 18, then you don't need a PCC at all.

 

[hamgha]

ofcourse I was there for years......just coz I had to go for a family emergency post the PCC...will have to do all that again...

So you will have to get a new one AFTER you left the country. If you go back there again, you'll have to get it all over again.