Fingerprints

[IvanVano]

Has anybody received fingerprints request as part of citizenship application?
If so, what was the reason? Do the send fingerprints requests to anybody who had immigration or travel history with USA, Australia or UK?

 

[PMM]

Hi

Has anybody received fingerprints request as part of citizenship application?
If so, what was the reason? Do the send fingerprints requests to anybody who had immigration or travel history with USA, Australia or UK?

1. Someone in the CPIC data base has a similar name and age with a criminal record, so the fingerprints are to determine is you or not.
2. If you have spent 183 days in another country (doesn't have to be consecutive) in the 4 years prior to the date of your application, you will require police certificates from those countries.

 

[parisien]

Has anybody received fingerprints request as part of citizenship application?
If so, what was the reason? Do the send fingerprints requests to anybody who had immigration or travel history with USA, Australia or UK?

If records match your dob or name then for sure they will ask for fp, then no matter where you from and what you holding lol... I lived life in Europe and I've EU(French passport) but I was called for to do finger print and my application from start to end took 7n half month which is fair time.

 

[robw]

Here's a follow up question...

Have any of you gotten FP for both your PR application and citizenship? Would they ever ask for it again or can they just query my criminal record now that my prints are in their system?