Application Rejected!

[salehgondal]

Guys,

My wife stayed in the USA for more than 6 months, although some of it was for tourism, but I did not upload a police certificate (although I had one with me!).

I asked here but people said it was not needed because of tourism.

Can I create a new profile now? Does it impact my chances of getting to Canada?

I am super worried. Can someone guide me?

 

[karanrajpal84]

Guys,

My wife stayed in the USA for more than 6 months, although some of it was for tourism, but I did not upload a police certificate (although I had one with me!).

I asked here but people said it was not needed because of tourism.

Can I create a new profile now? Does it impact my chances of getting to Canada?

I am super worried. Can someone guide me?

You can always make another application and upload the previous and new documents onto it. Don't shy away from uploading whatever best you can. I had 2 applications rejected before finally making it through the third one. Both the rejected ones were due to Police certificates related. They are quite strict with PCC, Medical, Bank statements, accurate work exp letters.

Make a comprehensive new and stick to the formats, and you should be fine. Good luck

 

[samikdg]

Guys,

My wife stayed in the USA for more than 6 months, although some of it was for tourism, but I did not upload a police certificate (although I had one with me!).

I asked here but people said it was not needed because of tourism.

Can I create a new profile now? Does it impact my chances of getting to Canada?

I am super worried. Can someone guide me?

If I may ask, was your wife's stay continuously/at a stretch for more than 6 months in last 10 year period? We've a few countries we visited in last 10 years, but nowhere for more than 6 months at a stretch, though overall it is more than 6 months. Trying to figure out if we need PCC for those.

 

[nitingoescanada]

If I may ask, was your wife's stay continuously/at a stretch for more than 6 months in last 10 year period? We've a few countries we visited in last 10 years, but nowhere for more than 6 months at a stretch, though overall it is more than 6 months. Trying to figure out if we need PCC for those.

PCC is required for stay of 6 months in single stretch, else not needed.
Its is clearly mentioned at CIC site.

 

[samikdg]

PCC is required for stay of 6 months in single stretch, else not needed.
Its is clearly mentioned at CIC site.

I know that, have seen the relevant page. But things are not always so straightforward, especially with PCC. Hence my question

 

[bimale4bipeople]

I know that, have seen the relevant page. But things are not always so straightforward, especially with PCC. Hence my question

Hey Sam...Things are pretty straightforward with PCC always... you don’t attach them with your application upfront(only for those countries whose PCC’s are required upfront) chances are very high your application will be refused(because of R10 - completeness check stage) or rejected during the course of the process.

 

[salehgondal]

If I may ask, was your wife's stay continuously/at a stretch for more than 6 months in last 10 year period? We've a few countries we visited in last 10 years, but nowhere for more than 6 months at a stretch, though overall it is more than 6 months. Trying to figure out if we need PCC for those.

She stayed there for 5 months, then came back for 2 weeks and then went for a month and half again. So it was not at a stretch. And both were on different visas.

 

[salehgondal]

PCC is required for stay of 6 months in single stretch, else not needed.
Its is clearly mentioned at CIC site.

This is exactly why I didn't attach it (although I had it with me!). Also they asked me to send the travel history again after I submitted the application and then rejected because of PCC.

 

[samikdg]

She stayed there for 5 months, then came back for 2 weeks and then went for a month and half again. So it was not at a stretch. And both were on different visas.

This is exactly

This is exactly why I didn't attach it (although I had it with me!). Also they asked me to send the travel history again after I submitted the application and then rejected because of PCC.

This is exactly what I was thinking, it's not certain that they'll always follow their own stated rules to the T, depends on the Visa officer I guess. But as @bimale4bipeople pointed out above, they'll ask for upfront PCC with the e-APR submission only if the stay is 6 months at a stretch within last 10 years. Did they ask for your wife's US PCC upfront when you got ITA, or did they ask for it later while processing.

 

[samikdg]

Hey Sam...Things are pretty straightforward with PCC always... you don’t attach them with your application upfront(only for those countries whose PCC’s are required upfront) chances are very high your application will be refused(because of R10 - completeness check stage) or rejected during the course of the process.

It is straightforward that if one does not attach PCC for countries where they've stayed for more than 6 months at a stretch within last 10 years, application will be rejected. But, what about the following cases (all are applicable for me)
1. Stayed in a country for more than 6 months at a stretch, but before 10 year cut-off period - Australia
2. Stayed in a country for 4.5 months at a stretch within 10 years, but stayed for more than 6 months at a stretch before 10 year cut-off period - US
3. Stayed in a country for more than 1 year overall within 10 years, but never more than 1 month at a stretch - Kuwait - here added issue is that I was always travelling on business visa, so cannot apply for a PCC as I did not hold a residence permit

 

[jaffaral]

I would like to give my input in this. UAE is my current country of residence and I have been travelleing to my home country back and forth in every 13-16 weeks since February 2016. Means never have I ever spent 6 months at stretch in UAE. In my traveling history section I mentioned all of my travels between my home country and the country of residence. Still I was asked to submit uae PCC in my personalized document checklist

 

[mavericktrader]

Have checked this with CIC. If you have spent 180 days or more in a country either in single stay or several stays in last 10 years then you need PCC. Have seen many cases being rejected because of this.

 

[hope2018]

Always advisable that even if strech is not continous but cumulatively adds upto more than 6 months include your PCC for that country.

 

[jaffaral]

Always advisable that even if strech is not continous but cumulatively adds upto more than 6 months include your PCC for that country.

I did!!

 

[bimale4bipeople]

I would like to give my input in this. UAE is my current country of residence and I have been travelleing to my home country back and forth in every 13-16 weeks since February 2016. Means never have I ever spent 6 months at stretch in UAE. In my traveling history section I mentioned all of my travels between my home country and the country of residence. Still I was asked to submit uae PCC in my personalized document checklist

At present your country of residence is UAE hence PCC is required from UAE.