hi
I’m sponsor (Canadian citizen). My husband did his fingerprint at a private company certified by rcmp to do fingerprint. When I called police, they said they don’t do it for past ten years and that’s how it works now. It was 40$, they had the stock paper for FBI ready. All place i called it was 40$.
We mailed with Xpresspost USA. Dropped it Sept 25. Post Canada website stopped updating after 3 days and I followed up with USPS. The package arrived late, last Thursday Oct 4. Contacted Post Canada for a refund and they sent a check. I thought it was gonna take weeks for the FBI but then checked and it said 3-5 days. They received it Oct 4 around 11am and the next day, at 16:55 we received it by email. They will also send it by mail.
Now i don’t know if the copy received by email is ok but I guess it is. They ask for PCC in the country you live the longest for the past 10 years. I’ve seen sometimes they ask another PCC and when we called the agent said all countries you lived for more than six months for the past 10 years (which is not what is said on the guide or checklist). So we decided to get all PCCs. Now I’m not saying that’s what should be done as it doesn’t say all countries on the checklist but that’s what we did. Though, good to note that on the website I think it says that if more PCC are required, they will let us know.