Police certificate question

[SergeiK]

Hi, everyone!
I immigrated to Canada from US in May 2018. Since then I visited US few times for about 20 days in total.
So this summer I'll be applying for Canadian citizenship and I wonder if I need to USA police certificate?
I did provide one at the time of immigrating back in 2018.
So technically I lived 183 days in a row in US but that was before the landing. After that I spent there not more than 20 days.

Not sure if that matters but I'm a Russian citizen though I lived for three years in the USA prior to landing in Canada.

Thank you for your answers!

 

[momemon]

Hey,

Based on how the IRCC words the statement about PC, you many need to provide one since your 183+ days in the U.S. are indeed in the last four years and that is not your country of origin. Obtaining a PC from the U.S. is pretty straightforward so I would get one just in case.

 

[momemon]

I will be sending my citizenship application this summer. Here is my travel scenario and I am wondering if anyone thinks I would need a PC?

Before obtaining the PR, my country of residence was Canada. I became a PR (flagpolled) in April. A month later in May, I traveled outside of Canada for various reasons for approximately 240 straight days. Here is the breakdown in this order:

Spent 15 days in country X (country of origin/citizenship)
Spent the following 30 days in country Y
Then spent 181 days in country X (country of origin/citizenship)
Followed by 20 days in country Z, before returning to Canada.

If I go by what the IRCC states, it looks like I do not need a PC. Please enlighten me!

Thanks,

 

[nerd]

Not sure if that matters but I'm a Russian citizen though I lived for three years in the USA prior to landing in Canada.

Yes, since you are NOT a citizen of US you will have to provide a PCC from US.