I am trying to understand the PCC process in Shanghai, China. I am currently in Canada and I called the local police station yesterday and the officer told me that I need to go to the station myself to get the certificate (no third-party representatives allowed) and the process takes about a week, after getting the original certificate I must go to the notary office to get the original certificate translated and this process takes another week. My concern is there will be a time period which I am not covered during my stay in China. E.g: If I go back to SH on Mar.1st and go to the police station on 2nd, tentatively around Mar. 9th I will be able to get the certificate, and I will bring the certificate to the notary office later to get it translated. The final date in which I will get the translated PCC should be around Mar. 20th, after that I will fly back to Canada on Mar. 21st. However, the valid time frame of this certificate will be from when I was born to Mar.2nd (the date in which I go to the police station office), which leaves a gap between Mar. 2nd and Mar. 20th and there is no document to prove I have no criminal record between Mar.2nd and Mar. 20th. Will CIC find this a trouble and should I provide an explanation letter?
Also in terms of Birth Certificate, is it a mandatory document? (I am a 25 year-old single male, without any children).
Thanks!