Saki, Mitali, All Seniors..... more help needed regarding PCC:
a lot more confusion now...just check:
Old EG7 Guide (Pre June 26, 2010) :
You may begin to gather your police certificates before submitting your application to the CIO. Although you will not submit the police certificate to the CIO, you must be ready to submit them to a visa office if your application is recommended for further assessment at a Canadian visa office. When you submit the application to the visa office please ensure that your certificates were not issued more than three months before you submitted your application to the CIO.
New EG7 Guide (After June 26, 2010) :
Before submitting your application to the CIO, you should:
begin to gather your police certificates, and
research the estimated length of time required to obtain police certificates from all of the applicable jurisdictions.
Consult our website for specific and up-to-date information on how to obtain police certificates from any country.
Police certificates are valid for 12 months from the date they are issued. If your application is placed into processing, these certificates must be submitted before your application can be finalized. Failure to submit police certificates when requested to do so within a specified period of time may result in the refusal of your application.
Note: If a final decision is not made on your application before the expiry of your police certificate, the visa office may request that you provide a new one.
When you submit the police certificates to the visa office, ensure they have been issued in the last three months and no earlier. Certificates that are more than three months old on receipt will not be accepted.
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Old guide says get PCC before submitting application to CIO and they should not be old more than 3 months before submitting application to CIO
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New Guide says same that get PCC before submitting application to CIO but then in next line it also says that PCC are valid for 12 months and then in next para it says PCC should not be old than 3 months before submitting to Visa Office......what does they mean here now....what will be the lock in date now?
What should we follow now? Old Guide? New Guide? If new Guide then what as it has 3 confusing statements....collect before sneding to CIO, then 12 months validity then 3 months validity before sending to VO
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:-[ :-X :-\ :'(