Cic criminality security background check

[eds1275]

Hi All,

Will cic do checks in the home country of the applicant even though we submit our police certificate. Also, if gcms says no reportable trace by RCMP, will cic do more checks here in canada? I've seen some comments in the forum where email from cic says security / criminality is ongoing - does this mean cic checks criminality on a daily basis?

Also, if a person travels to a different country after applying, will cic track this and do criminality check there as well?

Please share your thoughts.

Thanks

 

[calvinwang2012]

Same question. Any help?

 

[canadacec123]

I would love to know the answer for this.

 

[ZingyDNA]

I believe Criminality and Security are two different things. You police certificate shows you don't have any criminal background, so it belongs to Criminality. The Security part is that they check if you are any threat to the national security of Canada, so if you have ties to any known terrorist group, you'll be inadmissible even with no criminal records.

This is just my guess, albeit an educated one. So take it with a grain of salt

 

[calvinwang2012]

Thank you for the reply Heromember.

I know that everyone applying for PR needs to go through both criminal and security checks. But is there a percentage that CIC will do a thorough security check on applicants randomly? I mean on those applicants who do not seem to present a threat to national security and are just chosen randomly. Thanks!

 

[LPS]

I know that everyone applying for PR needs to go through both criminal and security checks. But is there a percentage that CIC will do a thorough security check on applicants randomly? I mean on those applicants who do not seem to present a threat to national security and are just chosen randomly. Thanks!

Absolutely - both targeted and random checks are options.