Do background checks take longer if you have lived in other countries?Anyone?

[TheEagle]

Hi guys,

I am collecting my documents so I can apply under employer direct stream in manitoba, I am a little worried about the federal part because I have lived in UK for one year on a student visa and I was studying over...I can attach my certificates for them and also the police clearance but people have told me that I would have to wait really long....I know that no one can tell the time for background checks but can somebody give me an idea in my case how long approx. it will take??....

I also know that MPNP do not give work permit support letter to employers who are not registered under the employment standard branch and my employer has told me clearly that he wont be willing to register..

I have about 24 months of PGWP left and I will hopefully get the nomination within 2-3 months as I am applying next week.. so I would have roughly 21 months of PGWP left, Would studying in UK be such a big issue that it will skyrocket the processing time for the federal application till my PGWP expires?

 

[alyssum]

I doubt that your verifying your UK police certs would have a significant impact on the background checks. When applying for study visa, my partner and I had to provide police certs for three countries and the VO was still able to process it within the promised time frame. I suppose that background checks for certain countries where the legal / government system is not well organized could potentially take longer. But I don't think that applies to the UK.

 

[alexchristi]

there might be a difference of the processing time

 

[TheEagle]

there might be a difference of the processing time

Not too much I hope..