For those in doubt about providing PCC (Citizenship Grant App.) Read This!

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The following tweets are from IRCC on providing police clearance certificates, and it clearly suggests that if you have been present in ANY country other than Canada for 6 months (183 days) or more in the 4 years immediately before you sign the application, you MUST provide a PCC from those countries! Doesn't matter if you landed 3 years ago or not.

https://twitter.com/CitImmCanada/status/920045422848233472
https://twitter.com/CitImmCanada/status/920045571301363712
https://twitter.com/CitImmCanada/status/920045625152098310


183 days are cumulative, and need not be consecutive. Read these examples in the instruction guide:

Within the last 4 years, if you spent 183 days or more in another country (other than Canada), you must provide a police certificate. You must provide a police certificate for each country where you spent 183 days or more. If you cannot get a police certificate, tell us why.
Example 1
In the past 4 years, you took one (1) trip to France that lasted 200 days. You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from France.
Example 2
In the past 4 years, you took 10 trips to the United States of America (USA). Each trip lasted 3 weeks, for a total of 210 days. You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from the USA.
Example 3
In the past 4 years, you spent one year (365 days) working in Singapore. While working in Singapore, you took a trip to Malaysia (10 days) and Thailand (10 days). You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from Singapore. You would not need to provide police certificates from Malaysia or Thailand.
Example 4
In the past 4 years, you took one (1) trip to Europe where you visited Portugal (5 days), Spain (7 days), France (10 days), Belgium (3 days), Netherlands (3 days), Germany (21 days), Switzerland (7 days) and Italy (21 days). You took a second trip to Europe where you visited Ireland (14 days), Scotland (14 days) and England (21 days). You went to Germany for a business trip that lasted 60 days. The total time you were outside of Canada was 186 days but you were not in a single country for 183 days or more. You would answer “No” to the question and you would not need to provide police certificates from any of the countries.