Vikram_IDBI said:
Hi..i am new to the group. I intend to apply for 2014 FSW with NOC 0111. Till now, everything has been going fine but with some delay. However, i have encountered with a problem with regard to my passport and PCC. I am a bank employee and my passport had been issued at Delhi in 2011. Now I am posted at Ahmedabad for the last one year. Yesterday I applied for PCC thru Passport Seva Kendra and they charged me Rs 500/-each for my wife's and my PCCs. When i met them today, they said that as my passport is issued at Delhi, first i have got to change my address in the passports and then after they can proceed with PCCs. Can anybody guide me on this issue? as it involve cost and time both.
Thanks....
Welcome buddy.
My advice for you is to leave the PCC process at this application stage as time and cost is against you.
PCC is not a must at the application stage but just advisable as can be seen from instruction set by CIC....Please check the extract below with particular reference to the last italic bolded part...
"Police certificates
All applicants must submit police certificates/clearances as part of the application process.
You and all of your family members who are 18 years of age and older and who are not already permanent residents or Canadian citizens will have to provide:
a valid police certificate, or
police clearance, or
record of no information.
These documents are to be provided for each country other than Canada, in which you have lived for six consecutive months or longer since reaching the age of 18.
Note: If you or your family members were under 18 years of age (16 years of age in certain jurisdictions) for the entire time you lived in a particular country, you do not need to provide a police certificate for that country.
Before submitting your application to the CIO, you should:
research the estimated length of time required to obtain police certificates from all of the applicable jurisdictions, and
begin to gather your police certificates.
Note. We strongly recommend that you submit your police certificates with your application to the CIO. If you are unable to obtain all the necessary police certificates, you may still send your application to the CIO without them. However, please note that if your application is placed into processing you must be ready to submit them to the visa office when requested"
Link - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/EG7TOC.asp
This means that you can send your application now without the PCC for you and your wife...but you should know for sure that it will be requested later by you local V.O.
Once you get your PERS notification and Acknowledge of receipt (AOR) from your local V.O,you can commence the processing of your PCC and your spouse knowing fully that it will be asked.
At that time,time and cost will be at your luxury!.
Pack your application package together and send immediately without wasting time on PCC.
Cheers!