Getting FBI police certificate

[McClane]

I'm getting ready to hopefully apply for Citizenship in early December. I travel a lot to the USA, so I had to get an FBI police certificate. I took the fingerprints in one of those trips and then mailed everything from Canada (hopefully that is not an issue). All this happened in late September. Current processing time is between 12-14 weeks, so I still have some time to wait.

Is getting the certificate the only way to the process is moving? I keep an eye on my credit card under the assumption that once I see the charge it means the certificate is done. Anyone has experience with this?

 

[pablora]

Hi,

I applied for the FBI police certificate on Aug 20 and got it today on my mailbox.

Cheers

 

[harirajmohan]

I'm getting ready to hopefully apply for Citizenship in early December. I travel a lot to the USA, so I had to get an FBI police certificate. I took the fingerprints in one of those trips and then mailed everything from Canada (hopefully that is not an issue). All this happened in late September. Current processing time is between 12-14 weeks, so I still have some time to wait.

Is getting the certificate the only way to the process is moving? I keep an eye on my credit card under the assumption that once I see the charge it means the certificate is done. Anyone has experience with this?

You can track the timeline for getting pcc from fbi in the below thread.
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/fbi-pcc-t247817.4740.html

Not sure if you have applied for fbi pcc earlier for pr but a note is that the credit card charge for processing doesnt mean your prints are good enough to process. Some sticky software they have nowadays which rejects many of the guys prints. So hopefully your prints are good enough.

 

[McClane]

Thank you for your replies. My credit card was charged a couple of days ago. Hopefully the fingerprints were good and I receive the certificate soon. I took them in a very professional place, so I'm optimistic.

If there was an issue, would they send me a letter explaining?

 

[absolute_boy97]

Guys, should we send the SEALED ENVELOPE of the FBI background check result to CIC? Or can I open it and send the letter itself (not sealed any more) ?

 

[ChippyBoy]

Guys, should we send the SEALED ENVELOPE of the FBI background check result to CIC? Or can I open it and send the letter itself (not sealed any more) ?

You can open it and check it for accuracy and then simply fold the watermarked coverpage overleaf (don't unstaple it or pull that page off) before enclosing the original with your citizenship application.