Have not lived in any country for 6 months consecutively besides Canada.

[BigMills]

I am from India and I turned 18 in may and graduated from highschool. On September, I got a study permit and went to study in Canada. Visited India every 6 months but stayed in India for 1 - 2 months. I began working in Canada after I graduated from university. Got 1 year of work experience and now I am eligible to apply for ITA.

My question is, I don't need to provide PCC at all for express entry? As far as I know, the rules say

• every country you (or a family member) stayed in during the last 10 years for 6 months or more in a row

You don’t need to give us police certificates for any period of time before you were 18 years old or for time spent in Canada.

Should I still apply for Indian PCC just in case? I read stories from online that say that the processing times for the Indian PCC is highly varied and that it may take 2 or sometimes 3 months to get the PCC.

Did anyone encountered this situation?

Thank you.

 

[gadhvibhargav]

Don't apply for the Indian PCC until you get ITA. If you find a box for you to upload an Indian PCC, post ITA during the e-APR, then apply for one from Canada, probably through BLS. With the BLS you will mostly get the PCC within 2 to 3 weeks.

 

[Peacekeeper87]

My suggestions are:
A- Get India PCC and submit it upfront, because the simple fact that you spend some time (even if less than 6 months) in your country of citizenship may trigger a request for India PCC. Submitting upfront even if the system doesn't require you to do so, may save up on some potential delay.
B- Get India PCC, and wait for the request, and submit it right away.

Remember, if you receive a request for a PCC, you're likely to get just 30 days maximum to submit it. You don't want to be caught off guard, especially if you have doubts on how long it takes. Plus it remains valid as long as it's issued after your last visit there...
It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. It's not a complicated process, might as well go that little extra 1/2 mile.