IRCC updates police certificates requirement for Express Entry

[Darksith79]

New rules for the pcc have been issued

https://www.canadavisa.com/news/ircc-updates-police-certificates-requirement-for-express-entry.html

 

[zagcollins]

interesting tweak

 

[aks.abhi9]

Need clarity: Travel History for Past 10 years need to be shared post ITA for all the countries a person had visited.
Please refer below timeline and suggest Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) requirement under Canada Express Entry for me as I worked in Qatar and Oman between 1st Feb 2008 to 10th Feb 2009.
India to Qatar: 1-Feb-2008
Qatar to Oman: 17-Apr-2008 {◆2.5 months stay in Qatar}
Oman to India: 4-Sep-2008 {◆4 months, 17 days in Oman}
India to Oman: 21-Sep-2008 {◆17 days in India)
Oman to Qatar: 19-Jan-2009 {◆4 months in Oman}
Qatar to India: 10-Feb-2009 {◆21 days in Qatar)

Please refer guidelines from Canadian Govt. on obtaining PCC with example:-
Online system will ask for a police certificate for:

• you and your family members who are 18 years or older

and

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

Examples of when to get a police certificate:
If you’re not sure if you need to get a police certificate, these examples may help you understand when you need one

Example A: 7-month stay 20 years ago

Feras is 45 years old. He worked in Turkey for 7 months when he was 25 years old. The system will not ask him for a police certificate from Turkey.

Example B: Several short stays in another country
Lailah studied in Spain between 2014 and 2017, for several 4-month study periods but she did not stay there for 6 months or more in a row. The system will not ask for a police certificate, but an officer may ask for one from Spain after she submits her application. To avoid delays, Lailah could ask for a police certificate from Spain and submit it with her application.

I am seeking answer/ help for below mentioned both scenarios:
(1) Current I have completed almost 9 years & 4 months of my above quoted travel of Oman (4 months + 4.5 months stay duration). Now if I get ITA, then PCC is required from Oman stay?
(2) If I will delay the submission of Express Entry profile for 8 months and complete the 10 Years (over 10 years) travel window, then PCC for Oman is required for me?

 

[safarizone]

aks.abhi

Just fill out the travel history in your application. The system will show you which PCCs are required according to the dates that you have put in.

 

[Aman6591]

Hello,

Can you tell me if I need a PCC for my country of origin (India) if I have never stayed there for more than 6 months in a ROW?

I am based in kuwait, and I moved here when i was 1 year old and since then I have only visited India for around 2 - 3 weeks (in a row) in a year maximum.

Cumulatively, I have completed around 250 days in india in the last 10 years. But not in a row.


I have already applied for a PCC from india but its been 2.5 months since I am waiting for a response from them. My application deadline for eAPR is just a few days away now.


Awaiting response.

 

[hammoda4ever]

Hello,

Can you tell me if I need a PCC for my country of origin (India) if I have never stayed there for more than 6 months in a ROW?

I am based in kuwait, and I moved here when i was 1 year old and since then I have only visited India for around 2 - 3 weeks (in a row) in a year maximum.

Cumulatively, I have completed around 250 days in india in the last 10 years. But not in a row.


I have already applied for a PCC from india but its been 2.5 months since I am waiting for a response from them. My application deadline for eAPR is just a few days away now.


Awaiting response.

Hello,
I'm in the same situation as you, did you find out whether you need a PCC from the country of origin even if you didn't spend 6 months in a row in the past 10 years?

 

[Aman6591]

Hello,
I'm in the same situation as you, did you find out whether you need a PCC from the country of origin even if you didn't spend 6 months in a row in the past 10 years?

Hey, so basically I applied for a PCC from India and since it did not come in time, i explained in my LOE that - "although, I have never lived in the India for more than 6 months in a row, we have still applied for a PCC. Please note that, we are still awaiting the PCC from the authorities."
and then I attached the PCC receipt.

So after one month of my AOR I got the PCC from the embassy and I raised a CSE through they webform and sent the document. They just got back to me saying that the doc is received, however, i think that was an automated reply.

So i dont know if they even needed it, because there was no official communication/additional document request regarding this.

Worked out fine, because i got my CoPR