Hi everyone!
I'm a South African currently getting all the documents needed to immigrate to Canada. I lived in South Korea for 1 year working as an English teacher.
I understand that the Canada requires a police clearance certificate including lapsed records. Unfortunately, I spent an entire day at the police station showing them Canada's immigration website and pleading with them to give me that specific type of certificate but they refused. They said it was illegal for me to have it.
My Korean colleague, called her friend who is a police officer, her friend confirmed that it was illegal for me to have it. I also got another Korean colleague to speak to the officers at the police station for me, thinking it was a miscommunication, but they still insisted the document was illegal for me to have.
Finally, they gave me the usual police clearance certificate which does not include lapsed records.
I arrived in South Africa on 5th March 2020.
Please could you advise me on what to do. I am freaking out about having the wrong type of police clearance certificate. I really don't want it to affect my immigration process. Furthermore, I will not be returning to South Korea and I don't have any body in South Korea who can go to the police station for me.
Are there possibly any agents that I could contact? And if it is indeed illegal, will Canada accept the usual police clearance certificate?
I'm a South African currently getting all the documents needed to immigrate to Canada. I lived in South Korea for 1 year working as an English teacher.
I understand that the Canada requires a police clearance certificate including lapsed records. Unfortunately, I spent an entire day at the police station showing them Canada's immigration website and pleading with them to give me that specific type of certificate but they refused. They said it was illegal for me to have it.
My Korean colleague, called her friend who is a police officer, her friend confirmed that it was illegal for me to have it. I also got another Korean colleague to speak to the officers at the police station for me, thinking it was a miscommunication, but they still insisted the document was illegal for me to have.
Finally, they gave me the usual police clearance certificate which does not include lapsed records.
I arrived in South Africa on 5th March 2020.
Please could you advise me on what to do. I am freaking out about having the wrong type of police clearance certificate. I really don't want it to affect my immigration process. Furthermore, I will not be returning to South Korea and I don't have any body in South Korea who can go to the police station for me.
Are there possibly any agents that I could contact? And if it is indeed illegal, will Canada accept the usual police clearance certificate?
