Who needs a police certificate?
In general, you and all the people in your family who are 18 or older need to get a police certificate. You must get one from each country or territory where you have lived for six or more months in a row since the age of 18.
The certificate must be issued no more than three months before you apply.
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This 3 month rule is a really stupid rule by Canadian embassy , since most PCC are valid for 12 months.
The hoops you have to go through just to get a PCC in most countries is a nightmare, and by the time it arrives in our mail 1-2 months are gone and the date of issue on the PCC is 1-2 months back , so this 3 month rule by Canada screws you up , even though the PCC itself is valid for 12 months.
Anyways ..it is what it is ..not much you can do about it.
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My question is when I mail the application , do they check the post marked date on the application or when the actually receive the application and start processing it , to see if the PCC was issued in the last 3 months or not ?
Say the PCC was issued to me on July 1 -2013 ( date of issue on the PCC ) and I mail in my application on August 1- 2013 , and they open the application on Sep 1 - 2013 , do they see 3 months back PCC issued date validity , from Aug 1 ( post marked date ) or Sep 1 ( opening of my application date )
How exactly the PCC should not be issued more than 3 months back rule is applied , when does the 3 month countdown begin ?..although the PCC itself is valid for 12 months ?
