PCC Requirement for Citizenship Application

[vancitybound18]

Hello All,

Please help with this query.

My brother became PR on Feb 12, 2019
He is eligible to apply for citizenship on Feb 13, 2022. (Completing three years as PR)

He did not leave Canada at all during these three years.

As per the citizenship requirements you need to provide PCC, if you stayed in a country for more than six months in last four years? Since he was in India before becoming PR on Feb 12, 2019. Does he need to provide PCC? I have read some posts where PCC was not submitted.

Thanks in advance!

 

[RJ2020]

Hello All,

Please help with this query.

My brother became PR on Feb 12, 2019
He is eligible to apply for citizenship on Feb 13, 2022. (Completing three years as PR)

He did not leave Canada at all during these three years.

As per the citizenship requirements you need to provide PCC, if you stayed in a country for more than six months in last four years? Since he was in India before becoming PR on Feb 12, 2019. Does he need to provide PCC? I have read some posts where PCC was not submitted.

Thanks in advance!

According to the instruction guide, no. Here is the instruction:

Source:https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0002-application-canadian-citizenship-under-subsection-5-1-adults-18-years-older.html

You need to provide a police certificate from each country, other than Canada, if you were there

• in the past 4 years
• for 183 days or more in a row
• since the age of 18

Indicate in the chart the name of each country and provide a police certificate.

You don’t need to provide a police certificate if

• you were in your country of origin immediately prior to becoming a permanent resident and landing in Canada, and
• this time falls within the past 4 years