PCC requirements

[renesa05]

Hi,
Due to covid19 my wife was stuck(lockdown and flight cancellations) in our home country for more than 183 days. Does anyone know if IRCC has made any changes for PCC rules due to Covid as I guess a lot of people are in similar situations? To be clear I wanted to find out if PCC is required for citizenship application or an explanation will do.
Thank you.

 

[rajkamalmohanram]

Hi,
Due to covid19 my wife was stuck(lockdown and flight cancellations) in our home country for more than 183 days. Does anyone know if IRCC has made any changes for PCC rules due to Covid as I guess a lot of people are in similar situations? To be clear I wanted to find out if PCC is required for citizenship application or an explanation will do.
Thank you.

I don't think IRCC has made any exception pertaining to waiving PCCs for applicants who have been outside of Canada for more than 183 days in a row in the past 4 years.

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

Police certificate(s)

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

If you can’t get a police certificate, tell us why in the explanation box.

To be valid, the police certificate must be either issued

• after the last time you were in that country, or
• no more than 6 months before the date you sign your citizenship application

We may request a police certificate at any point during processing, even if you submitted a valid certificate with your application.

She must submit PCC for the country she spent more than 183 days in a row irrespective of whether it was because of COVID-19 or not.

 

[Md Abdullah al mamun]

hi guys

i do have another question if someone can help my with that it would be wonderful, i was going through the check list for citizenship application and there is a part of it i got really confused,

its about police clearance certificate, it tells within last 4 years if applicant was outside of canada over 183 days he/she must submit police clearance certificate,

its been 3 years i am living in canada and just passed 1098 days and never want back to back home or anywhere else. so do i still have to get a police clearance certificate form back home, according to check list it seems like, if i calculate last 4 years technically first year i was beck home and last three years in canada. please advice, thanks