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PCC - Which and which addresses to be mentioned?

smhamza

Star Member
Oct 22, 2018
105
2
I have queries about PCC!

Is it must to mention exact addresses in PCC that are mentioned anywhere in the application and/or documents?

I image - What if one lives in and has lived in several addresses in particular country but the PCC (as per protocol of that country) only mentions that there is no criminal record - that's all.

To put the question more systematically:

IRCC expects addresses to be mentioned in your PCC against

A. Data\forms filled in application (e.g. Personal history, travel history, address history, etc.)

B. All addresses mentioned anywhere in documents submitted to IRCC e.g. educational documents, experience documents, marriage certificate, etc.

C. Both above

The reason I am asking these questions is that I lived in one address before marriage and at other/current address after marriage. the address where I lived before marriage is mentioned in marriage certificate.

In case of jurisdiction that concerns me, they issue PCC in which only address mentioned in CNIC (national identity document) is mentioned - that's all - previous addresses are not mentioned. timelines are not mentioned either . only "no criminal record till date" is mentioned.

Now I am worried and concerned how to tackle address mentioned in my marriage certificate?
 

Hyper1013

Champion Member
Aug 21, 2024
1,927
902
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I have queries about PCC!

Is it must to mention exact addresses in PCC that are mentioned anywhere in the application and/or documents?

I image - What if one lives in and has lived in several addresses in particular country but the PCC (as per protocol of that country) only mentions that there is no criminal record - that's all.

To put the question more systematically:

IRCC expects addresses to be mentioned in your PCC against

A. Data\forms filled in application (e.g. Personal history, travel history, address history, etc.)

B. All addresses mentioned anywhere in documents submitted to IRCC e.g. educational documents, experience documents, marriage certificate, etc.

C. Both above

The reason I am asking these questions is that I lived in one address before marriage and at other/current address after marriage. the address where I lived before marriage is mentioned in marriage certificate.

In case of jurisdiction that concerns me, they issue PCC in which only address mentioned in CNIC (national identity document) is mentioned - that's all - previous addresses are not mentioned. timelines are not mentioned either . only "no criminal record till date" is mentioned.

Now I am worried and concerned how to tackle address mentioned in my marriage certificate?
PCC is valid for whole country, so, doesn't matter where you stayed before or after marriage. Just give all the addresses that you stayed in. IRCC really don't care about where you stayed. They ask for the address for their record-keeping!
 

smhamza

Star Member
Oct 22, 2018
105
2
PCC is valid for whole country, so, doesn't matter where you stayed before or after marriage. Just give all the addresses that you stayed in. IRCC really don't care about where you stayed. They ask for the address for their record-keeping!
In my case, issuing authority is not country but city. In my country, each city gives its own PCC.