Police certificate expiry after 3 months from what date?

[princesultan]

Hello all,

My wife received her police certificate from Malaysia dated June 15, 2013. We are about to send in the PR application next week. I understand that the police certificate expires after 3 months. Now I know it takes quite a while for CIC to update the status of the application upon them receiving it, so when will they count the validity of the 3 months expiry? From the day I mail it out? From the day they enter the application in their system? Are we safe with the expiry date if we mail it out next week?

Thanks!

 

[DaveSav]

When i called them about the same issue they told me as long as the certificate is valid when you submit your application it will be fine.

 

[scylla]

The date your application package is received by CIC (i.e. the day the application package arrives in their mailroom).

 

[princesultan]

The date your application package is received by CIC (i.e. the day the application package arrives in their mailroom).

how is this documented? i mean, it could arrive in their mail room and then 1 month later they record it in their system...

 

[parker24]

how is this documented? i mean, it could arrive in their mail room and then 1 month later they record it in their system...

When the postal person drops it off, it is recorded into the system and set into a pile.

 

[princesultan]

ok, so it should be relatively ok then i guess (i hope!!!).

 

[sakamath]

It is a common MYTH that a police certificate expires in 3 months.

Here's quote from CIC website

The certificate must have been issued no more than three months before you submit your application.

This does NOT mean that the PCC expires after 3 months. What it means is that, the date on which the certificate was issued should not be earlier than 3 months from the date of your application. So, if you submitted your application in June (Your application date is June 1st - it does not matter when it reaches CIC), then the date on PCC should not be less than Feb 1st (3 months before your application date).

What this means is, your PCC should be recent. You cannot submit an old copy of your PCC along with your application.

I have come across one link (do not have that now), where it mentioned that a PCC was "generally valid for 12 months". I have personally received a letter from CIC on my mom's application to submit a fresh PCC "if the PCC on file is older than 12 months".

Hope that helps.

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