Police Certificate, Medical Exam: expiration, when to send?

[Amalthea]

LOL! No worries; we've all done it I'm sure.
(Some of us more than once).


PCC's are now valid for 6 months, if you still live in that country. Much longer (apparently) if you're no longer in that country.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/intro.asp
(Updated 23 Apr 2015)

For the country you currently live in, the police certificate must be issued no more than six months before you apply.

For countries where you have lived for six months or more, the police certificate must be issued after the last time you lived in that country.

Oh, wonderful!! Thank you for the update. Good to know. It's amazing how quickly and often the rules change

 

[poeticaesthetic]

Hi Amalthea, I just responded to your PM, but I'll post here too. Yes, this is an old thread, although we did have some delays and only just sent our app in a week or two ago!

My husband has no criminal charges. He was never sentenced to jail time for a criminal offense. He was once (in 2009) charged with Frequenting, a misdemeanor (this is not a criminal offense). He was sentenced to sheriff's labor and a fine. He accidentally didn't sign up for his sheriff's labor before the expiration date on his form, and didn't realize, and no one told him when he went to sign up that it would be too late (!). When he went to the courthouse to pay his fine, they noticed he was late for his labour, arrested him and put him in jail for 4 days. After that, they wiped all charges from his record. This doesn't count, does it? I would think that it wouldn't. He has been living with me in Canada since 2012 and they asked him about his charges when he came in...he explained that it was all taken care of (then again, he hasn't had any border crossings since then). He has no criminal record with the FBI (his record is clear for the Police Certificate we sent). It was also in 2009, so I'm guessing even if it was an issue, it probably is past the 5 year mark. Am I right?

 

[Amalthea]

Hi Amalthea, I just responded to your PM, but I'll post here too. Yes, this is an old thread, although we did have some delays and only just sent our app in a week or two ago!

My husband has no criminal charges. He was never sentenced to jail time for a criminal offense. He was once (in 2009) charged with Frequenting, a misdemeanor (this is not a criminal offense). He was sentenced to sheriff's labor and a fine. He accidentally didn't sign up for his sheriff's labor before the expiration date on his form, and didn't realize, and no one told him when he went to sign up that it would be too late (!). When he went to the courthouse to pay his fine, they noticed he was late for his labour, arrested him and put him in jail for 4 days. After that, they wiped all charges from his record. This doesn't count, does it? I would think that it wouldn't. He has been living with me in Canada since 2012 and they asked him about his charges when he came in...he explained that it was all taken care of (then again, he hasn't had any border crossings since then). He has no criminal record with the FBI (his record is clear for the Police Certificate we sent). It was also in 2009, so I'm guessing even if it was an issue, it probably is past the 5 year mark. Am I right?

Is there anything showing up on his background check?

 

[poeticaesthetic]

Is there anything showing up on his background check?

With the FBI? There is nothing on his FBI background check. His police record is clear.

 

[Ponga]

Hi Amalthea, I just responded to your PM, but I'll post here too. Yes, this is an old thread, although we did have some delays and only just sent our app in a week or two ago!

My husband has no criminal charges. He was never sentenced to jail time for a criminal offense. He was once (in 2009) charged with Frequenting, a misdemeanor (this is not a criminal offense). He was sentenced to sheriff's labor and a fine. He accidentally didn't sign up for his sheriff's labor before the expiration date on his form, and didn't realize, and no one told him when he went to sign up that it would be too late (!). When he went to the courthouse to pay his fine, they noticed he was late for his labour, arrested him and put him in jail for 4 days. After that, they wiped all charges from his record. This doesn't count, does it? I would think that it wouldn't. He has been living with me in Canada since 2012 and they asked him about his charges when he came in...he explained that it was all taken care of (then again, he hasn't had any border crossings since then). He has no criminal record with the FBI (his record is clear for the Police Certificate we sent). It was also in 2009, so I'm guessing even if it was an issue, it probably is past the 5 year mark. Am I right?

The critical question is how he answered the question in the application. Did he say `Yes' to the question(s) that ask if he'd even been arrested or detained. If he said no...he may have a real problem.

It doesn't matter if the charges were later reduced or dropped, because he was in fact arrested. Answering `no' could certainly be seen as misrepresentation.

 

[poeticaesthetic]

The critical question is how he answered the question in the application. Did he say `Yes' to the question(s) that ask if he'd even been arrested or detained. If he said no...he may have a real problem.

It doesn't matter if the charges were later reduced or dropped, because he was in fact arrested. Answering `no' could certainly be seen as misrepresentation.

He said yes, then attached an explanation for everything that happened and explained that his record is now clean.

 

[Grace2016]

Hi everyone! I'm from Philippines i just want to know how many months did upfront medical will expire ?while I'm waiting for my Permanent Resident Visa to have it on hand..Please Help!