Police certificate question

[smallcoffee]

Hello,

I plan on sponsoring my spouse soon and would like to know which police certificates to get. My spouse was born in Russia, lived in Finland since she was 16 and lived in Cyprus for about a year. She's now 29. We now live in France.

From my understanding she would only need 2 police certificates: France and Finland. Am I wrong?

This is what IRCC mentions:

Police certificates
You (the principal applicant), and any family members 18 or older (who are not already Canadian citizens or permanent residents), must submit police certificates from the following country or countries with your application:

• The country where you (or they) currently live, if you have lived there for six months or more.
  and
  
• The country where you (or they) have spent most of your (their) life since the age of 18.

Is there any chance they would need the Russian and Cyprus certificates?

 

[Xilikon]

I don't think the Russian PCC is needed but I would get Cyprus PCC to be sure. I remember seeing people telling IRCC requested more PCC beside these two (basically need a PCC for every country if it is more than 6 month in those countries). Better be safe than sorry.

 

[bimale4bipeople]

As @Xilikon mentioned above, since she lived in Cyprus for about a year, a PCC from Cyprus will be required for her