Police Clearance Certificate

[mudassarshareef1993]

In the past 4 years, were you in a country or territory other than Canada for 183 days or more in a row (since the age of 18)?
It goes on further to say:
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

This is quite confusing.
For many of the students who came to Canada as a student and later became a permanent resident and stayed in Canada itself and never went back to their home country this is not clear.
In my case:
I came to Canada as a student in 1st Dec 2019 and became a permanent resident on February 2022 since then I have never gone back to India and my eligibility window is May 6th 2019 to May 6th 2024. Now that I have completed my days,

1. do I still need to provide a fresh PCC just because the clause says since the age of 18 ?
2. Provide a fresh PCC as my eligibility window says that I was in India for more than 183 days before coming to Canada as a student ?
3. Or Can I repurpose the same PCC as I never went back to my home country(India) after landing in Canada ?
4. Or Not provide any PCC and get ahead with the application.

 

[abbas.pasha]

In the past 4 years, were you in a country or territory other than Canada for 183 days or more in a row (since the age of 18)?
It goes on further to say:
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

This is quite confusing.
For many of the students who came to Canada as a student and later became a permanent resident and stayed in Canada itself and never went back to their home country this is not clear.
In my case:
I came to Canada as a student in 1st Dec 2019 and became a permanent resident on February 2022 since then I have never gone back to India and my eligibility window is May 6th 2019 to May 6th 2024. Now that I have completed my days,

1. do I still need to provide a fresh PCC just because the clause says since the age of 18 ?
2. Provide a fresh PCC as my eligibility window says that I was in India for more than 183 days before coming to Canada as a student ?
3. Or Can I repurpose the same PCC as I never went back to my home country(India) after landing in Canada ?
4. Or Not provide any PCC and get ahead with the application.

See the following examples to help you answer this question.

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#Step4
Example 1

You lived in France for one year (365 days) before you became a permanent resident 3 years ago. You did not travel to France after you became a permanent resident. You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from France if you did not provide one with your immigration application. If you provided a police certificate from France with your immigration application, tell us this in the box provided at Question 10b.

Example 2

You became a permanent resident 3 years and 9 months ago. In the past 4 years, you lived in Brazil for 3 months (90 days) before you became a permanent resident and you returned to Brazil to visit family for 4 months (120 days) after you became a permanent resident. You would answer “No” to the question and you would not need to provide a police certificate from Brazil because you did not spend 183 days or more in a row in Brazil.

Example 3

In the past 4 years, you took 10 trips to the United States of America (USA). Each trip lasted 3 weeks, for a total of 210 days. You would answer “No” to the question and you would not need to provide a police certificate from the USA because you did not spend 183 days or more in a row in the USA.

Example 4

In the past 4 years, you travelled to Singapore four times for work. The first trip was for 30 days; the second trip was for 200 days; the third trip was for 60 days; and the fourth trip was for 120 days. While in Singapore, you took a trip to Malaysia (10 days) and Thailand (10 days). You would answer “Yes” to the question and you would need to provide a police certificate from Singapore because your second trip was more than 183 days in a row. You would not need to provide police certificates from Malaysia or Thailand.

Example 5

In the past 4 years, you took 1 trip to Europe where you visited Portugal (5 days), Spain (7 days), France (10 days), Belgium (3 days), Netherlands (3 days), Germany (21 days), Switzerland (7 days) and Italy (21 days). You took a second trip to Europe where you visited Ireland (14 days), Scotland (14 days) and England (21 days). You went to Germany for a business trip that lasted 60 days. The total time you were outside of Canada was 186 days but you were not in a single country for 183 days or more in a row. You would answer “No” to the question and you would not need to provide police certificates from any of the countries.

 

[Seym]

You came to Canada more than 4 years ago and became a PR from within Canada. You didn't spend 183 consecutive days in India in the past 4 years, so, you don't need a PCC...