Ray of Hope - 85th Draw

[AnonUser17]

Is this true ? They changed rules again for PCC today ?
According to CICNEWS :-
Source : https://www.canadavisa.com/news/ircc-updates-police-certificates-requirement-for-express-entry.html


Police certificate(s):

• Must have been issued no more than six months before the submission of the e-APR;
• Must have been issued after the last time the applicant lived in that country;
• Are required upfront upon submission of the e-APR and are mandatory for each country (except Canada), where an individual has lived for six months or more in a row;
• Need to be a scan of the original police certificate(s) in color. Certified true copies and unauthorized copies are unacceptable and will result in the application being rejected as incomplete.

But CIC official site says:

• For the applicant’s current country of residence, the police certificate must have been issued no more than six months before the submission of the e-APR.

I think CICNEWS is wrong and they missed out an important wording "current country of residence" and giving out misleading information by their blog posters.

I have 2 Police Certificates from 2 countries I have lived for more than 6 months, they are already translated to english and are from more than 6 months ago, I am waiting for my invite any time now, if I have to get these papers again..... will be a big problem.

This is what Canada.ca says about this:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ess-entry/apply-permanent-residence.html#toc1

Police certificates
To immigrate to Canada, you and any family members 18 and older must include your police certificates as part of the application for permanent residence. You need one for every country, other than Canada, where you stayed for more than 6 months in a row.

If you need one from the country where you currently live, it must have been issued within the last 6 months.

If you need one from a country where you lived in the past, it must have been issued after you last lived in that country. If it has an expiry date and is now expired, include it. We will let you know if you need a new one.

If you have a criminal record, you may not be allowed to enter or stay in Canada. People who pose a risk to Canada’s security are also not allowed to come to Canada.

Police certificates must be scanned copies of the original certificate(s) in colour. Certified true copies or unauthorized copies will not be accepted and will result in your application being rejected.

 

[ankitptrivedi]

I have 2 Police Certificates from 2 countries I have lived for more than 6 months, they are already translated to english and are from more than 6 months ago, I am waiting for my invite any time now, if I have to get these papers again..... will be a big problem.

This is what Canada.ca says about this:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ess-entry/apply-permanent-residence.html#toc1

Police certificates
To immigrate to Canada, you and any family members 18 and older must include your police certificates as part of the application for permanent residence. You need one for every country, other than Canada, where you stayed for more than 6 months in a row.

If you need one from the country where you currently live, it must have been issued within the last 6 months.

If you need one from a country where you lived in the past, it must have been issued after you last lived in that country. If it has an expiry date and is now expired, include it. We will let you know if you need a new one.

If you have a criminal record, you may not be allowed to enter or stay in Canada. People who pose a risk to Canada’s security are also not allowed to come to Canada.

Police certificates must be scanned copies of the original certificate(s) in colour. Certified true copies or unauthorized copies will not be accepted and will result in your application being rejected.

I think the only change is that now you only need a PCC if you lived in a country for 6 months or more consecutively instead of cumulative. So PCC from foreign countries can still be accepted as long as you didn’t visit after obtaining the PCC.

 

[Kollina]

No draw for today.

 

[rajats13]

To immigrate to Canada, you and any family members 18 and older must include your police certificates as part of the application for permanent residence. You need one for every country, other than Canada, where you stayed for more than 6 months in a row.

Hi, Is there a time span for this. I have lived in US, Switzerland and UK each for more than 6 months but that was all before 2008. (More than 10 years ago). You think, will I still require Police certificate?

 

[DelPiero07]

Hi, Is there a time span for this. I have lived in US, Switzerland and UK each for more than 6 months but that was all before 2008. (More than 10 years ago). You think, will I still require Police certificate?

The requirement is living 6 months in a row since the age of 18.

 

[Tech_girl123]

I have 2 Police Certificates from 2 countries I have lived for more than 6 months, they are already translated to english and are from more than 6 months ago, I am waiting for my invite any time now, if I have to get these papers again..... will be a big problem.

This is what Canada.ca says about this:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ess-entry/apply-permanent-residence.html#toc1

Police certificates
To immigrate to Canada, you and any family members 18 and older must include your police certificates as part of the application for permanent residence. You need one for every country, other than Canada, where you stayed for more than 6 months in a row.

If you need one from the country where you currently live, it must have been issued within the last 6 months.

If you need one from a country where you lived in the past, it must have been issued after you last lived in that country. If it has an expiry date and is now expired, include it. We will let you know if you need a new one.

If you have a criminal record, you may not be allowed to enter or stay in Canada. People who pose a risk to Canada’s security are also not allowed to come to Canada.

Police certificates must be scanned copies of the original certificate(s) in colour. Certified true copies or unauthorized copies will not be accepted and will result in your application being rejected.

well can some one help me understand my case. I am an indian citizen. I was living in usa since march- december . Came back to india for 3 months.. will be going back end of march. so only 1 from usa will do ?

 

[Dr. Khan]

Is it necessary to have an average balance of about of $20,000 for three members of the family in the bank account for the past six months at the time of uploading the documents after receiving ITA? Or it’s fine too, to deposit this much money in an empty bank account and have a statement with current balance amount is $20,000 but last six month no money? I actually work in a foreign country and always used my wife’s account for all transactions, can I use my wife’s account too?

 

[hishamx87]

The Police certificate that you provided with your application is not acceptable. Please consult our website in order to determine the required document. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...on/medicalpolice/police-certificates/how.html

I submitted an online certificate that they don't accept - I was required to get mine from court. It was stated in CIC website but I didn't pay attention to that point.

Was it UAE PCC?

 

[mary99]

Still waiting Will there be a draw or not

 

[mary99]

No draw for today.

Are you sure?

 

[shersingh]

Is it necessary to have an average balance of about of $20,000 for three members of the family in the bank account for the past six months at the time of uploading the documents after receiving ITA? Or it’s fine too, to deposit this much money in an empty bank account and have a statement with current balance amount is $20,000 but last six month no money? I actually work in a foreign country and always used my wife’s account for all transactions, can I use my wife’s account too?

6 months of balance will show that you have had that money for long period. So, 5 months 0 and current month 20K wont do. You could use your spouse bank statment - make it a joint account or add yourself as a user who has authority to withdraw money.

 

[special3220]

Still waiting Will there be a draw or not

There is still time for a draw today but looking unlikely

 

[Blancais]

Was it UAE PCC?

No - Morocco

 

[pessacanada]

No - Morocco

Are you currently living in Morocco?
There are 2 types of PCC for this country

 

[BEA78]

The requirement is living 6 months in a row since the age of 18.

Not necessarily in a row, it's in total. So if you visit a country frequently and the total number of days you've spent there since your 18th birthday is 180 or more (6 months), you may need a PCC from that country.

My brother, who is now a PR (got CoPR 2 weeks ago), had IRCC request an FBI police check even though he has never lived in the US after his 18th birthday, but he travels there frequently and his total number of days was over 180. Even though some pages in the CIC website say "6 months in a row", in some other places it says anywhere you've spent 6 months or more in total, wether living or traveling. So just in case I'd get all PCC's that could fall into that.