Singapore Police Certificate for Citizenship

[dawn_canada]

Hi all,

There is requirement of having police clearance certificate if one has lived more than 183 days in last 4 years. I lived in Singapore for two years and then moved to Canada in Nov 2015 and will be eligible for Citizenship on Nov 2018.

Below snippet taken from canada.ca webpage:
Do I need to provide a Singapore Police certificate with my application for permanent residence? No. We will send you a letter requesting a police certificate after you send your application for permanent residence. You must bring that letter when you apply for a police certificate.

I find above instructions who are applying for PR but no instructions for who are applying for citizenship.

Below snippet is take from another canada.ca web :
Within the last 4 years, if you spent 183 days or more in another country (other than Canada), you must provide a police certificate. You must provide a police certificate for each country where you spent 183 days or more. If you cannot get a police certificate, tell us why.

I can explain why I cannot provide police clearance certificate mentioning that Singapore Police require letter from Canada's citizenship department but want to know if there is any other best way to deal with this situation.

 

[kaeleemom]

We're on the same page. Hope someone can guide us.

Hi all,

There is requirement of having police clearance certificate if one has lived more than 183 days in last 4 years. I lived in Singapore for two years and then moved to Canada in Nov 2015 and will be eligible for Citizenship on Nov 2018.

Below snippet taken from canada.ca webpage:
Do I need to provide a Singapore Police certificate with my application for permanent residence? No. We will send you a letter requesting a police certificate after you send your application for permanent residence. You must bring that letter when you apply for a police certificate.

I find above instructions who are applying for PR but no instructions for who are applying for citizenship.

Below snippet is take from another canada.ca web :
Within the last 4 years, if you spent 183 days or more in another country (other than Canada), you must provide a police certificate. You must provide a police certificate for each country where you spent 183 days or more. If you cannot get a police certificate, tell us why.

I can explain why I cannot provide police clearance certificate mentioning that Singapore Police require letter from Canada's citizenship department but want to know if there is any other best way to deal with this situation.

 

[dawn_canada]

I am trying to connect with someone who has already gone through this.
Do you guys think contacting CIC will help here?

 

[kaeleemom]

I am also trying to reach SG FSW group but seems no one started the application yet.

We can try reaching CIC as well.

I am trying to connect with someone who has already gone through this.
Do you guys think contacting CIC will help here?

 

[anandg12]

Did anyone find out about this? I will be applying in a year with a similar scenario. Will need a Singapore Police Certificate for 2 years stay in SG.

 

[powerstroke]

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/requirement-of-police-certificate-for-eligibility-period.596785/

This is my personal experience in a similar situation.

 

[dawn_canada]

Did anyone find out about this? I will be applying in a year with a similar scenario. Will need a Singapore Police Certificate for 2 years stay in SG.

I sent my application without PCC, and mentioned that if IRCC provides such kind of letter, then I will pursue in direction of getting CoC from Singapore Police. Let see how they process the application.

 

[rohan.aries]

I sent my application without PCC, and mentioned that if IRCC provides such kind of letter, then I will pursue in direction of getting CoC from Singapore Police. Let see how they process the application.

Did they accept your application without PCC?

 

[anandg12]

BUMP

Some questions for the above replies in thread:

How did your application turn out without submitting the PCC initially? Did IRCC contact you and send a letter asking for Singapore PCC? Also, how did you go about getting the PCC later (especially fingerprinting) if you don't live in Singapore anymore?

 

[dawn_canada]

Did they accept your application without PCC?

Yes, application was accepted and successfully processed without PCC. I am Canadian now.

 

[dawn_canada]

BUMP

Some questions for the above replies in thread:

How did your application turn out without submitting the PCC initially? Did IRCC contact you and send a letter asking for Singapore PCC? Also, how did you go about getting the PCC later (especially fingerprinting) if you don't live in Singapore anymore?

In my case they did not ask me PCC, I submitted my application without PCC. I think they explicitly mentioned in new forms that if you have been living in Canada since you left your home country then PCC not required for your 1 year stay in your home country. Though my home country was not Singapore but I lived last year in Singapore came directly to Canada.

 

[anandg12]

In my case they did not ask me PCC, I submitted my application without PCC. I think they explicitly mentioned in new forms that if you have been living in Canada since you left your home country then PCC not required for your 1 year stay in your home country. Though my home country was not Singapore but I lived last year in Singapore came directly to Canada.

Congrats on your citizenship! One last question, when you applied for your permanent residency, was it from Singapore as well?

 

[lea_r]

In my case they did not ask me PCC, I submitted my application without PCC. I think they explicitly mentioned in new forms that if you have been living in Canada since you left your home country then PCC not required for your 1 year stay in your home country. Though my home country was not Singapore but I lived last year in Singapore came directly to Canada.

Congratulations on getting your citizenship! If you don't mind, can you post here the wording of your explanation? Thank you very much!