Submitting application without police check

[andrew-brit]

Hi all.

I was previously told that some people submit their applications without their medical, and they send it in when it is requested.

I am wondering if it is the same for police checks?

I am British living living in Alberta and it would take 2-3 weeks for me to send in the police check forms, process it and have it sent back to me, so I am wondering if we can submit the spousal application without my British police check, and send it in in 2-3 weeks time? The first 2 months will be processing my wife, the sponsor, so this should not be an issue, right?

If I can send in the application without the police check certificate should I leave the checkbox for the police check unchecked? Or should I check it and then attach a letter to the certificate asking for it to be added to the application?

Thank you! Andrew

 

[Dreamtwitch]

The police check is a required document and will only delay your application if you leave it out. That 2-3 weeks of waiting on the police check to arrive could turn into months of a delayed application.

 

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I sent a message to the Sydney Visa Office before submitting our application:

The police check is estimated on the FBI site to take about a month, but we would really like to submit the visa application as soon as we can. Would it be possible to submit the whole application minus the police check to the Mississauga office for the sponsorship application, and then once we have received the FBI police check forward that to the Sydney office?

and I received the following reply:

Yes you can submit the application however please enclose a note to say you are in the process of obtaining the FBI certificate. You may send it to our office when it is available.

We submitted our application without the police certificate, but including a letter explaining that I would forward it once I received it from the FBI, and also printed out the email from the Sydney VO where they said it was OK and attached that as well. Once I got my UCI number, etc., from the Sydney VO I forwarded them my police certificate - I didn't wait for it to be requested. As far as I know this hasn't slowed down my application - the Sydney VO seems to be processing applications much slower now but I don't think mine has been delayed by sending it later. It was nice to have the written confirmation from the specific VO though, I can't speak for yours unfortunately. Maybe you can contact your visa office and ask?