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why the police certificate is valid for only 3 months?

faming

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I checked the cIc website and they said that the police certificate is valid for one year. Why you guys saying 3 months?
 

MenicMonday

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Tell you what, why don't you post the link where you got that info, then I will give you a link relating to the "3 months"...how's that?
 

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faming said:
I checked the cIc website and they said that the police certificate is valid for one year. Why you guys saying 3 months?
Yes. PCC valid for a year. CIC ask that if you submit PCC along with your application should have 3 months old not longer. That is why during the processing time of your PR application sometimes they ask an updated PCC if it will take longer. :)
 

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www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5609ETOC.asp#5609E4

Scroll down to the police certificate bit. For some reason my phone won't let me copy the text but it states that it needs to be 3 months old at the time of application.
 

canadavisa13

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faming,

the PCC has an expiry date of 3 months but as long as CIC receive it before its expired then you are good to go because CIC consider it valid for one year from its date of issue.
 

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faming said:
I checked the cIc website and they said that the police certificate is valid for one year. Why you guys saying 3 months?
The PCC must be "recent" when you apply, for CIC that means it cannot be more than 3 months old at the time you submit your application. CIC considers it valid for 1 year - if it takes more than 1 year to process your application, CIC might request new PCCs...