It depends on the country. It is required upfront for certain countries, others NO. If required for your country; yes it will be returned to you by regular mail. Do you try to get a temporary number(XF) from IRCC? If so, you can update your file with the PCC before they process it.I forgot to include the police clearance certificate when sending my spousal application. I sent it last month. Will IRCC return the entire application or will they simply request me to send just the PCC? I feel like it would be pretty brutal if they just returned the entire application because of this
Yes, it's definitely required by the country (India) upfront. Is there any chance they could just request me to send the PCC after? Second question, do they also return the application if an incorrect PCC is sent with the application?
They sometimes request one if it was forgotten. But thats rare, the chances that they will just return it are incredibly high.
Without a note explaining why it is missed, they return it right away. The chance is high, incredibly high like you said.
U could send a webform if your Application is received already just add as much information about your application u possibly can they may able to locate it write a explanation letter as well an u can also photocopy the police certificate and attach it to the webform, not saying it won't be return but this method can help because I have done this without a application number for my file previouslyI forgot to include the police clearance certificate when sending my outland spousal application. Will IRCC return the entire application or will they simply request me to send just the PCC? I feel like it would be pretty brutal if they just returned the entire application because of this
Which is your situation, you have given us 2 scenarios now, no PCC included or the wrong one?
Gotcha. I think the original poster is the one who forgot to attach theirs. Me and my wife believe that we gave the wrong one because it's from a local police station in India as opposed to being one that is some kind of all inclusive one for the entire country. It's even more frustrating because IRCC's website literally says a PCC can be obtained from local police stations in India, but everyone on the forum says those aren't the valid type.
Can't tell you, I don't know. Have to just hope they will request the one they want if it's different than what you provided.
I do not know but you're correct that the IRCC website says you can get from local police. Was it entitled Police Clearance Certificate?
be prepared for the worst mateI forgot to include the police clearance certificate when sending my outland spousal application. Will IRCC return the entire application or will they simply request me to send just the PCC? I feel like it would be pretty brutal if they just returned the entire application because of this
I am assuming it would be return. We hit a problem with ours a while back where we couldn't confirm our application had been received or even where it was due to covid and post in May 2020. We ended up sending one back via courrier service to have a confirmation of delivery in August 2020 after neither PostNL or Canada Post could confirm where it was. We added a note as to why we were sending it again, which was our assumption that it had been lost due to what I mentioned and apologized if they had actually received it.I forgot to include the police clearance certificate when sending my outland spousal application. Will IRCC return the entire application or will they simply request me to send just the PCC? I feel like it would be pretty brutal if they just returned the entire application because of this
