Police Certificates (PCs)
Police Certificates (PCs) form part of a complete application. Therefore, applicants, their spouse or common-law partners and their dependent children (aged 18 years or older), including non-accompanying dependents, would need to submit valid Police Certificates (PCs). The Police Certificates (PCs) would need to be from all countries or territories in which they have lived for six successive months or more, since the age of 18 years. They would need to submit this for all countries or territories except Canada.
Police Certificates (PCs) usually have a validity of one year from the date of issue. However, the applicants would need to ensure that the authorities issue the Police Certificates (PCs) no more than three months prior to when the applicants provide the Police Certificates (PCs) to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) as part of their electronic Applications for Permanent Residence (e-APRs).
As mentioned earlier, applicants have the ability to refer to the personalised document checklist in their MyCIC accounts. However, they would need to note that the system does not prompt applicants for individual Police Certificates (PCs) based on their declared residence and travel history.
Instead, the applicants would need to determine the Police Certificates (PCs) that they need to submit as part of their applications. Thereafter, they would need to compile the Police Certificates (PCs) into a single file. After this, they would need to upload this file as a single supporting document.
Applicants might need some tips on identifying how they could obtain Police Certificates (PCs). For this, they would need to refer to the website of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) for more details.
Note:
- This includes the requirement for the applicant to provide Police Certificates (PCs) for countries in which the applicant has travelled for six months or more
- This is applicable regardless of whether or not the applicant had an established residential address during this time
Source: Citizenship and Immigration
