Canadian police checks..

[TheFantastics09 19]

Well, I am crossing my fingers that Montreal will be lenient (if necessary) and let me use my police check if it is over '6 months'.

[S&B 1]

Got my police check in Ottawa, Ontario, walked into the RCMP headquarters downtown.

Yeah, I went through the OPP; that was probably my problem =P

[marymary 0]

I got a criminal record check too. I asked for the ones with the finger prints. The office told me in order to get the national check i have to send the fingerprints they just took to Ottawa to the receiver general. I was told to put in a money order for $25 and expect a response with a minimum of 2 months. I sent it late Dec and am still waiting.

Did anyone else get this done? I have no criminal record. I was reading some responses about a name check...the name check does not have any fingerprints...did the consulate accept this?

SO confusing

[marymary 0]

I got both police checks done. I don't have a criminal record so it took only a week to get it back after I got my fingerprints taken. I did both just for my own peace of mind and I gave them both when I went for my interview.

I was looking at your timeline! and i'm jealous...your timeline is somewhat the exact opposite of mine. I requested a transfer to montreal (stupid move) I was hoping for a medical and interview in one trip but now since montreal takes so long i have to go back twice.

[Piefre 15]

I got a criminal record check too. I asked for the ones with the finger prints. The office told me in order to get the national check i have to send the fingerprints they just took to Ottawa to the receiver general. I was told to put in a money order for $25 and expect a response with a minimum of 2 months. I sent it late Dec and am still waiting.

Did anyone else get this done? I have no criminal record. I was reading some responses about a name check...the name check does not have any fingerprints...did the consulate accept this?

SO confusing

I'd like to know this as well. I also have no criminal record but I think I read somewhere that if you don't have a criminal record, the check without the fingerprints is acceptable. I'm thinking of going to get mine soon so if I need to get the one that takes a long time I can order it now and be ready.

What do you do to get a police check, by the way? Do you just walk into your local police station and tell them what you need? I've never been inside a police station before.

[Flames9_RN 358]

POLICE CHECKS: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/Canada#Police_Checks

Quite simple(and ur in Canada)--no criminal history = NO FINGERPRINTING!!!!

Tiem wise it varies from station to station--some you Stns give them out within minutes, some days some a week. Some charge a fee, some do not!

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I'd like to know this as well. I also have no criminal record but I think I read somewhere that if you don't have a criminal record, the check without the fingerprints is acceptable. I'm thinking of going to get mine soon so if I need to get the one that takes a long time I can order it now and be ready.

What do you do to get a police check, by the way? Do you just walk into your local police station and tell them what you need? I've never been inside a police station before.

Yep, I simply walked in and asked for a record check. I filled out a form, he did a search on my name, signed off that there were no records found with my name/birth date, and sealed it with the official seal and that was it. Took maybe ten minutes.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Yep, I simply walked in and asked for a record check. I filled out a form, he did a search on my name, signed off that there were no records found with my name/birth date, and sealed it with the official seal and that was it. Took maybe ten minutes.

See my above post--great link and it VARIES from station to station. But normally the easiest piece of paperwork to obtain, some hand them out on the spot, some take much longer

[BermyCat 1]

The other time you need the fingerprint version of the criminal record check is if you live outside of Canada. I'm Canadian and lived in Canada for a long time but was living in Bermuda when I immigrated so the name check was not sufficient for me.

~ Catherine

[Canadiandggal 49]

The other time you need the fingerprint version of the criminal record check is if you live outside of Canada. I'm Canadian and lived in Canada for a long time but was living in Bermuda when I immigrated so the name check was not sufficient for me.

~ Catherine

Or IF you are outside of Canada at the time of submitting the information... Although I would have needed a fingerprint one

anyways. I was visiting my husband for as long as possible and did not want to return to Canada to have it all done in Canada so

I stayed and got a local place In PA to do my prints and sent them away. The rcmp fingerprint time line for me was just over 60

days to receive the police certificate.

[canada_socks 97]

Now, I read that we need to have a police check done for any place you lived for over a year since you were 16. I lived in London Ontario for a little while when I went to college but was never there for more than a college term (I think it was like 9 months at a time). Do I still need one for London? Do I have to actually go to London to get it or can my police station get that? Do I go to my local police or the OPP?

[iampatricias 17]

I had a Canada-wide police check done, partly because my job requested it (I work with minors) and partly for the sake of my K1 application.

Basically, I went into my city's police station, was directed to the records department, said, "I need a police check, like the kind for all of Canada, and for working with minors" and the lady said, "Ah yes." So I filled in a piece of paper, paid a fee ($45?), and was told to give it 6 weeks, call to check that it was ready, and then collect it again. When I came back, I asked again, "this is good for all of Canada, right?" and was assured that it was. I did not supply finger prints.

Since I've lived in 4 or 5 different parts of the country since I was 16, I'm counting on this particular check to really be "nation-wide" and it's dated October 22, 2010. Montreal interviews are being booked into May now, which will make my check more than 6 months old, so I am also hoping there will be some flexibility on that particular policy.

[Danu 19]

You don't need to go to every town/province you have lived in since you were 16, just to your local station to request a Canada wide search. Your documentation should say something about CPIC on it, which is the way you know a full search has been done.