criminal record needed after living in Canada UNDER a year

[Hoptastic 1]

Hello,

My wife and I just did DCF here in NZ and the lady at the counter asked my wife if she ever lived anywhere else besides Japan (where she is from) for more than a year. She said she lived in Canada for almost a year on a working holiday.

The lady said we probably should get a police record for Canada. The thing is that to get that police record for Canada, their website says it's going to take at LEAST 150 days. That's a long time!

I asked the lady what was the cut off and she said the person had to live in that country for 1 year or more. I said that my wife was there 11 months and 2 weeks. She said that we probably didn't need it and they'd have to look at the dates but we'd be splitting hairs.

Can we get by without getting one? Would that make us look like we are avoiding something? Who's call is it if we need one or not.

Thanks in advance.

[Virginian61 1]

Hello,

My wife and I just did DCF here in NZ and the lady at the counter asked my wife if she ever lived anywhere else besides Japan (where she is from) for more than a year. She said she lived in Canada for almost a year on a working holiday.

The lady said we probably should get a police record for Canada. The thing is that to get that police record for Canada, their website says it's going to take at LEAST 150 days. That's a long time!

I asked the lady what was the cut off and she said the person had to live in that country for 1 year or more. I said that my wife was there 11 months and 2 weeks. She said that we probably didn't need it and they'd have to look at the dates but we'd be splitting hairs.

Can we get by without getting one? Would that make us look like we are avoiding something? Who's call is it if we need one or not.

Thanks in advance.

Here's an excerpt from the Packet IV instructions. It looks like your wife is just under the 12 month requirement. Be prepared to document the duration of her stay in Canada with the stamps in her passport, plane tickets etc.

 FOREIGN POLICE RECORDS: Each applicant is required to submit a certificate from the appropriate judicial or police authorities from all countries (except for the United States) where the applicant has resided for twelve months or more since attaining the age of sixteen.

[besthopes 9]

It won't take too long to get the Police Certificate from RCMP. You should get it in a week after you apply. You have to be physically present there so that they can take your picture and do a name check in their database.

Visit the following website:

http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/