Police Information Check--Multiple Names

[tommcp5 6]

My Canadian wife is the beneficiary and recently went to the RCMP station in Chilliwack, BC to get her police certificate. She has no prior arrests or convictions. Unfortunately, the clerks at the information window were very confused about what we were asking for (they kept insisting that she needed a fingerprint check and that it would take several weeks) so she was very stressed out. I was able to call the station and finally straighten it out, but in all the confusion when they ran the CPIC they only used her current married name. I had explained to my wife that the certificate also needed to reference her name from her prior marriage and her maiden name, but there doesn't appear to be any space on the form for those additional names to appear.

My question is for Canadian beneficiaries who have successfully submitted their PIC as part of the IV package--did your single certificate list all of your prior names (prior marriage, maiden name, etc) somewhere on the form, or did you have to obtain a separate PIC certificate for each name?

Did anyone submit an IV package with a PIC that just had your married name and DOB and it was successfully approved? Or have people received an RFE in that scenario?

We have all of the other documents and are ready to submit the IV and AOS packages, so I'd love to send them off today to get the ball rolling at NVC, but not if using a PIC with ONLY her married name would result in an automatic RFE. She's down here in the States visiting me for the next week, so she just can't stop back in the RCMP station to get the other PIC certificates, and it would add several weeks if she needed to go back up to Canada to get them. Thanks for any feedback!

[oncefuturealien 45]

The Vancouver PD clearance has a slot where you're supposed to fill in other names you have used besides your current name, as well as a slot for maiden name...I'm not sure why they didn't verify that info with her in the first place.

I can't answer your question though as I didn't change my name when I got married, so I only had the one name on my clearance. Good luck.

[falcngrl 3]

My interviewer was really focused on my police check and thought I should have had two other last names (that I never used but were prior spouses) included. On the Toronto police check form there were options for previous names used. I'd suggest sending what you have but getting a new one before the interview.

[NikLR 13,227]

She can go to the commissionaires if the RCMP there are not knowledgeable. There should be a spot for her to write down previous names on the form.

http://www.commissionaires.bc.ca/fingerprinting-id/criminal-record-checks/

Also there are no RFE's at the NVC stage, they issue checklists.

I'm not sure she'd get a checklist for this as the police certificate would be there and I'm not sure they actually pay attention since the document isn't actually looked at until interview. As long as the appropriate document was submitted by interview.

[brentos 53]

She can go to the commissionaires if the RCMP there are not knowledgeable. There should be a spot for her to write down previous names on the form.

http://www.commissionaires.bc.ca/fingerprinting-id/criminal-record-checks/

Also there are no RFE's at the NVC stage, they issue checklists.

I'm not sure she'd get a checklist for this as the police certificate would be there and I'm not sure they actually pay attention since the document isn't actually looked at until interview. As long as the appropriate document was submitted by interview.

I agree with NLR and in all honesty from my experience in the past (I have gotten police checks for prior jobs with the government) the Commissionaires really know what they are doing and they are probably more used to doing police checks for this type of thing then the police stations are.

[e&e4ever 16]

i listed my 2 prior names on the RCMP form, and they did search those 2 other names, however, they weren't listed on the actual background check form. At the Vancouver Consult interview I was told that all names had to be listed. I went back to the RCMP and explained that the document needed all my prior names. I was told they can check the names but not list them since legally those are no longer my names! I explained that it was a requirement to get my visa. Finally after some discussion with some more experienced, they listed all names as a.k.a eg: Brown Aka Halth aka Regean.