Urgent: New police certificate requirement!!!

[HarryWL 262]

28 minutes ago, MeghanK said:

I like your style lol, we will probably do the same unless we see concrete evidence that privacy act alone gets rejected at interview  

 

May the odds be ever in our favor 😁

[Katie and Mark 16]

I just stumbled across this forum, I am a k1 visa applicant.

what exactly did you guys ask for when you went to get this done? I read this whole forum and am still a bit confused. 

 

 

Am I asking for both certified (for visa/immigration purposes) and non certified criminal background checks under the privacy act with the RCMP? 

I don’t mind paying the extra I assume as a k1 it might be easier cause we just bring everything with us id rather be overly prepared. 

[MariahK 16]

6 minutes ago, Katie and Mark said:

I just stumbled across this forum, I am a k1 visa applicant.

what exactly did you guys ask for when you went to get this done? I read this whole forum and am still a bit confused. 

 

 

Am I asking for both certified (for visa/immigration purposes) and non certified criminal background checks under the privacy act with the RCMP? 

I don’t mind paying the extra I assume as a k1 it might be easier cause we just bring everything with us id rather be overly prepared. 

Yes I would still get both the certified criminal record check with fingerprints that states for immigrations purposes and the Privacy Act criminal record check. I got my certified criminal record check through Gambit ID and then I went to the Commissionaires in Toronto to get my Privacy Act check done. (Although you could probably get both through the Commissionaires) The certified check took a couple of weeks to get and the Privacy Act took 9 days to get. 

[HarryWL 262]

1 hour ago, MariahK said:

Yes I would still get both the certified criminal record check with fingerprints that states for immigrations purposes and the Privacy Act criminal record check. I got my certified criminal record check through Gambit ID and then I went to the Commissionaires in Toronto to get my Privacy Act check done. (Although you could probably get both through the Commissionaires) The certified check took a couple of weeks to get and the Privacy Act took 9 days to get. 

 

9 days inc weekend or 9 business days?

[TimonLovesSkylour 7]

On 10/13/2018 at 5:47 PM, MeghanK said:

Also just a note here, that person is going through a different Visa process. If I'm reading correctly, their police cert was rejected at NVC stage not at the interview stage where you submitted yours. @LLabout is that correct?

Good point...sorry I didn't read more carefully!

 

19 hours ago, NikLR said:

I think changing the requirements is stupid.

But honestly people have had zero issues with just the regular police check with fingerprints so if you are only going to get one, get that one. 

So, still confused (but now in a different way) because I wasn't aware that there was a regular police check with fingerprints..? I thought that any check with fingerprints has to be mailed out to Ottawa (or sent electronically if it is through the Commissionaires/Morpho) to be processed through the RCMP? (i.e., the only finger print checks that are in question for our purposes are the Visa/border crossing request category, or the privacy act request category one)

 

All this talk makes me wonder a little bit whether they even know what they're supposed to be getting, at the consulate/NVC, and if they're all in agreement on what they're accepting or not.

 

[MariahK 16]

39 minutes ago, TimonLovesSkylour said:

Good point...sorry I didn't read more carefully!

 

So, still confused (but now in a different way) because I wasn't aware that there was a regular police check with fingerprints..? I thought that any check with fingerprints has to be mailed out to Ottawa (or sent electronically if it is through the Commissionaires/Morpho) to be processed through the RCMP? (i.e., the only finger print checks that are in question for our purposes are the Visa/border crossing request category, or the privacy act request category one)

 

All this talk makes me wonder a little bit whether they even know what they're supposed to be getting, at the consulate/NVC, and if they're all in agreement on what they're accepting or not.

 

 

No, you are correct! I got my fingerprints done at my local police station then mailed them to Gambit ID and they sent the request to the RCMP. I then chose to have the RCMP send the check back to Gambit ID then to me (sorry if this confusing lol!). That was for the "visa/border crossing..etc"... I just happened to the in Toronto then went to the Commissionaires and got the Privacy Act check done then it was sent directly to me from the RCMP.  

 

It seems like all different police checks are being accepted, so it's frustrating. I have my interview Wednesday I will only give them the Privacy Act one first and see what they say. 

43 minutes ago, HarryWL said:

 

9 days inc weekend or 9 business days?

Including the weekend

Edited October 14, 2018 by MariahK

[MeghanK 629]

4 hours ago, TimonLovesSkylour said:

 

All this talk makes me wonder a little bit whether they even know what they're supposed to be getting, at the consulate/NVC, and if they're all in agreement on what they're accepting or not.

 

Yeah - it seems like a real mess! Maybe the NVC and Canada consulates are feuding 🤣. I just keep picturing some angry officer updating the reciprocity page in CAPSLOCK because they were so sick of NVC sending folks with wrong certs but then no one actually updated NVC lol

[HarryWL 262]

The fact that the immigration website still hasn’t cleared this up and it’s been over a month is actually deplorable. 

[NikLR 13,227]

On 10/14/2018 at 4:32 PM, TimonLovesSkylour said:

Good point...sorry I didn't read more carefully!

 

So, still confused (but now in a different way) because I wasn't aware that there was a regular police check with fingerprints..? I thought that any check with fingerprints has to be mailed out to Ottawa (or sent electronically if it is through the Commissionaires/Morpho) to be processed through the RCMP? (i.e., the only finger print checks that are in question for our purposes are the Visa/border crossing request category, or the privacy act request category one)

 

All this talk makes me wonder a little bit whether they even know what they're supposed to be getting, at the consulate/NVC, and if they're all in agreement on what they're accepting or not.

 

You can get the fingerprint certified check, which does not HAVE to be through the commissionaires, just through any local, provincial, or RCMP dept OR private company OR Commissionaires. 

 

Seems like the NVC wants the certified and Montreal itself doesn't care if you have the name check, fingerprint check, or privacy act. 

[NikLR 13,227]

On 10/14/2018 at 10:02 PM, HarryWL said:

The fact that the immigration website still hasn’t cleared this up and it’s been over a month is actually deplorable. 

No it's really normal for the US government to have no idea what it really wants or to update its websites appropriately.  

Everyone is getting everything and submitting everything so how are they do know that their website is wrong when they get what they want in the end?

[HarryWL 262]

6 hours ago, NikLR said:

No it's really normal for the US government to have no idea what it really wants or to update its websites appropriately.  

Everyone is getting everything and submitting everything so how are they do know that their website is wrong when they get what they want in the end?

 

I guess we’ll have to wait and see. Not enough people have really given feedback on just the privacy act yet to determine if it’s accepted by NVC on its own. But having to get both documents just to “cover your bases” is unacceptable. There should be precise clarity just like any other country’s Police certificate. 

[MissMyHusband 22]

On 10/12/2018 at 11:39 AM, LLabout said:

Mine done under the Privacy Act got rejected.  The Visa Border Crossing Certificate (with the fingerprints on the form) got approved.  I submitted both to be safe and it worked.

Did you submit them together back to back or did you submit one in the additional documents section? 

[Kat & Jim 47]

Just received my Certified RCMP Certificate with: Visa/border Crossing/Foreign Travel/Work, Fingerprints and Picture on it. It has a RCMP embedded raised Seal on the bottom right corner.

 

Requested at Commissionaires in Surrey BC: October 05/2018.

Date Fingerprint Search Completed: next day October 06/2018.

Post marked with Ottawa postal code: October 11/2018. 

Received in mail todays date: October 16/2018.

Edited October 16, 2018 by Kat & Jim
Replace"left" with "right".

[HarryWL 262]

My Privacy Act document arrived today, now the waiting game for when I need to use it. (Hopefully they take it) 😭

[msham 11]

Just had our interview and have name based check as well as the check with finger prints and picture and they didn't say a word. 

 

Extremely easy and friendly.