Police certificate Canada

[StephanieB 43]

Quick question, for the police certificate in Canada, do I need it by name and date of birth? Or by my fingerprints? 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Thats a good question to ask in the sub-forum for Canada. Here's the link. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

OBTAIN THE ORIGINAL POLICE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
Each visa applicant aged 16 years or older must submit a police certificate from every country
where he/she resided for at least 6 months after the age of 16.
Some countries require a specific Police Certificate Request form to properly request and
obtain Police Certificate(s).The Reciprocity by Country page indicates those countries.
Police certificates from certain countries are unavailable.
Present and former residents of the United States do NOT need to obtain any U.S. police
certificates.  
For more specific information please visit
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant‐
process/documents/Supporting_documents.htm

Edited May 10, 2019 by Greenbaum

[Ontarkie 14,221]

~~Moved to the Canada forum, from K1 P&P - As the question is country specific.~~

[Kelshabrit 3]

31 minutes ago, StephanieB said:

Quick question, for the police certificate in Canada, do I need it by name and date of birth? Or by my fingerprints? 

It has to be done by fingerprints and through the Privacy Act. When I went into the police station to do mine, they had no clue what I was talking about. I showed them the printout of exactly what was needed. 

[Ontarkie 14,221]

Here is a link where this new requirement is discussed in length. It is completely new and there seems to be some hiccups with it.

 

 

[StephanieB 43]

1 hour ago, Kelshabrit said:

It has to be done by fingerprints and through the Privacy Act. When I went into the police station to do mine, they had no clue what I was talking about. I showed them the printout of exactly what was needed. 

Ok, did they do yours electronically??

[purem4g1c 113]

44 minutes ago, StephanieB said:

Ok, did they do yours electronically??

For myself, I went on google maps and typed "Fingerprint services" contacted local one near by and asked if they could do a privacy act fingerprint criminal check. You could perhaps try this too.

[KartineeKartoons 434]

On 5/10/2019 at 5:19 PM, StephanieB said:

Ok, did they do yours electronically??

You can do fingerprinting at any Rcmp authorized agency. Make sure to ask them first about the PRIVACY ACT that US immigration is asking. Here in Toronto, i went to ACE FINGERPRINTING and they know about this. You will do your fingerprints and picture with them, they will send it to RCMP right away. Altho this is fingerprint based, no fingerprint or picture will appear on the POlice clearance. 

[Kelshabrit 3]

On 5/10/2019 at 2:19 PM, StephanieB said:

Ok, did they do yours electronically??

They did my fingerprints electronically and then your police check gets mailed to you.