Canadian PCC from UAE

[emmewalle 8]

Hi there,

 

I am a Canadian citizen living in Dubai, UAE and I am required to furnish a Canadian Police Clearance Certificate for my CR-1.  

 

I have been told by my local RCMP office in BC that I can obtain the fingerprints at my local police station in Dubai. I visited them today however, they are requesting some official document where they can ink my fingerprints on; it cannot just be a random piece of paper.
I am unable to find reliable information online, and the BC RCMP office does not have a clue either. I also tried reaching out to both the Canadian Consulate in Dubai and the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, with no luck.

 

This website states:

"From outside Canada

To submit fingerprints to the RCMP's Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services (CCRTIS) from outside of Canada, you must first contact the local police of jurisdiction where you are staying outside Canada and who can provide you with a copy of your fingerprints. Ensure you get the name and address of the police agency as well as the signature and name of the official taking the fingerprints. Also ensure all ten fingers are taken with black ink.

Next, you must contact an accredited company within Canada who can convert the paper fingerprint forms taken outside of Canada and submit them to CCRTIS electronically."

 

Any support/ direction is much appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[emmewalle 8]

1 minute ago, emmewalle said:

Hi there,

 

I am a Canadian citizen living in Dubai, UAE and I am required to furnish a Canadian Police Clearance Certificate for my CR-1.  

 

I have been told by my local RCMP office in BC that I can obtain the fingerprints at my local police station in Dubai. I visited them today however, they are requesting some official document where they can ink my fingerprints on; it cannot just be a random piece of paper.
I am unable to find reliable information online, and the BC RCMP office does not have a clue either. I also tried reaching out to both the Canadian Consulate in Dubai and the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, with no luck.

 

This website states:

"From outside Canada

To submit fingerprints to the RCMP's Canadian Criminal Real Time Identification Services (CCRTIS) from outside of Canada, you must first contact the local police of jurisdiction where you are staying outside Canada and who can provide you with a copy of your fingerprints. Ensure you get the name and address of the police agency as well as the signature and name of the official taking the fingerprints. Also ensure all ten fingers are taken with black ink.

Next, you must contact an accredited company within Canada who can convert the paper fingerprint forms taken outside of Canada and submit them to CCRTIS electronically."

 

Any support/ direction is much appreciated.

 

Thanks!

Follow-up question; do I even need a PCC if I am not living in Canada? I lived there between the ages of 16-22 and then again 25-26. 

[JeanneAdil 6,606]

question 2:  always refer to USCIS site for proper answers to questions

 

5.POLICE CERTIFICATES: Each visa applicant at least 16 years of age, must submit an original police certificate:

 from the police authorities of the applicant's country of current residence if the applicant has resided there for at least six months after attaining the age of sixteen;

 from the police authorities of all other countries, except the United States, where the applicant has resided for at least one year after attaining the age of sixteen;

 from the police authorities of any country where the applicant had been arrested for any reason, regardless of how long he or she lived there.

[Sofitalian 134]

21 minutes ago, emmewalle said:

Follow-up question; do I even need a PCC if I am not living in Canada? I lived there between the ages of 16-22 and then again 25-26. 

I am a Canadian citizen and I also had to get my PCC outside of Canada. You may contact  CCRTIS-SCICTR@rcmp-grc.gc.ca to get a list of accredited fingerprinting companies in Canada. Engage one of these companies. They will charge this for a fee for the process of obtaining PCC with RCMP. They will send you a form so you can bring it to your local police office in Dubai to take the fingerprints. Follow the process that your Canadian accredited fingerprinting agency asks for. For me, I had to send my fingerprints to them by courier. At the end, when the PCC is done, RCMP will send to the overseas applicant the PCC by regular mail. 

 

One thing to note is that you must ask your agency to put the purpose of the PCC. There's a detailed description on this in USCIS:

 

Issuing Authority: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: The Certified Criminal Record Check requested under the Privacy Act is fingerprint-based, but the report does not include an image of the applicant’s fingerprints.

 

Procedure for Obtaining: To obtain this document, you must submit your fingerprints to a local police service or RCMP-approved partner agency.  You must also specifically request the record which includes the “RCMP National Repository entire holdings.” 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Canada.html

 

Edited August 29, 2021 by mave

[emmewalle 8]

12 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

question 2:  always refer to USCIS site for proper answers to questions

 

5.POLICE CERTIFICATES: Each visa applicant at least 16 years of age, must submit an original police certificate:

 from the police authorities of the applicant's country of current residence if the applicant has resided there for at least six months after attaining the age of sixteen;

 from the police authorities of all other countries, except the United States, where the applicant has resided for at least one year after attaining the age of sixteen;

 from the police authorities of any country where the applicant had been arrested for any reason, regardless of how long he or she lived there.

SO i guess I need both;  good thing is I don't need one from the US! I lived there at some point too.

[emmewalle 8]

12 minutes ago, mave said:

I am a Canadian citizen and I also had to get my PCC outside of Canada. You may contact  CCRTIS-SCICTR@rcmp-grc.gc.ca to get a list of accredited fingerprinting companies in Canada. Engage one of these companies. They will charge this for a fee for the process of obtaining PCC with RCMP. They will send you a form so you can bring it to your local police office in Dubai to take the fingerprints. Follow the process that your Canadian accredited fingerprinting agency asks for. For me, I had to send my fingerprints to them by courier. At the end, when the PCC is done, RCMP will send to the overseas applicant the PCC by regular mail. 

 

One thing to note is that you must ask your agency to put the purpose of the PCC. There's a detailed description on this in USCIS:

 

Issuing Authority: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: The Certified Criminal Record Check requested under the Privacy Act is fingerprint-based, but the report does not include an image of the applicant’s fingerprints.

 

Procedure for Obtaining: To obtain this document, you must submit your fingerprints to a local police service or RCMP-approved partner agency.  You must also specifically request the record which includes the “RCMP National Repository entire holdings.” 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Canada.html

 

THANK YOU! I've emailed them now.  let's see what happens.

[Sofitalian 134]

This is the company I used. You can browse the About page to see their RCMP accreditation letter. 

http://www.cicfingerprinting.ca/international.html

 

I'm not sure if there's any expiration on the accreditation so it's good to get the confirmed list from RCMP.

 

[emmewalle 8]

2 hours ago, mave said:

This is the company I used. You can browse the About page to see their RCMP accreditation letter. 

http://www.cicfingerprinting.ca/international.html

 

I'm not sure if there's any expiration on the accreditation so it's good to get the confirmed list from RCMP.

 

thanks!