Local Police Certificate or RCMP?

[lynamon 0]

You didn't have to pay?! I paid $42 for my ghetto no-picture ink-jet sheet of paper!

I'll be joining this club .....

[mr_s_p 1]

Had mine done in Calgary... Went in to the RCMP office, asked for a PRC for US Immigration purposes, had it in hand 10 minutes later, and the best part... free!!!

Scott.

PS: No picture but stamped with a seal that imprinted the paper.

[CutienPurg 0]

my husband had his police check done by the MP's........he got 2 copies. It met all the criterea and Montreal accepted it for the k-3 but the NVC sent an RFE. Not sure what to do now. We really dont wanna wait for the Ottawa delay......thinking/wondering if hopping over to London or Windsor might be a better plan for getting a quicker result. HOWEVER......the RFE says former resident's can only get the Ottwaw issued copy but Im not sure if it applies here or not

[Flames9_RN 358]

I went to the MP's at Greenwood NS and as usual they were clueless,lol Guess their cluelessness worked in my favor,lol

[Team J and B 2]

Hi everyone,

I am new to this forum and am so grateful I found it!

I went down to the Vancouver Police Department today to get my Canada-wide criminal record check, which I should receive in a month's time.

I hear the USCIS is verrry ####### about having all your paperwork in exact order and exactly the way they require it.

So I went to the RCMP website to see if I should be requesting my Canada-wide criminal record check from the RCMP instead of the VPD. That's where I get confused.

On the list of paperwork I need to get (provided by our lawyer), I can have the CPIC done by either the local PD or RCMP, right?

By the way, in case anyone is interested, the VPD will do the record check for you from the age of 16 till now no matter which city you have lived in, so you don't need to have them done in each municipality.

TIA!

Jay the Canasian and Bee the Amurkin

Edited July 19, 2007 by J and B

[~Nini~ 2]

I personally got my police certificate from the RCMP detachment in Vancouver, and they were very nice and prompt - only took 30 minutes and $42 and I was out the door. That police certificate is also Canada-wide. I'm sure as long as it covers the country it doesn't matter where you order it from.

Welcome to the forum!

Edited July 19, 2007 by Nini & Bee

[misa 2]

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QUOTE(J and B @ Jul 19 2007, 01:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi everyone,

I am new to this forum and am so grateful I found it!

I went down to the Vancouver Police Department today to get my Canada-wide criminal record check, which I should receive in a month's time.

I hear the USCIS is verrry ####### about having all your paperwork in exact order and exactly the way they require it.

So I went to the RCMP website to see if I should be requesting my Canada-wide criminal record check from the RCMP instead of the VPD. That's where I get confused.

On the list of paperwork I need to get (provided by our lawyer), I can have the CPIC done by either the local PD or RCMP, right?

By the way, in case anyone is interested, the VPD will do the record check for you from the age of 16 till now no matter which city you have lived in, so you don't need to have them done in each municipality.

TIA!

Jay the Canasian and Bee the Amurkin

The check you get should be fine. Doesn't matter where it's from as long as it confirms that you aren't in the national records something or other (essentially that it was a Canada wide check).

They can be pretty ####### about stuff but with the police check, you're good as long as it was Canada wide.

Since you have time, make sure you get your long form birth certificate. You'll need that at the interview. It's the one that has both your parents name on it. And short form, wallet sized one will not suffice.

[lynamon 0]

At my interview yesterday she was confused when looking at my police clearance. I had it done from our downtown police station ... she thought that it was just for Hamilton but I had to show her where it said on the form that it was nation wide.

[Team J and B 2]

...Since you have time, make sure you get your long form birth certificate. You'll need that at the interview. It's the one that has both your parents name on it. And short form, wallet sized one will not suffice.

Thank you for this additional info, misa. It doesn't apply in my case as I was born in another country.

My mother is so great. She went to the hospital where I was born and told the staff she needed my birth certificate as she had lost it herself. The hospital only kept birth records in their system from the early 90s on, so they told her she could go down to the basement where ALL hospital records were kept and find mine herself. So the birth records are kept in boxes according to month and year. Of course, mine was misfiled in the wrong month AND wrong year. Of course! But she eventually got a few copies of it and had a current ob-gyn stamp and sign it.

You can access old records yourself in the hospital basement! Gotta love the old school way of doing things, eh?

Love that mother of mine.

[L_n_O 3]

that's crazy!

ppl can just go down there and mess things all up or steal someone else's!!!!!!!

[Team J and B 2]

that's crazy!

ppl can just go down there and mess things all up or steal someone else's!!!!!!!

Bingo! Old school way of doing things. Ie honesty is the best policy. Nowadays, don't even think of punching your PIN in the ATM without looking over your shoulders.

[~Nini~ 2]

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QUOTE(J and B @ Jul 19 2007, 05:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nowadays, don't even think of punching your PIN in the ATM without looking over your shoulders.

I wish us city folk weren't so cynical and suspicious nowadays, but it's true. Silly robbers and thieves.

[jenmac75 1]

So just to make sure I have this straight - I've been living in Toronto for the last 5 years and was planning on getting my police check done here BUT I lived in Hamilton for the 5 years before that. Do I need to get one done from both Toronto and Hamilton or will Toronto be Canada-wide and suffice?

Thanks!

[Cassie 8]

So just to make sure I have this straight - I've been living in Toronto for the last 5 years and was planning on getting my police check done here BUT I lived in Hamilton for the 5 years before that. Do I need to get one done from both Toronto and Hamilton or will Toronto be Canada-wide and suffice?

Thanks!

A Canada-wide name check done in Toronto will be sufficient.

[Laynie 0]

It doesn't matter which does it RCMP or local police. The check is called a CPIC check and all enforcement agencies in Canada use the same thing. You do not need to be fingerprinted for a CPIC check. Try calling the RCMP again. Do you have a local detachment you can call? A CPIC check takes less than 5 minutes to run. The wait will depend on how busy the office is that you request it from and when they can get around to doing it. 150 days sounds like the time it takes if you had to get fingerprinted for security clearance and I believe for immigration purposes you only have to get fingerprinted if you do have a criminal record.

I read some where that USCIS will only except clearance checkes from RCMP! Might want to check it otu for sure!!!