Montreal embassy EB-2 interview wait time-Part 2

[3LabMom 76]

10 minutes ago, F2J_March said:

Is here.anyone in the forum who got Criminal Record Check from.RCMP and not a third party. My lawyer mentioned that doc that I got will work however, wanted to make sure if there is anyone in thos forum who got rcmp record recently and the format is little different than previous.

 

 

I went to the RCMP detachment directly. The document looks the same as when I went to a private/3rd party fingerprint company.

[F2J_March 49]

I wonder why this location ( williams lake rcmp) only provided document with new format. They mentioned that they have new system updated and hence the different format. If you go to third party finger printing agency, how much do they charge you?

Edited February 3, 2023 by F2J_March

[3LabMom 76]

3 minutes ago, F2J_March said:

I wonder why this location ( williams lake rcmp) only provided document with new format. They mentioned that they have new system updated and hence the different format. If you go to third party finger printing agency, how much do they charge you?

I paid around $55.  I've attached what the letter says, as long as you have this it should be fine.

[farzady 42]

1 hour ago, DTCC said:

Thanks. Will let you know when am done next week. In the interim, If you get any updates from Montreal consulate or Dr.Lyndon, Let me know. 

Sure, I'll let you know. Thanks

[AgriSiva 12]

19 minutes ago, 3LabMom said:

I paid around $55.  I've attached what the letter says, as long as you have this it should be fine.

and this one just below...

[Steggles 1]

Hi all, I received my interview request letter today. Interview date is March 28, I've updated the tracker.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations on U.S. Civil surgeons in the Toronto area? Need to get the medical done.

Also, do you happen to know if they will actually administer any missing vaccinations during the exam?

 

Thank you and good luck to everyone.

[F2J_March 49]

@3LabMom @agrisiva: I do have others  mentioned as RCMP National Repository Entire Holdings and it says fingerprints could not be associated with criminal records. Document has RCMP stamp on it.

[David San 11]

Hi Everyone,

Why should we do for our vaccination records? I don't have any vaccination records as it been lost moving from doctors to doctors.

Should I start re-taking them?

 

Thanks,

 

[F2J_March 49]

I think you can do a blood test and check for immunity.

[3LabMom 76]

50 minutes ago, David San said:

Hi Everyone,

Why should we do for our vaccination records? I don't have any vaccination records as it been lost moving from doctors to doctors.

Should I start re-taking them?

 

Thanks,

 

Depending where you got them done they might be available online.  In Alberta, I can see mine online from the time I was born.

[TheMaverick 50]

December stats are out:

 

Montreal	CR1	30	5.98%
Montreal	CR2	1	0.20%
Montreal	DV	12	2.39%
Montreal	E1	9	1.79%
Montreal	E2	19	3.78%
Montreal	E3	42	8.37%
Montreal	EW	5	1.00%
Montreal	F1	16	3.19%
Montreal	F2B	11	2.19%
Montreal	F3	37	7.37%
Montreal	F4	100	19.92%
Montreal	FX	56	11.16%
Montreal	I5	1	0.20%
Montreal	IR1	92	18.33%
Montreal	IR2	14	2.79%
Montreal	IR5	53	10.56%
Montreal	IW	1	0.20%
Montreal	SD	1	0.20%
Montreal	SQ1	1	0.20%
Montreal	SQ3	1	0.20%

[KDEE 2]

5 hours ago, David San said:

Hi Everyone,

Why should we do for our vaccination records? I don't have any vaccination records as it been lost moving from doctors to doctors.

Should I start re-taking them?

 

Thanks,

 

you would need to go to your family doctor with the required vaccination list and get antibody titter test done. Once you have the results, you would need vaccinations for the ones which you are missing immunity for.

[raisins 27]

Well, after three long years, we finally have been approved. We owe a big thank you to VJ for the moments of glee when the first batch of EB people received interview letters post-covid and for providing some idea of timing expectations. The sense of community/camaraderie to moan and groan over the years (I suppose misery loves company) provided comfort through this long process. While my husband has been a GC holder for 3-years, we could have never expected my follow-to-join process to take so long. It only feels right that we give back to the community by consolidating everything we learned/experienced to assist all the folks who just received their interview letters and the many more who hopefully receive theirs soon!

 

While our process was specific to follow-to-join, there will likely be many similarities for non-F2J interviews.

 

Post-Interview Letter

This felt like "crunch time"; we had 53 days between the interview letter and the interview. The biggest priorities at this time were to get an updated police certificate (as ours was going to be a week expired by the interview), get the medical processed, update passport photos, and consolidate our documentation. 

 

Updated Police Certificate

When we first got our police certificate as part of the application we visited the local Vancouver police department. Following the guidelines online, we received the police certificate within 2-weeks. 

This time to get an updated certificate, on Dec 17th, we made an appointment to get fingerprints done at the Vancouver police department. They submitted the request to the RCMP in Ottawa as specified on the website "Certified Criminal Record Check – Type of Criminal Record Check for Personal Use: Other / RCMP National Repository Entire Holdings."

 

Within a week, we got a call from the police department that the RCMP rejected the request because they couldn't use the type "Other"? The reasoning seemed very vague; the representative at the local police department also seemed very unsure about the whole process. She tried submitting again under another category she thought they'd accept.

 

As an insurance policy, we decided to visit the Commissionaires in downtown Vancouver to start a second request. They were awesome, knew precisely what we needed, and gave us a printout to follow up with the RCMP if we had yet to receive it by a specific date. We were glad to pay the fee and felt more confident that this would be successful.

 

The second Commissionaires report came within a week, and the original request from the Vancouver Police department still hasn't arrived. I suggest paying for one accredited agency; they should be much more familiar with the process.

 

https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/private-fingerprinting-companies-accredited-by-the-RCMP

 

Medical Exam

As soon as we got the interview letter, we reached out to Dr. Cheema's office within a couple of days to schedule our appointment for the following week. They were very responsive and prioritized our appointment; Dr. Cheema confirmed during our appointment that they understand the timeline that applicants are under and prioritize their appointments. Feel comfortable asking them for a day/time that works for you, even if it's a week or a few days out.

 

The vaccine requirements weren't fully up to date on Dr. Cheema's website, but their staff knew what was needed. I wanted to ensure that we met all of the requirements and found this list which shows the official CDC vaccine requirements: 

https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/panel-physicians/vaccinations.html#tbl1

For Td/Tdap- we confirmed that you need at least one dose of Tdap and then a Td booster within the last ten years. Or a dose of Tdap within the last ten years. 

 

Thankfully I already met most of the vaccine requirements and could use the BC Services app and the Health Gateway to get my vaccine history which already covered most of the requirements. I was not up to date with a Td Booster or this year's flu shot, so I visited a walk-in clinic to get those done before visiting Dr. Cheema. I provided proof of the vaccines I already had in the email with Dr. Cheema's staff and verified the ones I didn't know I would be getting before the appointment. As requested, I made sure to bring all of the copies of the vaccine requirements along with the interview letter to the medical appointment. 

 

The process with Dr. Cheema was straightforward; they no longer required any passport photos and instead took a photo on-site. That photo was included in the e-medical report, which was submitted to the consulate along with the medical information electronically.

 

After doing a weigh-in, Dr. Cheema came in to do the evaluation. He was very friendly and tried to connect with his patients more personally. He asked many health-related questions, including about DUIs and marijuana use. Two questions he seemed to sneak in to catch patients off guard. Then we visited two nearby locations for a blood draw and chest x-ray, and both of those locations got me in immediately!

Our appointment with Dr. Cheema was at 10am, and I was finished at all 3 locations by noon.

 

About three days after my appointment, I received an email confirmation from Dr. Cheema's office that the medical report had been submitted to the consulate. We printed out the e-medical vaccine record they attached to the email to include in our paperwork and brought that to the consulate just in case (although I was never asked for it).

 

Passport Photos

From what we can tell, this photo is the photo that will be printed onto the Green Card. We originally had passport photos taken at a AAA in the US, but they came out poorly. There are a lot of really great online tools for taking your own passport photos. I suggest this for anyone who may care how the photo on their ID card will look.

 

We took a photo with an iPhone in good lighting with a plain background that met the US Passport photo requirements (no glasses, neutral face, etc.) and then used an online tool for $3 to create an optimal digital version of the photo. (Resized, positioned the face in the correct area/dimensions, and ensured the background was white).

Then we took the 4x6 output image with 6x 2" by 2" passport photos and got them printed at London Drugs for a few dollars. 

 

The result: a high-quality photo that we could retake/make perfect! They were accepted at the interview with no issues.

 

Documentation Preparation

Our mentality for documentation was two-fold. 

 

First: there was the obvious stuff we knew they'd want right away, so we had those organized together at the front of the binders with copies already made for them. 

- My passport

- My birth certificate

- Our marriage certificate

- Police certificate

- Passport photos

 

Second: have anything and everything else that we could think of in case of the "what ifs" that they may ask or want proof of. In our binder, we included the following

- Evidence of my husband's domicile in US (lease, bills, etc.)

- Evidence of my domicile in Canada (lease, bills, etc.)

- Updated financial documents (our joint USA tax returns, my ITIN approval documents, my husband's W-2s from the prior three years, an IRS tax transcript from the previous year, previous three pay stubs)

- Originals and copies of my husbands' documents (birth certificate, passport, green card, etc.)

- Application documentation up to this point (DS-260 confirmation, DS-260 fees sheet, DS-260 application)

- My travel history (my most recent I-94, an updated list of all countries visited in the last 5 years, all my recent entrances-exits to the US as exported from the I-94 travel history site, documented dates of all US travel to show my longest stay in the US)

- Proof of vaccines (original documents and e-medical printout from Dr. Cheema)

 

While we weren't sure what direction any question or conversation would go, we were trying to minimize the chance that anything they wanted we were ready for. As it turns out, we were glad we came over prepared!

 

Montreal Preparation

I won't go into too much detail here, but I do suggest, as others have said before, to get in early and give yourself time to be in Montreal before the interview. We flew in on Sunday for our Tuesday morning interview. Not only if there were any flight delays or issues, we had some buffer, but also being there allowed us to scope out the consulate and relax a bit before the interview.

We stayed at a hotel a few blocks from the consulate, which helped alleviate stress, knowing we didn't have far to go to get to the consulate in the morning.

 

The day before, to have an idea of what to expect, we walked over and saw others waiting outside for their appointment time.

We chatted with the friendly security guard, who said they let people in 15 minutes before their scheduled interview time. Otherwise, you line up outside until 15 minutes before your interview.

 

No electronics are allowed upstairs, so while you can bring your phone or Apple Watch in, you'll have to check them into a locker at security before heading upstairs. Leave them in the hotel to streamline your experience if you can avoid it.

 

 

Interview Day

While we felt confident in our preparation and had nothing to worry about, I don't think my husband or I slept well the night before – with so much time waiting leading up to this moment! 

My interview was at 8:15, so we planned to leave the hotel at 7:45 and arrive in line 5 minutes before I'd be let in at 8:00. 

 

When we arrived at the consulate at 7:55am, no one else was in line, so we waited outside the door where we saw others lining up the day before. 5 minutes later, right at 8am, the security guard came out and let me in. My husband wished me luck and went to Spouse Purgatory across the road at Second Cup. 

 

By 8:05, I had gone through the metal detectors. Having no electronics, I skipped by the lockers, got in the elevator, and went upstairs. Right away, when entering, security asked for my passport. They applied a sticker on my passport (for tracking purposes) and filed a piece of paper with my number in it. 

 

By 8:10, my number was displayed on the monitor, and I went up to the window for the first part of the two-part interview. The man was very pleasant, and seemed a little confused about my application before he realized it was a follow-to-join application. He then said he would want the original documents today and took the originals of my birth certificate, marriage license, and two passport photos. He asked about my husband's status in the US, I shared he was a permanent resident, and he asked for a copy of his Green Card (which, thankfully, I had in the binder). 

He asked a few confirmation questions like phone number, Canadian address for document return, US address of my husband, and if that's where I'd be living. He took my fingerprints and then had me sit back down. This first portion was about 7-8 minutes in total. 

 

By 8:25 I was called up for the second time, this time to a woman who also was very pleasant and felt very approachable. She had me take an oath and then had an inquisitive conversation. Lots of questions asking, but in a very noninterrogative manner. From memory, these are thing things that she asked/touched on (in no particular order):

- Ever lived in a different country?

- Ever been denied entry or had any issues at the border?

- What does your husband do for work?

- What was your longest stay in the US?

- What countries have you visited in the last five-years?

- How did you and your husband meet?

- Where did your husband adjust status?

- If I had kids?

She was happy and content with 1-2 word answers, yes/no, or "through mutual friends" for the meeting my husband. Even stating my longest stay in the US was 3 months didn't raise eyebrows or prompt any follow-up questions.

Then she told me that I would be approved, and that was it! 

 

I was picking up my husband from purgatory by 8:40, where practically everyone else inside was prepping for their interview or waiting for someone who was over at the consulate.

 

 

Post Interview

We registered for courier service to receive my passport back; I was religiously checking my case status since the interview. Although we saw case updates on each of the following days after the interview, the status remained "Ready". Finally, three days after the interview on Feb 3rd, the status changed to Issued. The status on ais.usvisa-info.com still shows "Current Status: Appointment," and there is no tracking number posted yet. Hoping that it will be posted by Monday! 

 

 

I hope everyone about to attend their interview or who gets an interview letter soon has a very smooth process, and this helps to alleviate any worries! I'm happy to answer any questions I can! 

 

[Lkkclub123 23]

38 minutes ago, raisins said:

 

好吧，經過漫長的三年，我們終於被批准了。我們非常感謝 VJ，感謝他在第一批 EB 人員在新冠疫情后收到面試信時的歡樂時刻，並提供了一些時間預期的想法。多年來抱怨和呻吟的社區/友情（我想苦難喜歡陪伴）在這個漫長的過程中提供了安慰。雖然我丈夫已經成為 GC 持有人 3 年了，但我們從來沒有預料到我的後續加入過程會花費這麼長時間。我們通過鞏固我們所學/經歷的一切來回饋社區，以幫助所有剛剛收到面試信的人以及更多希望很快收到面試信的人，這感覺是正確的！

 

雖然我們的流程特定於 follow-to-join，但非 F2J 訪談可能有許多相似之處。

 

面試後信

這感覺像是“緊要關頭”；從面試信到面試，我們有 53 天的時間。此時最重要的是獲得更新的警察證明（因為我們的證明將在面試前一周到期），進行醫療處理，更新護照照片並合併我們的文件。 

 

更新的無犯罪記錄證明

當我們第一次拿到無犯罪記錄證明作為申請的一部分時，我們訪問了當地的溫哥華警察局。按照在線指南，我們在 2 週內收到了無犯罪記錄證明。 

這次去辦更新的證件，12月17日，我們約了去溫哥華警察局打指紋。他們按照網站“經認證的犯罪記錄檢查——供個人使用的犯罪記錄檢查類型：其他/加拿大皇家騎警國家資料庫全部控股”向渥太華的加拿大皇家騎警提交了申請。

 

一周之內，我們接到警察局的電話，說加拿大皇家騎警拒絕了申請，因為他們不能使用“其他”類型？推理似乎很模糊；當地警察局的代表對整個過程似乎也很不確定。她嘗試在她認為他們會接受的另一個類別下再次提交。

 

作為保險政策，我們決定拜訪溫哥華市中心的專員，開始第二次請求。他們很棒，準確地知道我們需要什麼，如果我們在特定日期之前還沒有收到，他們會給我們一份打印輸出，讓我們跟進 RCMP。我們很高興支付了費用，並且更有信心這會成功。

 

第二份專員報告在一周內發出，而溫哥華警察局最初的請求仍未收到。我建議為一家認可機構付費；他們應該更熟悉這個過程。

 

https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/private-fingerprinting-companies-accredited-by-the-RCMP

 

醫療考試

我們一收到面試信，就在幾天內聯繫了 Cheema 博士的辦公室，安排了下週的預約。他們反應迅速，優先考慮我們的任命；Cheema 博士在我們的預約期間確認，他們了解申請人的時間表並優先考慮他們的預約。向他們詢問適合您的日期/時間時感覺很自在，即使是一周或幾天。

 

Cheema 博士網站上的疫苗要求並未完全更新，但他們的員工知道需要什麼。我想確保我們滿足所有要求，並找到了這份顯示官方 CDC 疫苗要求的清單： 

https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/panel-physicians/vaccinations.html#tbl1

對於 Td/Tdap - 我們確認您在過去十年內至少需要一劑 Tdap，然後需要一劑 Td 助推器。或者在過去十年內接種過一劑 Tdap。 

 

值得慶幸的是，我已經滿足了大部分疫苗要求，並且可以使用 BC Services 應用程序和 Health Gateway 獲取我的疫苗歷史記錄，這已經涵蓋了大部分要求。我沒有及時接種 Td Booster 或今年的流感疫苗，所以在拜訪 Cheema 醫生之前，我去了一家免預約診所完成這些工作。我在與 Cheema 醫生的工作人員的電子郵件中提供了我已經接種疫苗的證明，並驗證了我在預約前不知道會接種的疫苗。按照要求，我確保將所有疫苗要求的副本連同面談信一起帶到醫療預約處。 

 

Cheema 博士的治療過程很簡單；他們不再需要任何護照照片，而是在現場拍照。該照片包含在電子醫療報告中，該報告與醫療信息一起以電子方式提交給領事館。

 

稱重後，Cheema 博士進來進行評估。他非常友好，並試圖與他的病人進行更個性化的聯繫。他問了許多與健康相關的問題，包括酒後駕車和吸食大麻。他似乎偷偷提出了兩個問題，讓病人措手不及。然後我們訪問了附近的兩個位置進行抽血和胸部 X 光檢查，這兩個位置都讓我立即進入！

我們與 Cheema 醫生的約會是在上午 10 點，我在中午之前完成了所有 3 個地點的約會。

 

預約後大約三天，我收到了 Cheema 醫生辦公室發來的確認電子郵件，確認體檢報告已提交給領事館。我們打印了他們附在電子郵件中的電子醫療疫苗記錄，以包含在我們的文書工作中，並將其帶到領事館以防萬一（儘管我從未被要求提供）。

 

護照照片

據我們所知，這張照片就是將印在綠卡上的照片。我們原本在美國的 AAA 拍過護照照片，但拍出來的效果很差。有很多非常棒的在線工具可用於拍攝您自己的護照照片。我建議任何可能關心身份證上的照片外觀的人這樣做。

 

我們在光線充足的情況下用 iPhone 拍了一張滿足美國護照照片要求（沒有眼鏡、中性臉等）的純背景照片，然後使用 3 美元的在線工具創建了照片的最佳數字版本。（調整大小，將面部定位在正確的區域/尺寸，並確保背景為白色）。

然後我們用 6x 2" x 2" 護照照片拍攝 4x6 輸出圖像，並以幾美元的價格在 London Drugs 打印。 

 

結果：我們可以重拍/製作完美的高質量照片！他們在面試中毫無問題地被接受了。

 

文件準備

我們對文檔的心態是雙重的。 

 

首先：我們知道他們會馬上想要一些明顯的東西，所以我們將這些東西整理在活頁夾的前面，並為他們製作了副本。 

- 我的護照

- 我的出生證明

- 我們的結婚證

- 警方證明

- 護照照片

 

第二：準備好我們能想到的任何東西，以防他們可能會問或想要證明的“假設”。在我們的活頁夾中，我們包括以下內容

- 我丈夫在美國的住所證明（租約、賬單等）

- 我在加拿大的住所證明（租約、賬單等）

- 更新的財務文件（我們的聯合美國納稅申報表、我的 ITIN 批准文件、我丈夫前三年的 W-2、前一年的 IRS 納稅記錄、前三個工資單）

- 我丈夫文件的原件和復印件（出生證明、護照、綠卡等）

- 到目前為止的申請文件（DS-260 確認、DS-260 費用表、DS-260 申請）

- 我的旅行歷史（我最近的 I-94，過去 5 年訪問過的所有國家的更新列表，我最近從 I-94 旅行歷史網站導出的所有美國出入境記錄，所有美國記錄的日期旅行以顯示我在美國逗留時間最長）

- 疫苗證明（原始文件和 Cheema 博士的電子醫療打印件）

 

雖然我們不確定任何問題或對話的方向，但我們試圖盡量減少我們準備好他們想要的任何東西的可能性。事實證明，我們很高興我們有備而來！

 

蒙特利爾準備

我不會在這裡詳細介紹，但我確實建議，正如其他人之前所說的那樣，早點進入並在面試前給自己時間在蒙特利爾。我們週日飛來參加週二早上的採訪。不僅如果有任何航班延誤或問題，我們有一些緩衝，而且在那裡讓我們能夠在面試前了解領事館並放鬆一下。

我們住在離領事館幾個街區的旅館，這有助於緩解壓力，因為我們知道早上去領事館並不遠。

 

前一天，為了了解會發生什麼，我們走過去，看到其他人在外面等著他們的約會時間。

我們和友好的保安聊天，他說他們會在預定面試時間前 15 分鐘讓人們進入。否則，您會在面試前 15 分鐘在外面排隊。

 

樓上不允許使用任何電子產品，因此雖然您可以將手機或 Apple Watch 帶進去，但在上樓之前，您必須將它們放入安檢處的儲物櫃中。如果可以避免，將它們留在酒店以簡化您的體驗。

 

 

面試日

雖然我們對我們的準備工作充滿信心並且沒有什麼可擔心的，但我認為我丈夫或我前一天晚上睡得不好——在這一刻之前等待了太多時間！ 

我的面試時間是 8:15，所以我們計劃在 7:45 離開酒店，然後在我 8:00 入場前 5 分鐘排隊到達。 

 

當我們早上7點55分到達領事館時，沒有其他人在排隊，所以我們就在前一天看到其他人排隊的門外等候。5 分鐘後，也就是早上 8 點，保安出來讓我進去。我丈夫祝我好運，然後在 Second Cup 去了馬路對面的 Spouse Purgatory。 

 

到 8 點 05 分，我已經通過了金屬探測器。沒有電子設備，我跳過儲物櫃，坐進電梯，然後上樓。一進門，保安就要求我出示護照。他們在我的護照上貼了一張貼紙（用於追踪目的），並歸檔了一張寫有我的號碼的紙。 

 

8 點 10 分，我的號碼顯示在屏幕上，我走到窗口，開始了兩部分採訪的第一部分。這個人非常和藹可親，在他意識到這是一個 follow-to-join 申請之前，他似乎對我的申請有點困惑。然後他說他今天要原件，拿走了我的出生證明、結婚證和兩張護照照片的原件。他詢問了我丈夫在美國的身份，我告訴他他是永久居民，他要了一份他的綠卡複印件（謝天謝地，我在活頁夾裡）。 

他問了幾個確認問題，比如電話號碼、文件返回的加拿大地址、我丈夫在美國的地址，以及我是否會住在那裡。他取了我的指紋，然後讓我坐下。第一部分總共大約 7-8 分鐘。 

 

到 8 點 25 分，我第二次被叫到，這次是一位非常和藹可親、平易近人的女士。她讓我宣誓，然後進行了一段好奇的談話。問了很多問題，但以一種非常非疑問的方式。根據記憶，這些是她問過/接觸過的事情（排名不分先後）：

- 曾經在不同的國家生活過嗎？

- 曾經被拒絕入境或在邊境有任何問題嗎？

- 你丈夫做什麼工作？

- 您在美國逗留時間最長的是什麼時候？

- 過去五年您去過哪些國家？

- 你和你丈夫是怎麼認識的？

- 你丈夫在哪裡調整身份？

- 如果我有孩子？

對於與我丈夫的會面，她很高興並且滿足於 1-2 個單詞的回答，是/否，或“通過共同的朋友”。即使說我在美國最長的逗留時間是 3 個月，也沒有引起人們的注意或引發任何後續問題。

然後她告訴我我會被批准，就是這樣！ 

 

8 點 40 分，我從煉獄裡接我丈夫，幾乎所有里面的其他人都在準備面試或等待領事館過來的人。

 

 

面試後

我們註冊了快遞服務以取回我的護照；自面試以來，我一直在虔誠地檢查我的案件狀態。儘管我們在採訪後的每一天都看到了案例更新，但狀態仍然是“準備就緒”。終於在2月3日面試三天后，狀態變為Issued。ais.usvisa-info.com 上的狀態仍然顯示“當前狀態：預約”，並且還沒有發布追踪號碼。希望它能在星期一之前發布！ 

 

 

希望即將參加面試或即將收到面試通知的各位，都能夠順利的過關，免除後顧之憂！我很樂意回答我能回答的任何問題！ 

 

Thank you very much!

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On 2/3/2023 at 10:03 AM, F2J_March said:

@CiEb2 it is valid for 2yrs so u should be good. Did you apply for police certificate from RCMP or private finger printing agency?

 

I got it from RCMP and  we got a document printed out  from RCMP itself on.the next day with RCMP stamp,

 different from what I got it on Oct 2020.

 

How does ur police.report look? Is it same as before?

Our recent police clearance letter of Jan 2023 from third party( F1Fingerprint Burlington) has the same format like the earlier one we did in Jan 2021. This also matches the description/ screenshots shared by @3LabMom and @agrisiva