Police Certificate

[Canadian93 9]

Hello,

 

I'm a citizen of Canada residing here with my husband (USC). I'm collecting all civil documents to submit to the NVC and am required to submit a police certificate from both Canada and Ethiopia as I was born in Ethiopia. The good thing is I have a police certificate from 2021 but did visit last year for 1 month. I know police certificates are valid for 1 or 2 years if you don't go back but does that include vacation or is that rule based on if I had resided or stayed in Ethiopia for a period of time? I'm essentially trying to understand if I need a new police certificate or if the one I have from 2021 is still valid since I've only been once for 30 days last year.

 

Thank you in advance!

[Nashmusah 28]

2 hours ago, Canadian93 said:

Hello,

 

I'm a citizen of Canada residing here with my husband (USC). I'm collecting all civil documents to submit to the NVC and am required to submit a police certificate from both Canada and Ethiopia as I was born in Ethiopia. The good thing is I have a police certificate from 2021 but did visit last year for 1 month. I know police certificates are valid for 1 or 2 years if you don't go back but does that include vacation or is that rule based on if I had resided or stayed in Ethiopia for a period of time? I'm essentially trying to understand if I need a new police certificate or if the one I have from 2021 is still valid since I've only been once for 30 days last year.

 

Thank you in advance!

For your country of residence, a police certificate is considered valid for 12 months from the date of issuance. Police certificates obtained from other countries where you previously resided are valid indefinitely, provided that you have not returned to the country and resided there for six months or more. Good  luck 👍 

Edited August 2 by Nashmusah

[Canadian93 9]

On 8/2/2024 at 4:50 PM, Nashmusah said:

For your country of residence, a police certificate is considered valid for 12 months from the date of issuance. Police certificates obtained from other countries where you previously resided are valid indefinitely, provided that you have not returned to the country and resided there for six months or more. Good  luck 👍 

Thank you so much that's really helpful!

 

Did you read that somewhere? A link would be really helpful for a piece of mind 😄