Police Certificate For Canadian Visa

When you apply for the Canadian Permanent Resident visa, you
have to attach a police certificate to your application.

You must attach:

Police certificates of good conduct (Original document) from
each country, state or territory in which you and everyone
included in the application (18 years of age or over) have lived
for six months or longer (since reaching 18 years of age)

You should submit your original fingerprints to the authorities
conducting the police checks or clearances

If the authority in the country where you obtained your
certificate will forward the result directly to Citizenship and
Immigration Canada, you should attach a note explaining the
situation

Please note that:

A Police Certificate is required from ALL countries where the
applicant and his/her family have resided in for 6 months or
more since reaching age 18, along with the country where the
applicant currently lives. This certificate should be issued by
a national or federal police agency if possible. If you do not
currently reside in that country, you may need to apply at the
local Embassy or High Commission in your country of residence. A
Police Certificate (also called certificate of no criminal
record), is necessary for every applicant age 18 and older You
should present original Police Certificates and also an original
accredited translation if the certificates are not in English or
French. The Police Certificate (s) must have been issued in the
last six months.

About the author:
Alex Berez is a specialist in Canadian Immigration and founder
of http://www.stepbystepimmigrationcanada.com