BritCanadaNewbie

Non citizens (ie perm residents) the CGP clearance forms can take up to 8 months. Anyone know a quick work around for expats for this government declaration form?

More info here-> Forms and Tools - Controlled Goods Program - Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)

MarkG

Mine took six months, in no small part due to long waits for police checks in the UK. I believe those are faster today, which may help.

Didn't cause any problems for me, but I don't actually work on any of that stuff, we just all have to get cleared because some people in the building do.

BritCanadaNewbie

Well even 6 months seems quick to what I've heard . I assume your a citizen? If your not born in Canada it can take 8 months or even never so I hear . Surely if you've just done immigration processing for your PR (and thats where you've had fresh criminal checks / police certificates) there should be a quicker process?

Former Lancastrian

Im not sure if CIC could release that information to PWGSC regarding criminal record verification. You would still need to have the fingerprints done as most who become a PR don't have them taken.

Oakvillian

Mine took a five or six months, I think, in 2013. I think you'd be pretty unfortunate for it to take 8 months. Mind you, I had by that point been living in Canada for more than 5 years, which is the time limit for the more detailed and in-depth questions, I recall.

MarkG

I am now, but wasn't at the time. One thing to consider is that I had to get ink fingerprints back then, whereas for my citizenship checks I got digital fingerprints, which are processed much faster. So that may be another way to speed up the checks.