Princesstigger

Spreadsheet updated, congratulations!

TC8474

Hi,

Could you please add me to the spreadsheet? We're based in Mellor Brook in Lancashire. I'm a Canadian citizen sponsoring my British partner.

Application received in Mississauga: 8th March 2016
Common law/married: CML
Sponsor approval: awaited
Processing office: awaited
"In process" on ecas: awaited

Quite frustrating to see that some sponsorship applications are being dealt with in under a month and that after 2 and half months we're still waiting.

I sent them a web request for an update yesterday.

Thanks.

T

Princesstigger

All added to the Spreadsheet.

Shoshannah

Well, it turned out that I do need a police certificate for Canada. I just got an email from the CIC thanking me for my police certificate from the UK (which I managed to provide within the 30 day time limit they gave me), but also telling me to confirm that I've been living in Canada and if I have been, to provide them with a Canadian police certificate. I already have an appointment with the local police to have my fingerprints taken. And here I was, thinking that there was nothing else they could possibly want from me...
sigh

SchnookoLoly

Hang on, did they request an rcmp one? If you needed to have fingerprints done then it does make sense as means your personal details match someone with a Canadian criminal record so they need your prints to confirm it's not you. It's an uncommon request not unheard of.

LHaywood1

Having a slight meltdown here

I just looked at my CoPR and noticed the martial status says Single when I applied via the common law route.

Can anyone confirm if it should say common law or is it correct?

Thanks

Shoshannah

That's the one - RCMP police check. I should have done it straight away, but you live and learn, eh? Thankfully it should only take 3 days.
I seriously doubt that possible match with someone else in their criminal record. In their email they delicately chided me for not providing a canadian police certificate to begin with, because they asked for certificates from all countries I've lived in since applying (in 2014) and Canada should, logically, be included. And my name is so unusual, I seriously doubt that there is someone in Canada with one just like it.
But who knows. They don't have to explain themselves after all.

Snowy560

Yes, people who have lived in Canada for some time are sometimes asked during PR application processing for an RCMP check based on finger prints.

You'll get there. Keep us updated.

S

Snowy560

I don't think it will be a problem. Your sponsor's details will also be on the COPR (are they?). Point it out to the officer when you land. I know a married person that happened to recently (yes, it actually said "single"!) and they were fine!

S

SchnookoLoly

100% you do not need to provide a Canadian police check up front. Completely, certainly, you do not need to provide a Canadian police check up front. HOWEVER, as Snowy said, occasionally CIC will request an RCMP check which involves having your fingerprints taken. This is usually because there has been some issue confirming your identity though their internal checking service, whether it's you sharing a name or something else, who knows. They do occasionally request it, though, and it's different than a normal police check. The RCMP check is specific and requires fingerprints, a normal police check, which CIC carries out themselves, does not.

Anyway, get it sent off, and you'll be sorted. Chin up!

Snowy560

Yes, you do not need to provide it upfront when you first submit (but as Schnook says it can be later requested and is sometimes but not always).

S

LHaywood1

Thank you!

Siouxie

If this is so, you may want to direct them to this page, where it says
and
Generally speaking, they only request this if (as has been previously mentioned) you have a name in common with someone who has a criminal background. Unfortunately, whilst many think their names are unusal or uncommon, there's always a chance that someone else has that name or has used (or assumed) that name for nefarious deeds.



Good to hear that RCMP are able to offer a 3 day turnaround! Whilst it may have caused a short delay, hopefully it will be sorted quickly.

Shoshannah

Thanks for that. I would have sent this link to them yesterday, but I've already organised the RCMP for next week and the CIC gave me another 30 days to provide them with the results. Given your comment and your quote from their own website, I suspect that the person I'm dealing with doesn't know what they're doing. Because at first what they said was: "Please provide update police certificates for every country in which
you have lived for 6 months or longer since the time of your application (June 2014)"

When I didn't provide one for Canada, they said I should have done so and then specified that it should be a RCMP check. Doesn't this seem a little weird? Why didn't they specify it when they sent me that first letter asking for police certificates? I would love to point this out to them, but it will take them a month to reply and I might just be stirring up some trouble for myself.

Anyway, thank you all for your help. I'll keep you posted.

Siouxie

You are most welcome

The first one you received was the bog standard letter/email asking for updated police certificates - you could have been living anywhere ('oh - he applied in 2014? Better get an updated police check' -hits autocomplete letter button-). That's completely normal and to be expected if there's been a while between applying and final processing.

The second was specific for Canada as then they checked where you were living. However, I do suspect that the 2nd letter may have been in error but we will never know, lol.

The best thing to do with CIC is comply, then tell them what you think after you have your PR (unless there are massive delays, of course) - as you so rightly say, to make a fuss at this point will likely only delay your processing. It sounds like you are nearly there anyway...

it all goes smoothly from here.