IRCC Updates Instructions on Procedures Related to Police Certificates and Express Entry Completeness Checks

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IRCC Updates Instructions on Procedures Related
to Police Certificates and Express Entry
Completeness Checks
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
(IRCC, formerly known as CIC) has provided
updates to the published instructions on police
certificates with respect to the Express Entry
selection system for immigration to Canada. This
update may affect individuals who receive an
Invitation To Apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent
residence through Express Entry. Language
revisions were made to clarify the text, and
under Exceptional circumstances, the instructions
have been changed to reflect that clients are
required to provide both proof of having
requested a police certificate and an explanation
of their best efforts to produce a police
certificate before the 60-day deadline after the
ITA has been issued. These Exceptional
circumstances are outlined below. In addition,
the instructions have been revised to reflect
that police certificates are required up front
and are mandatory for each country where an
individual has lived for six months or more in
total, not necessarily in a row.