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To avoid delays, you should get all of your police certificates as soon as possible.
If your certificate is in a language other than English or French, send the police certificate along with a translation done by a certified translator.
If you are an Express Entry candidate: If you are an Express Entry candidate, and you are invited to apply, you will only have 90 days to submit your police certificate. To make sure you have enough time, you should apply for your police certificates as early as you can.
If you know that a country takes longer than 90 days to issue a police certificate, you should apply for one even if you don’t have an Invitation to Apply yet. Find out how to get a police certificate for a specific country or territory.
If you applied for a police certificate, but do not have it by the deadline to submit your online application, write or type your explanation on a blank piece of paper and upload it in the Police Certificate section. You must also upload supporting documents that prove you applied for it, such as a confirmation receipt, payment receipt, delivery notice, tracking number, etc.
Police certificates must be a scan of the original certificate(s) in colour. Certified true copies or unauthorized copies will not be accepted and will result in your application being rejected.
If you are an International Experience Canada (IEC) candidate If you’re invited to apply, you’ll normally need to provide a police certificate when you submit your work permit application.
To avoid delays, you should get all of your police certificates as soon as possible.
If your certificate is in a language other than English or French, send the police certificate along with a translation done by a certified translator.
If you are an Express Entry candidate:
If you are an Express Entry candidate, and you are invited to apply, you will only have 90 days to submit your police certificate. To make sure you have enough time, you should apply for your police certificates as early as you can.
If you know that a country takes longer than 90 days to issue a police certificate, you should apply for one even if you don’t have an Invitation to Apply yet. Find out how to get a police certificate for a specific country or territory.
If you applied for a police certificate, but do not have it by the deadline to submit your online application, write or type your explanation on a blank piece of paper and upload it in the Police Certificate section. You must also upload supporting documents that prove you applied for it, such as a confirmation receipt, payment receipt, delivery notice, tracking number, etc.
Police certificates must be a scan of the original certificate(s) in colour. Certified true copies or unauthorized copies will not be accepted and will result in your application being rejected.
If you are an International Experience Canada (IEC) candidate
If you’re invited to apply, you’ll normally need to provide a police certificate when you submit your work permit application.
Find more information on police certificates for IEC: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/apply.asp#docs_need