Third Country PCC's : Any Guidelines / Experiences??

[ykv]

Hi ALL:

This thread is for PCC from countries other then USA and India i.e. for people who have also stayed in countries other then these for more then 6 or 12 ( Refer Packet 3 for explanation about periods) months.

I am sure lot of people who fall in above category face this dilemma - Let here be a discussion about the procedure and format for Such PCC's. e.g. In my case , i am specifically interested to know if i need a Canadian PCC from RCMP ( fingerprint based ) or Local police station PCC ( name based) check will suffice - Packet 3 merely says it needs to be obtained from "the police authorities of that locality" - according to this , Name based check should be fine - but i am confused by the conflicting approach of other CPer's who are insisting /going for RCMP PCC's - Sharing of any personal experience by one who did it successfully with Local PCC would be of great help.

Advance Thanks to anyone participating in this discussion.

[applyac140]

Third Country PCC

I had Singapore PCC done in one Month's time. I had send them the fingerprint from NYPD sealed, and the details of the stays & the companies I had worked with.

[ykv]

this is what i understand....

Thanks Applyac140.

For those who may be interested , i did little more research on this , and the gist is.....if you are still living in the said third country , a name based PCC will suffice , if you lived in third country for less then one year, you do not need any PCC , if you lived there for more then one year , you need Fingerprint based PCC.

This is not an official answer , just an experience based research result.

[kw177]

PCC

travel.state.gov/reciproc...y_pick.htm

Has a list of countries. Click on the country and scroll until you see info on Police Certificates.

Usually procedure is the same for third country if you live there or not.

[gopulu]

Re: PCC

What if one had lived in a third country for 10months.Do they still need a PCC from that country.

[ykv]

PCC

As much as i understand , PCC for less then 12mos stay in a third world country is not needed.