Local Police Certificate or RCMP?

[misa 2]

Liz, ..............

did you get a pic on yours too?

Ya Mr Constable man pulled out his digital camera and took a picture of me as I sat in the chair.. kinda shocked and not at all prepared =)

Heh, mine was done with a webcam attached to her camera! I asked if I should take off my coat and scarf and she said no.

[Tinker 0]

Liz, ..............

did you get a pic on yours too?

Ya Mr Constable man pulled out his digital camera and took a picture of me as I sat in the chair.. kinda shocked and not at all prepared =)

Heh, mine was done with a webcam attached to her camera! I asked if I should take off my coat and scarf and she said no.

Liz, is that why you didn't show us your pic?

Misa, cause she didn't expect a Beaver to take off it's coat, sheesh

[Ron/Sharon 0]

I had the web cam picture taken also, and even thought the RCMP said it would be at the time I think 140 days as of January ?? I called the Consulate March and told them that my NOA 2 would expire before the RCMP were done, the Consulate said no problem as the RCMP told them it would be further 6 months and the consulate said I should be getting mine in August I did receive the certificate about three days after speaking to the Consulate and on the 79th day after it was mailed in. Just remember that all dates given are exaggerated for their benefit.

I forgot to add that I did the full fingerprint thingy they do

Edited July 12, 2007 by Ron/Sharon

[Lance27 19]

Sorry but I just found that extremly hillarious

Just don't do the RCMP one where you send it away to Ottawa. Mine was just mailed out yesterday, and I applied for it 3 months ago. They mixed up my name and my gender (they called me a "Mr" and had my last name wrong and were trying to run the check on the wrong person.)

Local ones are much quicker..and generally when they see you in person they don't mess up your gender. I hope.

[misa 2]

Misa, cause she didn't expect a Beaver to take off it's coat, sheesh

It was DAMN COLD OUT when I got it done. It was during one of the cold snaps in February... I think it was something like -20 C out that day! Brrr...

[Lona.C. 16]

yup I went to local police station where I live in MTL , to my suprice the officer told me they can do it but hes gona save me some cash in telling me I would be better off goin to St - Jean to the RCMP they can do it billanguel , waiting period 15 - 20 min cost 25 bucks , as for the police office there it woulda been , waiting period up to 3 weeks resive it in mail , document only in french , cost 65 , so I lookd at him told him well thank you but you just lost your self a costumer , lol he said he knew that was comin and good luck , lol

[L_n_O 3]

Liz, is that why you didn't show us your pic?

maybe........................

[lynamon 0]

Hi,

I'm very confused about which one to get. On one hand I read that RCMP is better because it's a Canada Wide search (and it avoids the 3 municipal checks I would need)but requires fingerprinting first, then application for a criminal check. When I called the 613-998-6362 number and they say there is a 150 day wait time on Criminal Checks (and I KNOW I don't even have a criminal record),

On the other hand, I look @ Toronto's Police Services and they use the same database as the RCMP and they DON'T require fingerprints, of course they also don't state how long it will take for the criminal check.

So which service do I use that will take the least amount of time? I'm 3 months away from my wedding date!

Thank you,

Hi .. just noticed that your timeline reads that you got your NOA2 for your I129f on 05/17/07 and that you have wedding plans for October?? and going through Montreal??? .. I'm really sorry to point this out but you may want to check out the timelines for interviews in Montreal ... I received my NOA2 December 13, 2006 and my interview is coming up July 18th .. have you received and sent back to them package 3 yet?

[Ron/Sharon 0]

I got my NOA-2 on December 8 and I'm looking at hopefully October the month you are planning for your wedding as the time for my interview. You would have better luck going through Vancouver

[Cassie 8]

all I know is that when I got the letter from Montreal, they were very specific in stating the police check had to be from the RCMP. then again, that was a few years ago. *shrug*

I got my NOA-2 on December 8 and I'm looking at hopefully October the month you are planning for your wedding as the time for my interview. You would have better luck going through Vancouver

Vancouver is really cracking down on case transfers, so methinks they are stuck with Montreal.

[L_n_O 3]

If you look at the police check that I added in my earlier post, it does say it's from the RCMP..

and I went to the commisionaires station in markham to do it.. =)

[Cassie 8]

If you look at the police check that I added in my earlier post, it does say it's from the RCMP..

and I went to the commisionaires station in markham to do it.. =)

right, because in some places the commissionaires take care of it for the RCMP. Where I lived, there is no such thing as the commissionaires, only RCMP or the local police precinct.

[~Nini~ 2]

Damn, mine is really ghetto. White sheet of paper, no picture.

[Cassie 8]

Damn, mine is really ghetto. White sheet of paper, no picture.

same as mine! No picture, no fee either!

[~Nini~ 2]

You didn't have to pay?! I paid $42 for my ghetto no-picture ink-jet sheet of paper!