I may be able to get the police check from China. I will try, let’s suppose I do get it, or have it already, translated as well. My question is, do I still show that I lived in China for x amount of time to the police in my home country because they ask for a 5 year address history. Would they give me a police check if I show them the Chinese police check? Is there anything else I need to get done (like authenticate to be used in Canada) before they will accept the Chinese police check, even if they will eventually accept it? I fear that they won’t even give me a police check if I haven’t lived in the same address for the whole duration of 5 years, or at least in the country.

Hi. Thank you for the reply.

The school asked me to get a police clearance from my passport country. To be honest, I’m not that concerned about the school cancelling my contract, I am, however, concerned about obtaining a clearance check from the police by essentially saying to the police that I have been living in Canada at the same address for the whole duration of 5 years instead of also mentioning the China address. In a case like this, is RCMP clearance check going to be better or worse? I guess they would still ask my address for the past 5 years as well? How does it usually work, do people give their clearance checks from other countries (like China) to the police in their home countries before getting a clearance (full 5 years) from their home country?

You are absolutely right, I was always going to get the clearance check towards the end of my contract but I was in my home country, on vacation, when the pandemic hit. I’ve been here since and never got the chance to go back and get my Chinese clearance.

Hi. I’ve signed a contract with a school and they’ve asked for the criminal record check, as they would. I currently live in Canada for the past two years and I want to apply for the 5 year criminal record check in my city (city 1) but I’ve lived in China for about three years within the last 5 years. In the application they ask for addresses within the last 5 years. Do I put the China address? I don’t want to lie but I also don't want unnecessary headaches. I’ve had a similar issue before where I lived in a different city (city 2) for sometime and the police (city 1) wanted my police check from the other city (city 2) before they would give me one. Has anyone had a similar issue? Please let me know what I should do? Also, would getting my police check done through the rcmp any better in my case?