Criminal record checks

[Jocelyn2016]

My husband has lived in Japan, New Zealand and Australia. We currently live in Seoul, where my husbad is from. The dates living abroad are from 2008-2013. Do we have to get checks from all three countries and Korea or is it just where he has lived the last 5 years? I'm confused and when I email Manila visa office, they don't give me a clear answer and tell me to refer to the website thanks!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

It's pretty straightforward:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/infORmation/security/police-cert/intro.asp

Who needs a police certificate?

In general, you and all the people in your family who are 18 or older need to get a police certificate. You must get one from each country or territory where you have spent six or more months since the age of 18

 

[canadianwoman]

The guide for South Korea states the applicant needs 'Original police certificates or clearances from each country in which you and every one in your family aged 18 years or over have resided six months or more since reaching 18 years of age in the last 10 years.'
So he needs police certificates from the three countries mentioned, plus South Korea. (Unless he stayed in one of them for less than six months.) Of course, if he was under 18 in those countries, he may not need the certificate.