PCC from home country is needed if I haven’t lived there for more than 18 years

[SharonfFer]

I am an Indian citizen living in Nepal for past 25 years I have only visited India for week long holidays and never stayed in India for 6 months in a row Im now married to am Indian having a PR and have to file for my spousal PR I am confused about PCC do I require PCC from India or not as Its...

 

[Ponga]

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...l-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html

Police certificates

If you and your family members are 18 years of age and older and aren’t permanent residents or Canadian citizens, you must provide a valid police certificate for any country other than Canada in which you spent 6 or more months in a row since the age of 18.
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So, since you said that you have NEVER spent 6 months `in a row', or more, in India since age 18, it appears that you do not need a PCC from India.

 

[ERCAN]

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...l-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html

Police certificates

If you and your family members are 18 years of age and older and aren’t permanent residents or Canadian citizens, you must provide a valid police certificate for any country other than Canada in which you spent 6 or more months in a row since the age of 18.
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So, since you said that you have NEVER spent 6 months `in a row', or more, in India since age 18, it appears that you do not need a PCC from India.

ah.. you were few seconds quicker...

I'll just add one thing. That since the OP is an Indian citizen I'm 99.99% certain that they will request the PCC from India as it's quite hard to prove that one never went there while being a citizen. They asked PCC for my dependent child who left country of origin before 18y/o.

 

[Ponga]

ah.. you were few seconds quicker...

I'll just add one thing. That since the OP is an Indian citizen I'm 99.99% certain that they will request the PCC from India as it's quite hard to prove that one never went there while being a citizen. They asked PCC for my dependent child who left country of origin before 18y/o.

Makes sense.
Sorry that my keyboard skills are blazing fast (which they are NOT). LOL!