police clearance more than 3 months old

[anqxk]

I am sponsoring my wife for PR. She has a police clearance from China that is about 4 months old. I know the clearance should be no more than 3 months old when the case processing center receives our application. However, as she has been studying in US since August 2012, from a logical point of view, it wouldn't matter too much if her police clearance from China is a little more than 3 months old. Anyway, my question is: can I submit the old police clearance with our application and write a letter explaining that we'll send in an updated clearance from China as soon as we get it? Will that delay our application process?
Thank you!

 

[scylla]

You can certainly try sending the old one in. CIC may ask for a new one (impossible for any of us to say if they will or they won't). If they request a new one, this will create some delay for your application.

 

[anqxk]

Thanks for your reply. You are right we never know if the CIC would ask for a new one.... I was hoping to see if someone actually did this before. Anyway, I guess we'll just get a new clearance before we send in our application to be on the safe side.

 

[chala]

I am sponsoring my wife for PR. She has a police clearance from China that is about 4 months old. I know the clearance should be no more than 3 months old when the case processing center receives our application. However, as she has been studying in US since August 2012, from a logical point of view, it wouldn't matter too much if her police clearance from China is a little more than 3 months old. Anyway, my question is: can I submit the old police clearance with our application and write a letter explaining that we'll send in an updated clearance from China as soon as we get it? Will that delay our application process?
Thank you!

Yes. I sent an expired one with a note that a new one had been requested and would be sent to them when received. CIC was ok with that.