If you are a Canadian applying for an APRC and you have left Taiwan for more than three consecutive months within the last five years, you will need a Canadian criminal record check. Getting this document can be an incredibly complicated and time consuming process if you are living outside of Canada and I have even heard of people flying home just to save time.
I recently found a service that makes the process a lot easier. The steps are as follows:
- Go to pacificfingerprintservice.c … erprinting and fill out the form
- You will receive an email with a fingerprinting form within 24 hours
- Take the form to the National Immigration agency and they will do your fingerprints for 100nt
- Fedex the sheet, a pic and payment sheet (their service costs 147 Can) to the Pacific Fingerprinting offices
- They will digitize the prints and submit the record check application to the RCMP
- The RCMP will then send the check to an address in Canada and your friends or family can send the document back to you in Taiwan
I just recently went through this process and had my document within two weeks. The $147 fee covers digitizing your prints and fees charged by the RCMP. A lot cheaper than a plan ticket back to Canada, that’s for sure!