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canada/gardai certificate-HELP!!!

  • 03-09-2009 8:06pm
    #1
    bridie27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭


    hey everyone,

    ive a few questions about the Canada usit visa 2010, if someone could help me that would be great!

    i live in the UK at the mo, how do USIT know if you are resident or not in eire throughout the process??

    also, how long do the Gardai certificates take to return???


    cheers in advance!x


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  • #2
    crushproof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,860 ✭✭✭crushproof


    bridie27 wrote: »
    hey everyone,

    ive a few questions about the Canada usit visa 2010, if someone could help me that would be great!

    i live in the UK at the mo, how do USIT know if you are resident or not in eire throughout the process??

    also, how long do the Gardai certificates take to return???


    cheers in advance!x

    Took 3 weeks for to get my Garda cert for going to Korea. They said it would be 6 weeks so I was suprised it arrived early!


  • #3
    bridie27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭bridie27


    hey,

    what is on the form you fill in for the gardai??what questions??


  • #4
    Tobler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Tobler


    Hi, my garda clearance only took 2 days, they told me it could take up to 10 working days but I had it back by post in 2 days. i applied in galway so think processing times can vary but you're better off applying asap just in case! You dont have to fill in a form, you just send a letter to the superintendent telling them you need garda clearance for a Canadian visa. Think you just put in your current address and any previous addresses in Ireland and your date of birth. I cant remember exactly so u might wanna check that out before sending the letter.


  • #5
    bridie27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭bridie27


    ive heard its a form you had to fill in??did you hand it into mill street?


  • #6
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    bridie27 wrote: »
    ive heard its a form you had to fill in??did you hand it into mill street?

    i didnt fill in a form

    just brought all my application stuff and my passport to the station, the garda photocopied it and told me id have it in a week, and i did


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  • #7
    bridie27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭bridie27


    im getting it to apply for the 2010 visa so i need to get it in advance. ive been living in the uk for 4 years , do they just want to know the times youve lived in eire??


  • #8
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    you need a police cert for every country you lived in for 6 months or more


  • #9
    bridie27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭bridie27


    ye gona get one for uk. but the gardai only want times youve lived eire??as in when i tell where i lived id say eire 1982--2005 and october 2009-(when i move home)....know what i mean??


  • #10
    Tobler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭Tobler


    Yeah I lived away for a year so i just gave dates and places I lived in Ireland. I dont know what its like getting clearance from the UK but I had to get an Australian police check and its turning out to be an absolute pain and taking forever so id recommend applying asap for the UK one just in case, but you should be ok hopefully. Yeah it was Mill St. Garda station I applied to, I actually dropped the letter in to them cos I was a bit tight for time. They seem to be very efficient in there, even when i rang up the lady knew exactly what I was talking about and told me exactly what i needed to send in and how long it would take...compared to the Garda station at home in Meath which I rang earlier that week and the guy hadnt a clue, told me i would have to come home from galway and go in to them to have it done, he hadnt a clue. so Millstreet could be your best bet id say!! good luck!


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