If you've lived in Saudi Arabia for 6 months or more and need a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) for your Canadian Express Entry application, the process runs through your home country's embassy rather than directly with Saudi police.
- Confirm you meet the 6-month residency threshold. IRCC requires a PCC for any country where you've resided 6+ months since age 18, including Saudi Arabia.
- Go to your home country's embassy in Saudi Arabia first (e.g., the Pakistan Embassy) and request a letter confirming you need a PCC. Saudi authorities generally won't issue a PCC without this embassy-issued request letter.
- Take that letter (typically issued in Arabic) to the relevant Saudi ministry to formally request the PCC.
- Expect this process to take time and involve some back-and-forth — community members reported getting the PCC only close to their final exit date from Saudi Arabia, so start the embassy step as early as possible, especially if your Invitation to Apply (ITA) is expected soon.
Build in extra lead time for this step specifically, since Saudi PCC issuance is described as procedurally trickier than in many other countries.