If you've received your Invitation to Apply (ITA) and are waiting on your Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) close to the document submission deadline, here's what the group suggested:
- Typical PCC timing: one applicant applied for their India PCC on Aug 24 and received it by Sept 29 — about 35 days. Use this as a rough benchmark, though local police station backlogs vary.
- If the PCC genuinely won't arrive before the deadline: submit your complete application anyway, along with a written explanation (a letter of explanation, or LOE) noting that the PCC is still pending and why. One member reported someone doing exactly this and it working out.
- Update IRCC once the PCC arrives: submit it afterward through the IRCC web form, referencing your application.
Takeaway: don't let a pending PCC stop you from submitting on time — submitting with an explanation and following up via web form once the document is ready is the accepted workaround the group described.