Do i need a police verification check for immigration to Canada if im already studying in canada for 2 years?

Posted February 23rd, 2011 by immigratecanada and filed in Immigration to Canada

on the canadian high commision website it says i do not need a police verification if im in canada but the immigration application was applied from india before i had any study permit. So Do i need to get it ? there is no info on the hamilton police station website for a police verification check for IMMIGRATION purposes.

If I apply for a work permit or emigration to Australia or Canada, does my past employment need verification?

Posted November 4th, 2010 by immigratecanada and filed in Immigration to Canada

From what I understand, past employment is a major factor in determining how many “points” you accumulate, which decides whether you will be approved for a visa or not.

Well, I’m an American citizen, but I’ve spent most of the last two years in Asia teaching English after I graduated from college. Does this employment need to be verified somehow in order for me to get the immigration points? If so, how?

I think the private schools I worked for shut down after I left, so I doubt I’d be able to track down my previous employers. Even if I could, their English skills are pretty poor, so it would be difficult to get anything accomplished anyway.

So, do I have to somehow prove my past employment in order to get the immigration points, or do I just write down where I worked and that’s all there is to it?

Thanks very much!
ibu guru: Thanks for answering! Yes, “fly-by-night” might be a fitting description for my ex-employers.

When you say that I’ll need “verification of employment and references from past employers”… are those two separate things?

Is the verification more than just the reference? …and does it require telephone conversations, letters of reference, or what exactly?