Expired passport

[glowingheart]

Can ones passport be expired when applying for citizenship?

We are planing to apply in February and our passports expire in September, there is no consulate in Calgary so we will need to travel to Vancouver to get it renewed it cant be done by mail

My guess is that it doesnt matter cause its a travel document and we are not traveling, been researching and cant find anywhere where it says it can be expired or not

Thoughts anyone


Thanks

 

[Goldline]

Can ones passport be expired when applying for citizenship?

We are planing to apply in February and our passports expire in September, there is no consulate in Calgary so we will need to travel to Vancouver to get it renewed it cant be done by mail

My guess is that it doesnt matter cause its a travel document and we are not traveling, been researching and cant find anywhere where it says it can be expired or not

Thoughts anyone


Thanks

I heard stories about applicants getting RQ'ed because they applied with an expired passport. I think they suspect you have another passport and you are hiding it because you don't want to disclose trips you may have made. Also, and this is more important, it's not a good idea not to have a valid passport. Yes you re not planning to travel anytime soon but what if something happens? what if you have an emergency and you need to fly overseas as soon as possible??

 

[glowingheart]

I heard stories about applicants getting RQ'ed because they applied with an expired passport. I think they suspect you have another passport and you are hiding it because you don't want to disclose trips you may have made. Also, and this is more important, it's not a good idea not to have a valid passport. Yes you re not planning to travel anytime soon but what if something happens? what if you have an emergency and you need to fly overseas as soon as possible??

makes sense what you say
but can't se any emergency outside of canada
I have nowhere else to go cause ill never go back to the place where I was born


thanks for your advise

 

[paw339]

My wife and children have expired PR cards and expired passports with their Citizenship application "in process"; no RQ yet

 

[glowingheart]

My wife and children have expired PR cards and expired passports with their Citizenship application "in process"; no RQ yet

I think the passport shouldn't be a problem
Im checking yes on the CBSA to give access to my immigration movements

what's their timeline?

what is the exact meaning of RQ

 

[paw339]

RQ= Residency questionnaire. If CIC have any doubts about whether you meet the residency requirements they can ask for further information (RQ). Depending on what their doubts are you might be asked to provide a small amount of specific information or you could be asked to provide full "proof" you have been in Canada including bank records, tenancy agreements, bills etc.

 

[glowingheart]

RQ= Residency questionnaire. If CIC have any doubts about whether you meet the residency requirements they can ask for further information (RQ). Depending on what their doubts are you might be asked to provide a small amount of specific information or you could be asked to provide full "proof" you have been in Canada including bank records, tenancy agreements, bills etc.

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Thanks

 

[wanabecanadian]

I heard stories about applicants getting RQ'ed because they applied with an expired passport. I think they suspect you have another passport and you are hiding it because you don't want to disclose trips you may have made. Also, and this is more important, it's not a good idea not to have a valid passport. Yes you re not planning to travel anytime soon but what if something happens? what if you have an emergency and you need to fly overseas as soon as possible??

If he were to renew his passport, is there any issue if someone had a just recently renewed passport from their home country? Ofcourse, one should submit copies of the old passports too but i read somewhere on this forum the reason for getting RQ and i believe I saw (can't find the thread anymore) someone mentioned a newly issued ID or something may trigger an RQ? Is that true and if so does that apply to passports as well or just photo IDs like drivers license etc.. i dont see any issue in having a newly renewed passport considering the time it takes to get Citizenship here may take so long that the current passport may expire.. any thoughts?

 

[BOXSIR]

My passport will be expired in 2015 , means when i will go for test i will have a expire passport. while at the time of citizenship application it was valid .
do i need to renew my PP before attending the test?
any advise ?

 

[glowingheart]

My passport will be expired in 2015 , means when i will go for test i will have a expire passport. while at the time of citizenship application it was valid .
do i need to renew my PP before attending the test?
any advise ?

honestly I don't think that the expired passport should be a problem cause there is no visa to be stamped in it
in fact you are becoming a citizen and not planning to use that passport again

 

[franixsouq]

Hi
APPLYING for CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP
please help me, my question is that my passport(non-Canadian) have expired, and it is impossible for me to renew it, as i don't have any ties back to my country, and I'm not traveling back nor I have time to left to do it online.
is it ok to provide my expired passport of my country on which I got the visa and came to Canada?
Thanks

Please share your experience?

 

[shandias]

Hi
APPLYING for CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP
please help me, my question is that my passport(non-Canadian) have expired, and it is impossible for me to renew it, as i don't have any ties back to my country, and I'm not traveling back nor I have time to left to do it online.
is it ok to provide my expired passport of my country on which I got the visa and came to Canada?
Thanks

Please share your experience?

I applied for citizenship with my expired passport and i didnt have any issue. There is a field in main form for a explanation I just wrote "No intention of travelling so i didn't renew my password" but make sure to provide two pieces of IDs as your expired passport doesn't accept as its expired. i became a Canadian Citizen last year

 

[SideshowLoki]

You can apply with an expired passport- they even ask for it! They do want you to explain why you didn't renew it though.

 

[zombiezombie]

Can ones passport be expired when applying for citizenship?

We are planing to apply in February and our passports expire in September, there is no consulate in Calgary so we will need to travel to Vancouver to get it renewed it cant be done by mail

My guess is that it doesnt matter cause its a travel document and we are not traveling, been researching and cant find anywhere where it says it can be expired or not

Thoughts anyone


Thanks

The requirement says VALID ID's.
Once a passport is expired, it is no longer valid.

 

[EstherBarros]

The requirement says VALID ID's.
Once a passport is expired, it is no longer valid.

Those are 2 different things. You have to provide 2 valid government issued IDs AS WELL AS all of the passports you have held in the relevant period. It is fine to apply without a current valid passport, so much so that the form tells you what to do if you do not have a current valid passport.