Lost all identification please help with advice for pr card renewal

[Malina2025]

Hello everyone I’m in such a hard position when we were moving last year I lost all and I mean ALL of my identifications my passport my wallet with my PR card and was never ever able to find any of it again I submitted my PR card renewal with a statutory declaration and a picture that I printed out a picture of my lost and expired pr card in from Germany I can not even get my German passport again without my pr card it says my pr application is in progress now but I’m just so scared it’s going to get rejected. Has anyone else been three this and somehow found a way to get them to accept the application or is this all hopeless

 

[scylla]

Hello everyone I’m in such a hard position when we were moving last year I lost all and I mean ALL of my identifications my passport my wallet with my PR card and was never ever able to find any of it again I submitted my PR card renewal with a statutory declaration and a picture that I printed out a picture of my lost and expired pr card in from Germany I can not even get my German passport again without my pr card it says my pr application is in progress now but I’m just so scared it’s going to get rejected. Has anyone else been three this and somehow found a way to get them to accept the application or is this all hopeless

Can you confirm that you are in Canada right now?

 

[Malina2025]

Can you confirm that you are in Canada right now?

Yes! I am in Canada right now I haven’t left Canada in like 8 years

 

[scylla]

Yes! I am in Canada right now I haven’t left Canada in like 8 years

I think you should be good.

 

[Ponga]

I think you should be good.

Agreed.

This is what IMM 5445 shows:

You must submit these documents:

• A copy of one of the following primary identity documents:
  
  • your valid passport or travel document or
  • the passport or travel document you had when you became a permanent resident (if applicable, include the passport page that was stamped when you arrived in Canada and became a permanent resident) or
  • the certificate of identity or travel document issued by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada or a foreign country.
• 
  Note: The copy should show:
  
  • the document type and number;
  • issue and expiry date;
  • your name;
  • your photo; and
  • your date of birth

In exceptional cases, if it is impossible for you to obtain any of the above, you must provide a:

• copy of any identity document issued outside Canada before you came to Canada *or* (since the OP no longer has their German passport)
• statutory declaration signed by you attesting to your identity and a statutory declaration also attesting to your identity signed by:
  • a person who knew you before you came to Canada (such as a family member) or
  • an official of an organization representing people from your country of nationality or past residence.

All statutory declarations must be certified by an accredited commissioner of oaths. Provincial laws govern who can act in this position.


If you are submitting a statutory declaration, you must also provide a clear and legible copy of a letter explaining

• that there are exceptional circumstances in your home country,
• what these circumstances are, and
• how they are stopping you from getting any identity documents.

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