Passport and Medical expiry

[andrew-brit]

Hello all.

I am hopefully submitting my spousal application in this week, just waiting for police certificate to come in the mail.

I did my medical on August 26th 2014 and my passport expires on January 27th 2016.

I am applying through London UK so assuming the timeline for that office is correct I should receive PR by August 2015.

That is 5 months before my passport is due to expire, would that be a problem? I know that the Visa would be valid up until my medical or passport expires.


Thanks,
Andrew

 

[tink23]

Sorry, what you have written doesn't make sense. You said your passport will expire in January 2015 and you should have PR by August 2015.
This is a problem. You should renew your passport now.

It is usually a rule of thumb that you should only travel on a passport that has at least 6 months left on it. So you should start the process of renewing your passport now.

Hello all.

I am hopefully submitting my spousal application in this week, just waiting for police certificate to come in the mail.

I did my medical on August 26th 2014 and my passport expires on January 27th 2015.

I am applying through London UK so assuming the timeline for that office is correct I should receive PR by August 2015.

That is 5 months before my passport is due to expire, would that be a problem? I know that the Visa would be valid up until my medical or passport expires.


Thanks,
Andrew

 

[andrew-brit]

Sorry I made a mistake.

Passport expiry: January 27th 2016
Medical expiry: August 26th 2015
Likely to receive PR: August 2015

 

[tink23]

Sorry I made a mistake.

Passport expiry: January 27th 2016
Medical expiry: August 26th 2015
Likely to receive PR: August 2015

Ok. Well, if it was me, and I hadn't heard anything from cic by late June 2015, then I would renew my passport then. As long as the passport renewal time is quick, then u should still have your passport back before u expect to hear something regarding your pr. I would be too nervous to travel on my passport if it were nearing expiry.

 

[andrew-brit]

I should have mentioned that I will have status in Canada by then.

I am going to renew my passport before it only has 6 months left but my concerns were if I got PR close to the 6 month guideline if the CIC would have a problem with that.

 

[muumi]

I doubt they would have a problem with it, but if you are going to Canada you will likely need your passport at some point. Any time you cross the border to the USA - passport. Take a plane - passport. I'd think it would be simpler to renew it from within the UK, and it should then last until you are eligible for Canadian citizenship.

 

[andrew-brit]

It takes 6 weeks to apply for a British passport from Canada..

I am in Canada as a visitor right now and will be in Canada on a a work permit (hopefully) by then anyway.