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Canadian Citizenship Application gap between 2 passports

cicuser

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Oct 11, 2017
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I am filling my Canadian citizenship application online. I have a gap of 38 days between the expiry date of my previous passport and the issue date of my current passport. There is a box in the application asking me to explain this gap. Is it okay to say "I was waiting for the passport to be renewed. During this period I did not have any other travel document and did not do any international travel." Or do I need to write more details and attach some proof (passport renewal application details, etc.). While looking for the passport renewal details, I realized that I had applied for renewal a couple of days after the actual expiry date. Would this be a problem?
 

bellaluna

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May 23, 2014
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"I was waiting for the passport to be renewed. During this period I did not have any other travel document and did not do any international travel."
This is fine.

I had a gap of several months without a passport while I was waiting for my Canadian citizenship approval because I didn't want to bother renewing my old country's passport. I just explained "did not renew and did not travel" for the gap when I got asked for updated passport scans.
 
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