Married in Canada :) Do i need to go home and change my passport???

[Valkyrien]

Hello everyone!

I am ukrainian with PR card, all is fine.
I am married in Canada and changing my last name and i know i need to change lots of documents.
One of the biggest is my ukrainian international passport. That possible to do in Toronto.
But all ukrainians have inside Ukrainian passport.

So, maybe someone had the same position.

Do i need to go to Ukraine and change only inside passport? And International UKR passport in Toronto.
Do i need to change 2 of them in Ukraine?

Do anyone knows another way?

Will be happy to get any help

 

[profiler]

Hello everyone!

I am ukrainian with PR card, all is fine.
I am married in Canada and changing my last name and i know i need to change lots of documents.
One of the biggest is my ukrainian international passport. That possible to do in Toronto.
But all ukrainians have inside Ukrainian passport.

So, maybe someone had the same position.

Do i need to go to Ukraine and change only inside passport? And International UKR passport in Toronto.
Do i need to change 2 of them in Ukraine?

Do anyone knows another way?

Will be happy to get any help

Congratulations!

My wife is Russian, so we have the same thought with respect to the internal affairs passport.

Now speaking from the Russian perspective (I assume it's possible to do this with Ukraine as well, but I'm not totally sure), you can get documents from the Russian Consular General in Toronto. Like PCCs. They issue them right there, translated...

So, I would guess that the Ukraine Consular General in Toronto may be able to help you here.. did you try contacting them or the Embassy in Ottawa?

 

[Valkyrien]

Thank you

Yeah! I did.
They said that intern-l UKR passport i can change in Toronto, but only when the 1st i will change inside UKR passport.
That possible to get only in Ukraine.

 

[profiler]

Thank you

Yeah! I did.
They said that intern-l UKR passport i can change in Toronto, but only when the 1st i will change inside UKR passport.
That possible to get only in Ukraine.

Interesting....

Well I just looked it up, and I was able to find a story of someone who changed an Internal UKR passport. This is an expat who now lives in the US.

It apparently will take 30 days and the less time, the more cost. You will have to do this in Ukraine, because not only do you have to change that passport, you also have to have a Tax ID issued to you (a new one, because the passport no longer has your maiden name). They were able to do all of this in about 5 weeks, and it did cost more (I am assuming that might mean bribes were paid).

Before you head east, you might also want to try to reach someone at the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get a sense of what documentation they would accept for the basis of change -- some states have strict guidelines on what they will accept for the basis or reason for change..

 

[Valkyrien]

yeah......sound like i thought .....

1 month to wait until done inside pass + 1 month need to wait until done international pass... ???

Thank you for information

Interesting if i can change all pass-ts later....not right now

 

[profiler]

yeah......sound like i thought .....

1 month to wait until done inside pass + 1 month need to wait until done international pass... ???

Thank you for information

Interesting if i can change all pass-ts later....not right now

My wife and I were just discussing the process, because it's the same in Russia. I too wonder if you can assume a new last name in Canada only. I think for the purposes of CIC, they require your passport (travel) needs to be changed. The PR will be issued in the same surname as your passport (they have to match, right)..

If you complete citizenship, I bet you can have a different surname...

 

[Valkyrien]

I just talked with one friend.....and he said that I need my pass-t only for travel.
Everything on PR card in Canada so, i can change it my pass later. When i will travel there (in Ukraine) again.
Just need to have our marriage certif-te when traveling. I don't know if its gonna work.... :-\

 

[Valkyrien]

i must to change my PR card coz i legally changing my name.
They said that i need to change all doc-s first and then PR.
That's why i started with my pass-ts

 

[profiler]

I just talked with one friend.....and he said that I need my pass-t only for travel.
Everything on PR card in Canada so, i can change it my pass later. When i will travel there (in Ukraine) again.
Just need to have our marriage certif-te when traveling. I don't know if its gonna work.... :-\

Yeah I was just looking at the CIC's policy on Change of Name requests:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/id/name/change.asp

Looks like you don't need to change your passport!

 

[Valkyrien]

ohhh its sound goood
Thank you very much for help ;D

 

[profiler]

ohhh its sound goood
Thank you very much for help ;D

We put in a CSE tonight to see if we can take advantage of that... fingers crossed!

Best of luck to you!

 

[Valkyrien]

good luck guys
and thank you

 

[Alex54321]

good luck guys
and thank you

Were you sponsored by your Canadian citizen spouse to get your PR? If yes, do you remember whether you sent a copy of your "internal Ukrainian Passport" as National ID for identity purposes? If yes, was the passport certified and translated in English? If yes, how many pages? A few or whole thing?