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Author Topic: Valid multiple visa in old passport. Can I enter Canada?  (Read 660 times)
nycchip
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« on: October 15, 2011, 09:18:40 am »

Hello! I am planning to travel to Toronto in two weeks. I have a multiple-entry visa to Canada in my old passport valid till Feb 15, 2012 which is the date that my old passport was valid for. I have also traveled to Canada many times in the past two years. Now that I got my new passport on hands old passport is no longer valid I guess. Can I travel with both passports and have my valid Canadian visa in the old passport or do I need to get a new visa in the new passport? I can't get a hold of Canadian embassy in NY to ask that question and I can't find any concrete answers on the web. I don't have enough time to get a new stamp since their processing times now went from 1 business day to 30 days. Please help. Thank you.

I found this section in ENF 4 Port of Entry Examinations, does this apply in my case too?:

13.15. Valid visas in expired passports
If an expired passport contains a valid visa counterfoil, the counterfoil can still be used since the
expiration of the passport has no effect on the visa's validity. Holders of a valid visa may continue
to use their visa until the date it expires even if the visa is in an expired passport. Visitors can fulfil
the visa and passport requirements by presenting both the renewed and expired passports
containing the valid visa counterfoil to a BSO when seeking entry into Canada. The Regulations
state that visas should not be issued longer than the validity of the passport. However, due to preIRPA cases, it is possible to encounter visas in expired passports.  
It is not possible to "transfer" a valid visa into a new passport. If the holder of a valid visa wishes
to have a visa placed in their new passport or if the passport is deemed ‘not valid' for political or
security concerns, visitors must apply for a replacement visa by submitting a new application and
paying the replacement document fee in accordance with R311(2).
If the applicant wishes to obtain a visa valid for a longer period in the new document, this will
constitute a new temporary resident visa application and any applicable fees resulting from this
new application will be collected. The previous visa will subsequently be cancelled.
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crefugee
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« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2011, 09:05:15 am »

You can always transfer your valid visa from your old passport to your new passport by paying about $25 - 50 and then you can travel.

As far as I know the visa on your old passport is not valid untill your passport is valid.
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nycchip
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2011, 10:54:27 pm »

I emailed Canadian embassy in NYC and received confirmation that I can travel with both passports.

I went to Canada few weeks ago traveling with both passports and the valid TRV being in my old passport. Had no problem!!!

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