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Hi,
I submitted paper pr card renewal application, it was returned as incomplete as I used expired passport as primary document. This is the same passport which I used for pr application, it also has prtd and initial landing stamps. I provided copies of these stampings.

Now I am planning to add my COPR document, will this be enough?

Thank you.
 
Hi,
I submitted paper pr card renewal application, it was returned as incomplete as I used expired passport as primary document. This is the same passport which I used for pr application, it also has prtd and initial landing stamps. I provided copies of these stampings.

Now I am planning to add my COPR document, will this be enough?

Thank you.

Why can’t you get a valid passport?
 
What do the instructions say?

I'd be surprised if those turned out to be more specific or helpful than the generic answer given in https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...l-change-gender-identifier.html#step1-primary

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.
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
  • statutory declaration signed by you attesting to your identity and a statutory declaration also attesting to your identity
Hi,
I submitted paper pr card renewal application, it was returned as incomplete as I used expired passport as primary document. This is the same passport which I used for pr application, it also has prtd and initial landing stamps. I provided copies of these stampings.

Now I am planning to add my COPR document, will this be enough?

Thank you.

As per the above, I would guess not - a CoPR wouldn't qualify as a primary id doc as it's not a travel doc and, being issued by Canada in Canada, it also doesn't qualify under the exceptional cases. Also, CoPRs are usually valid for one year, while PR cards are for five, so if your PR card is already expired it's probably the case that the CoPR technically is expired as well. (On the flip side, if you are able to add it as an extra, no harm in including it.)
Why can’t you get a valid passport?

Agreed, this is probably the easiest way to comply. Unless we're dealing with a refugee case, in which case I guess a copy of the Canadian refugee travel document should be sent along with the original expired passport that was already sent - and if applies to OP but OP doesn't have a RTD yet, then https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...passports/travel-documents-non-canadians.html might be helpful.
 
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I'd be surprised if those turned out to be more specific or helpful than the generic answer given in https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...l-change-gender-identifier.html#step1-primary

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.
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
  • statutory declaration signed by you attesting to your identity and a statutory declaration also attesting to your identity


As per the above, I would guess not - a CoPR wouldn't qualify as a primary id doc as it's not a travel doc and, being issued by Canada in Canada, it also doesn't qualify under the exceptional cases. Also, CoPRs are usually valid for one year, while PR cards are for five, so if your PR card is already expired it's probably the case that the CoPR technically is expired as well. (On the flip side, if you are able to add it as an extra, no harm in including it.)


Agreed, this is probably the easiest way to comply. Unless we're dealing with a refugee case, in which case I guess a copy of the Canadian refugee travel document should be sent along with the original expired passport that was already sent - and if applies to OP but OP doesn't have a RTD yet, then https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...passports/travel-documents-non-canadians.html might be helpful.
Hi, I submitted expired passport copy ( current one ) and also submitted PR Visa page stamped in the old passport at the time when I became permanent resident. It was accepted. Also I submitted secondary ID's like d/l , health card, copy of COPR.

Hope this helps.
 
Hi, I submitted expired passport copy ( current one ) and also submitted PR Visa page stamped in the old passport at the time when I became permanent resident. It was accepted. Also I submitted secondary ID's like d/l , health card, copy of COPR.

Hope this helps.
I wonder if there is a difference between applying online vs paper (i.e. mailing the application in).

But also, it makes sense that having all the extra secondary ID's is helpful. Even though I couldn't find it on the official guide for the PR card renewal, at https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/i...sh/kits/forms/cit0007/01-03-2024/cit0007e.pdf it lists including photocopies of two forms of personal identification - which a d/l and health card are.

After all, if this is enough to prove identity for a citizenship application, it should also be enough to prove identity for the PR card renewal that is handled by the same agency.
 
I wonder if there is a difference between applying online vs paper (i.e. mailing the application in).

But also, it makes sense that having all the extra secondary ID's is helpful. Even though I couldn't find it on the official guide for the PR card renewal, at https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/i...sh/kits/forms/cit0007/01-03-2024/cit0007e.pdf it lists including photocopies of two forms of personal identification - which a d/l and health card are.

After all, if this is enough to prove identity for a citizenship application, it should also be enough to prove identity for the PR card renewal that is handled by the same agency.
No difference between online application and paper application, Online is easier and bit faster.
 
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