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Citizenship application with damaged NON CANADIAN Passport

YVANNA

Full Member
Mar 13, 2014
38
1
124
PH -- CA
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 2011
Med's Request
15-12-2013
Med's Done....
15-01-2014
Interview........
NONE
Passport Req..
11-02-2014
VISA ISSUED...
21-03-2014
LANDED..........
14-10-2014
Hi everyone.

Does anyone know if it's okay to apply for citizenship even if my passport is not valid?
And when I say not valid I mean, it's damaged.

Backstory:
I am a PR and now eligible to apply for citizenship since I got here on October 2014 as landed immigrant.
I only went out of the country once to visit US for a week and came back, never left since.
My passport got damaged last summer and I didn't had the chance to replace it.
I have valid documents such as PR Card, Landing Papers and a driver's license.

I have 2 options right now.

1. Apply for my native passport to be replaced , pay the fees, wait another 2 months and apply for citizenship. OR
2. Apply for citizenship directly (if the don't need my passport)

Thanks for the help!
 

YVANNA

Full Member
Mar 13, 2014
38
1
124
PH -- CA
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 2011
Med's Request
15-12-2013
Med's Done....
15-01-2014
Interview........
NONE
Passport Req..
11-02-2014
VISA ISSUED...
21-03-2014
LANDED..........
14-10-2014

weneklek

Star Member
Sep 18, 2012
100
20
It is readable if I plaster tape on it, but it's ripped.
I would go with option 1. Renew your passport at PHL consulate but applying for citizenship you can either have valid or expired passport.
 
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devilhimselff

Champion Member
Jul 10, 2005
1,628
125
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
LANDED..........
Yep...
Make good photo copies of the entire Passport, also keep scanned high resolution image too, just in case you need to print em later. I think better to get a new Passport, for identification purposes. Remember to include detail if why paspsort wasn't renewed, the gap between Passports.