Get PR Card - Statutory Declaration etc... missing docs

[Vhunter]

Ok, convoluted, but here goes.
I need a PR card STAT. I have to travel end of March.
I was born in the US in 71, to an American father and Canadian Mother.
Arrived in Canada 73.
They never bothered to get any paperwork done for me or get me Cdn citizenship etc.
I do have SIN card, and I have my IMM1000 from when I landed, and birth cert, health care card etc.
Have lived here my entire life. I have proof of my residency SIN, and Medicare (Qc Healthcare) and via school diplomas and such. But no passports and whatnot.

CIC site in the application guide says I need a bunch of docs that I don't have and my mother lost long ago. It also says "copy of any identity document issued outside Canada before you came to Canada". Does that mean my birth certificate?
OR
I need a Statutory Declaration. DO I need this notarized? I don't have the funds for this. Will a letter from my mother suffice?

I need to get this all done tomorrow to get this paperwork processed ASAP.
Please help :-( In a panic

 

[scylla]

Assuming your mother was born in Canada, you are a citizen by default and don't qualify for a PR card. You need to apply for proof of citizenship:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof.asp

 

[Vhunter]

Yes, she was born in Montreal and still resides in Quebec.

 

[Vhunter]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it takes like six months!
>.<
that's not gonna help :-(

 

[Alurra71]

If you are a citizen you don't need a pr card to travel. You don't have a passport at all? Where were you born?

 

[Vhunter]

As explained in my original post:

Ok, convoluted, but here goes.
I need a PR card STAT. I have to travel end of March.
I was born in the US in 71, to an American father and Canadian Mother.
Arrived in Canada 73.
They never bothered to get any paperwork done for me or get me Cdn citizenship etc.
I do have SIN card, and I have my IMM1000 from when I landed, and birth cert, health care card etc.
Have lived here my entire life. I have proof of my residency SIN, and Medicare (Qc Healthcare) and via school diplomas and such. But no passports and whatnot.

I have never needed a passport because I've never traveled anywhere.
As a child, we did occasionally DRIVE to New York to visit with family, but at that time, passports were not needed.

 

[Msafiri]

Your only other realistic option is to get a US passport. Check the website of the US Consulate serving the area you live in to see what they need and how fast they can issue you the document. You can then re-enter Canada on the basis of being visitor visa exempt USC and deal with the PR issue at the border/ port of entry. However since you say you've lost most of your paperwork it may be the same hassle as for getting your Canadian documents - seems you are a Citizen and should follow this up. You've left it too late it seems and may have to change your travel plans.

 

[Vhunter]

Which is what I've been doing. I have appointment today for US Passport.
I checked into a PR card, and as per the website I can get it rush because I need it for work (to receive training pertaining to my job) as long as I have more time than 3 wks (I have just over 5).

So back to my original question -

CIC site in the application guide says I need a bunch of docs that I don't have and my mother lost long ago. It also says "copy of any identity document issued outside Canada before you came to Canada". Does that mean my birth certificate?
OR
I need a Statutory Declaration. DO I need this notarized? I don't have the funds for this. Will a letter from my mother suffice?

I've never needed to travel and all these years assumed that just a passport would suffice and figured I'd get it when I needed it. I only received the offer of training 2days ago. So I've not had much time to scurry about.
I've functioned all these years without a PR card and hold a valid SIN and a health care and a driver's license etc etc and no one has ever asked me for a PR card and knew nothing of it before 2days ago.
How was I to know?

 

[Alurra71]

Which is what I've been doing. I have appointment today for US Passport.
I checked into a PR card, and as per the website I can get it rush because I need it for work (to receive training pertaining to my job) as long as I have more time than 3 wks (I have just over 5).

So back to my original question -

I've never needed to travel and all these years assumed that just a passport would suffice and figured I'd get it when I needed it. I only received the offer of training 2days ago. So I've not had much time to scurry about.
I've functioned all these years without a PR card and hold a valid SIN and a health care and a driver's license etc etc and no one has ever asked me for a PR card and knew nothing of it before 2days ago.
How was I to know?

But you DON"T NEED a PR Card. You are a Canadian citizen and they WILL NOT give you a PR card, no matter what your reasons are. A PR card is reserved for those who are NOT citizens and wish to move/live in Canada. Your mother was born in Canada, still resides in Canada. You were born to your Canadian mother on US soil. Congratulations, you are a dual citizen and entitled to a passport from either the US or Canada.

 

[Vhunter]

The application for a passport requests one of the following:

- cert /proof of cdn citizenship
- cert of naturalization
- cert of registration of birth abroad

For the first two, I need my PR card to get them.
AND I was born in 71, so as per the application which says "born outside of canada between feb 1977 and April 1981 blah blah blah naturalized"
Well, I was born in 71, so that section does not apply to me.

 

[Alurra71]

The application for a passport requests one of the following:

- cert /proof of cdn citizenship
- cert of naturalization
- cert of registration of birth abroad

For the first two, I need my PR card to get them.
AND I was born in 71, so as per the application which says "born outside of canada between feb 1977 and April 1981 blah blah blah naturalized"
Well, I was born in 71, so that section does not apply to me.

OK, again, this is where you aren't hearing what is being told to you. You do not qualify for a PR (permanent residency card) as you are Canadian citizen. If you do the "Am I a Canadian Citizen" test on the CIC website, you will find you are likely a Canadian citizen and you need to get your certificate. You can clamor and fuss and say it will take forever to get your certificate, but if you are a citizen of Canada you will find you are going to take longer than forever to try and attain a PR card.

Try this link to apply for your certificate urgently http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/urgent-proof.asp.