Identification Required in PR Renewal

[pedropil]

Hello,

What are the other accepted identification in renewing PR card? because the passport is expired. urgently needed to go home coz the parent
have health problems.

 

[Ponga]

Hello,

What are the other accepted identification in renewing PR card? because the passport is expired. urgently needed to go home coz the parent
have health problems.

Sorry to hear about your parent.

Unfortunately, you must have a valid passport to renew your PR Card, or possibly the passport that you had when you landed as a PR.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...-renewal-change-gender-identifier.html#5445E4

• 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.
• 
  Note: The copy should show:
  
  • the document type and number;
  • issue and expiry date;
  • your name;
  • your photo; and
  • your date of birth

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 signed by:
  • a person who knew you before you came to Canada (such as a family member) or
  • an official of an organization representing people from your country of nationality or past residence.

All statutory declarations must be certified by an accredited commissioner of oaths. Provincial laws govern who can act in this position.


If you are submitting a statutory declaration, you must also provide a clear and legible copy of a letter explaining that there are exceptional circumstances in your home country that will not allow you to obtain any identity documents, and what these circumstances are.
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No idea if IRCC would consider your situation an exceptional case, because you could have renewed your PR Card.

Good luck!

 

[pedropil]

Thank you ponga. Yes I still do have the passport that I used when I landed as immigrant but it is already expired. Can i still use that one ?

 

[armoured]

Thank you ponga. Yes I still do have the passport that I used when I landed as immigrant but it is already expired. Can i still use that one ?

How will you board a plane out of Canada without a current passport?

 

[pedropil]

How will you board a plane out of Canada without a current passport?

of course you cant. that’s why I must renew the PR card so that I can renew my passport. consulate is asking for it.

expired pr. need a valid passport

expired passport need a valid pr card to renew.

 

[armoured]

of course you cant. that’s why I must renew the PR card so that I can renew my passport. consulate is asking for it.

expired passport need a valid pr card to renew.

You did not mention your plan to get a new passport, and in fact the 'must have PR card to get a new passport' is NOT a thing with all embassies/countries/consulates. So that's a key fact.

expired pr. need a valid passport

Nope, the instructions above do say you can use your original. If you do't have a current valid one, include a letter of explanation.

 

[pedropil]

You did not mention your plan to get a new passport, and in fact the 'must have PR card to get a new passport' is NOT a thing with all embassies/countries/consulates. So that's a key fact.



Nope, the instructions above do say you can use your original. If you do't have a current valid one, include a letter of explanation.

ok got it, Thank you very much.