Need Urgent Help! PR Interview

[beem]

Hi all,

I need some urgent help. My husband is going to have his PR interview and I am needed there as well with a photo ID. However my only photo ID is an expired passport. Would this count as a photo ID? I've used this as an ID before on the airport

 

[chakrab]

Hi all,

I need some urgent help. My husband is going to have his PR interview and I am needed there as well with a photo ID. However my only photo ID is an expired passport. Would this count as a photo ID? I've used this as an ID before on the airport

don't you have a driver's license or provincial photo id card or health card? you would need to show something that shows you two stay at the same address. otherwise there may be issues. driver's license is usually the best ID for that purpose.

 

[beem]

I have a health card but it's not a photo ID. I don't drive so I don't have a driver's license.

 

[surleplateau]

Does your province do Canadian_Provincial_and_Territorial_Photo_Cards?

Or do an rush application for Passport renewal by going to the Passport Canada office in person. It should take 2 weeks or 20 days (+/-). It does cost a bit more for the expedited service, but if your husband's PR is on the line...

 

[tishness]

I have a health card but it's not a photo ID. I don't drive so I don't have a driver's license.

I assume you live in a province without photo health cards perhaps Alberta? If so, how long until his interview? Go to the registry and apply for an ID card - basically a drivers license without the right to drive, you should have this card anyways as an expired passport could be refused and likely would be as these are immigration officers, who would notice something like that. The ID card takes about 2 weeks in Alberta.

 

[beem]

Actually New Brunswick, the letter just came and the interview is on the 31st :/ not many days especially since I'm visiting the prairies atm.

 

[ABCml]

Actually New Brunswick, the letter just came and the interview is on the 31st :/ not many days especially since I'm visiting the prairies atm.

Your Medical services card (the newer photo one) should work as Photo ID - the only hitch when using it as such, is that information cannot be copied from it by the person(s) confirming your Identity..

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=1AEB073331D547448009E506D6DAC395&title=Use%20the%20Card

Maybe the CIC helpline can confirm this, as it's up to them about accepting it..

 

[chakrab]

Actually New Brunswick, the letter just came and the interview is on the 31st :/ not many days especially since I'm visiting the prairies atm.

just get the photo id card. check which valid documentation you still posses. they do need valid passport

http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.12535.Photo_ID_Card.html

 

[chakrab]

Your Medical services card (the newer photo one) should work as Photo ID - the only hitch when using it as such, is that information cannot be copied from it by the person(s) confirming your Identity..

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=1AEB073331D547448009E506D6DAC395&title=Use%20the%20Card

Maybe the CIC helpline can confirm this, as it's up to them about accepting it..

The link is for BC which is useless for the OP.

 

[ABCml]

The link is for BC which is useless for the OP.

Yeah - my bad. I assumed the medical coverage policy, cards, etc., were similar nation-wide :/

 

[AHBM]

New Brunswick does not have photo-id health card.

One needs 2 active proof for residence + birth cert. or ID to get a provincial photo ID.

The question is does an expired Passport serve as a photo ID. Last time I asked similar question, I got mixed answers. My spouse has tranvelled Within canada on an expired passport showing it as a photo-id. I am not sure if Immig. would take that as a valid photo-id or not.

 

[beem]

I'm going to try to get the photo ID ASAP.

Thanks for all the inputs