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Passport Vs. Copy of Passport??

HopeSprings

Full Member
Sep 16, 2010
26
1
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
NOC Code......
1222
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
8-February-2012
AOR Received.
23-March-2012
IELTS Request
N/A
Med's Request
23-March-2012
Med's Done....
20-April-2012
Passport Req..
1-Oct-2012
VISA ISSUED...
17-Oct-2012
LANDED..........
21-Oct-2012
I received a passport request email from CIC on Oct 1st and have 30 days to send my final documents to Detroit. I've got everything ready to go but am unsure of 1 thing. I've tried to contact CIC via phone for clarification but as usual it's almost impossible to speak to a human :)

According to the CIC site "If you are a citizen from a country that is exempted to obtain a visa to visit Canada under Regulation 190 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, you are only required to send a copy of your passport". I'm an Irish citizen and Ireland is listed as being visa excempt

However in my GCMS notes i saw that under Counterfoil Required: it said Yes.
Which i would assume is that they need to place something in my actual passport

Anyone had anything similar? Do i need to send my passport or would a copy of every page suffice?
 

shazam79

Full Member
Oct 7, 2011
46
2
HopeSprings said:
I received a passport request email from CIC on Oct 1st and have 30 days to send my final documents to Detroit. I've got everything ready to go but am unsure of 1 thing. I've tried to contact CIC via phone for clarification but as usual it's almost impossible to speak to a human :)

According to the CIC site "If you are a citizen from a country that is exempted to obtain a visa to visit Canada under Regulation 190 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, you are only required to send a copy of your passport". I'm an Irish citizen and Ireland is listed as being visa except

However in my GCMS notes i saw that under Counterfoil Required: it said Yes.
Which i would assume is that they need to place something in my actual passport

Anyone had anything similar? Do i need to send my passport or would a copy of every page suffice?
I'm from a visa exempt country. I got my PPR. I photocopied my entire passport book (to play safe) and sent it. I did not send them my original passport.
 

dothk

Star Member
Feb 5, 2012
112
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo--> Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-28-2011
AOR Received.
31-08-2011
Med's Request
20-09-2011
Med's Done....
27-09-2011
Passport Req..
21-08-2012
VISA ISSUED...
30-08-2012
LANDED..........
01-09-2012
I am from Hong Kong which is visa exempted. I submitted the photocopies of my passport.
 

HopeSprings

Full Member
Sep 16, 2010
26
1
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
NOC Code......
1222
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
8-February-2012
AOR Received.
23-March-2012
IELTS Request
N/A
Med's Request
23-March-2012
Med's Done....
20-April-2012
Passport Req..
1-Oct-2012
VISA ISSUED...
17-Oct-2012
LANDED..........
21-Oct-2012
Thanks for the info ;D