We are so confused we have received the COPR but not the PR card yet.
What kind? Is it an already signed eCoPR or the old fashioned paper one? Remember that unless and until signed by an immigration officer, a CoPR isn't proof of anything - you don't have PR, you haven't landed yet.
Once signed, you're landed and a PR.
We now have to travel outside Canada.
Why? Is there any way you can delay this? Even for regular PRs, for those with passports that lack visa-free access to Canada are going to have a hard time once having left Canada without a PR card. You really don't want do to this if there's any way you can avoid this.
(Actually, even those who have visa-free access still have a hard time due to the ETA requirement.)
Especially since your husband doesn't have a visa-free passport to the USA, so unless he somehow has a valid visa to the USA - which seems highly unlikely if his last travel document was the passport that expired back in 2022.
if yes how do we get the old passport back.
If this is indeed what you need to do, then just follow the instructions in
https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1663&top=10
If we need to renew his indian passport by getting the old passport back from IRCC.
Worth checking with India embassy though - perhaps they'll accept that it's a "lost" passport and allow the renewal without having the old one?
Or we need to apply for certificate of identity or RTD.
We are not sure what to apply.
RTD is only applicable if your husband is a refugee. I'm _guessing_ that he's not in the system as a refugee, and thus not eligible to request an RTD.
CoI is for PRs who are not refugees but who cannot obtain a passport of their own. This is typically because they are stateless. I suspect that this also does not apply (if your husband had become stateless then he'd not be able to request a renewal on an Indian passport).
However, a CoI might end up being the way you go if: IRCC can't return the old passport (perhaps it was lost or destroyed in the interval) and India won't allow a renewal full stop without it. Then your husband would technically qualify for a CoI (as he can't "can’t obtain a passport from their country or a travel document from any other source" as per
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...travel-documents-non-canadians/apply-who.html ) but this will be a complex application to make and you might want to consult professional advice regarding this.
Hi,
I have a similar question if anybody could help we are struggling with this one so much.
My husband's applied for refugee which got refused 2 years back and his passport has also expired in 2022, but his passport is with IRCC as he once applied for refugee which is refused.
We then got married and he applied for spousal sponsorship which got approved and we have received his COPR.
Yeah, this seems very complicated to me. He's a refused refugee who got PR through spousal route. My guess is that he's just the same as any other PR who came in via spousal sponsorship (which would imply trying to renew the Indian passport is the way to go).
However, you should consider getting professional advice on this. The consequences of a mistake for those who are in the refugee/protected person space can be quite serious and severe.
