Questions for wifes situation

[WalterI]

Hello,

My wife arrived in Canada as a refugee claimant from Mexico. I am Canadian-born and I met her and started dating. Her claim was accepted and she currently has Protected Person status. We got married and have started the Spousal Sponsorship Application for her PR.

My question is this. If she gets PR through spousal sponsorship, would she be able to ask for her Mexican passport again? She has her RTD which she applied under Protected Person status but she cannot use it to return to Mexico. Her grandma is getting old and her grandpa has already passed away during her time here in Canada.

 

[ref19to22]

I believe she can ask for her passport back from IRCC once she is a PR (regardless of how she got PR). And there shouldnt be an issue with her traveling on it since she obtained it through spousal sponsorship.

 

[WalterI]

I believe she can ask for her passport back from IRCC once she is a PR (regardless of how she got PR). And there shouldnt be an issue with her traveling on it since she obtained it through spousal sponsorship.

I called IRCC and they also confirmed this. Citizenship Canada also said they don't care about anything before PR so I wouldn't have any problems in the future.

 

[canuck78]

I called IRCC and they also confirmed this. Citizenship Canada also said they don't care about anything before PR so I wouldn't have any problems in the future.

Believe they likely meant how you got PR will not impact the ability to apply for citizenship.

 

[canuck78]

I believe she can ask for her passport back from IRCC once she is a PR (regardless of how she got PR). And there shouldnt be an issue with her traveling on it since she obtained it through spousal sponsorship.

She wasn’t an asylum claimant she was a protected person. She can ask for her passport back but should be using an RTD.