Hi all,
My husband's PR card is expiring in September 2021 and we were living abroad for the last 5 years up until December, so we need to prove that he has been living with me in order to renew the card.
I understand that the IRCC requires us to send:
-all passports or other travel documents that the person you are accompanying used in the five (5) years before the application;
-documents showing the citizenship of the person you are accompanying, including the date the person became a Canadian citizen;
-proof of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application;
-marriage licence or proof of common-law partnership (if you are accompanying a spouse or common-law partner);
Does this mean they need both my Canadian passport and my birth certificate (I was born in Canada)? And do they really need the originals of all these documents (whereas my husband the main applicant only needs to send a photocopy of his passport)?? It does not specify whether originals or copies are required here, but for other documents it does specify.
If I send a pre-addressed tracked envelope for the return of the documents do you think they will use it? I am very nervous about sending my passport, birth certificate AND marriage certificate all in the mail. If they are lost it will be a complete nightmare... they destroyed our marriage certificate during the original PR application and lost my husband's first PR card in the regular post (making us pay to get a new one) so our experience with the IRCC and documents has not been too great so far...
I cannot get through to IRCC on the phone to ask and do not want to wait weeks for a (potential) response via the web form, so any thoughts you can give would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
J.D.
My husband's PR card is expiring in September 2021 and we were living abroad for the last 5 years up until December, so we need to prove that he has been living with me in order to renew the card.
I understand that the IRCC requires us to send:
-all passports or other travel documents that the person you are accompanying used in the five (5) years before the application;
-documents showing the citizenship of the person you are accompanying, including the date the person became a Canadian citizen;
-proof of the residential addresses of the person you are accompanying for the five (5) years before the application;
-marriage licence or proof of common-law partnership (if you are accompanying a spouse or common-law partner);
Does this mean they need both my Canadian passport and my birth certificate (I was born in Canada)? And do they really need the originals of all these documents (whereas my husband the main applicant only needs to send a photocopy of his passport)?? It does not specify whether originals or copies are required here, but for other documents it does specify.
If I send a pre-addressed tracked envelope for the return of the documents do you think they will use it? I am very nervous about sending my passport, birth certificate AND marriage certificate all in the mail. If they are lost it will be a complete nightmare... they destroyed our marriage certificate during the original PR application and lost my husband's first PR card in the regular post (making us pay to get a new one) so our experience with the IRCC and documents has not been too great so far...
I cannot get through to IRCC on the phone to ask and do not want to wait weeks for a (potential) response via the web form, so any thoughts you can give would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
J.D.