anyone with citizenship interview experience with passports

[upandgoing]

Please if anyone can share their experience of citizenship interview regarding the passports. I am concerned about the passports, as I have only two recent passports with me that were used to come to Canada and they cover my eligibility period. Previous three passports they are back at my home country at my parents house. I am not sure if all the passports are required or only the passports covering the eligibility period are sufficient? Please anyone with the interview experience.

 

[yasir22]

Please if anyone can share their experience of citizenship interview regarding the passports. I am concerned about the passports, as I have only two recent passports with me that were used to come to Canada and they cover my eligibility period. Previous three passports they are back at my home country at my parents house. I am not sure if all the passports are required or only the passports covering the eligibility period are sufficient? Please anyone with the interview experience.

As far as I know passports covering eligibility period are required.

 

[dzei]

We took all the passports we had at home. Mine were back till 2005. Wife's all the way back till 1990. They only looked at the ones which had stamps obtained during the eligibility period. With one exception. I had one US stamp in a passport that had a US visa but was not valid at the time of travel. Probably a mistake by the CBP officer. So even though the passport was not valid during the eligibility period it was checked because it had a relevant stamp. But this is a corner case that doesn't affect most applicants. So just take all the passports you have. Don't worry about those that expired ages ago.

 

[upandgoing]

We took all the passports we had at home. Mine were back till 2005. Wife's all the way back till 1990. They only looked at the ones which had stamps obtained during the eligibility period. With one exception. I had one US stamp in a passport that had a US visa but was not valid at the time of travel. Probably a mistake by the CBP officer. So even though the passport was not valid during the eligibility period it was checked because it had a relevant stamp. But this is a corner case that doesn't affect most applicants. So just take all the passports you have. Don't worry about those that expired ages ago.

Thanks for your reply. The two passports I have dates back to 2011. However I have also travelled to USA in 2010 and do have USA stamps in that passport, but I do not have that passport with me right now. Its expired and it does not come under the eligibility period. Do you think this would be a problem?

 

[Seym]

There's no point worrying about passports you cannot provide anyway.
It should be ok, since the eligibily period is what matters the most.
If an issue arises, you'll see how it goes at that moment...

 

[zardoz]

Thanks for your reply. The two passports I have dates back to 2011. However I have also travelled to USA in 2010 and do have USA stamps in that passport, but I do not have that passport with me right now. Its expired and it does not come under the eligibility period. Do you think this would be a problem?

You only need to supply the passports that are or were valid during the eligibility period.

 

[Avadava]

Please if anyone can share their experience of citizenship interview regarding the passports. I am concerned about the passports, as I have only two recent passports with me that were used to come to Canada and they cover my eligibility period. Previous three passports they are back at my home country at my parents house. I am not sure if all the passports are required or only the passports covering the eligibility period are sufficient? Please anyone with the interview experience.

You posted the same question yesterday and I already answered. If the old passports are not in your possession, you don't have to bring them! They are only interested in the passports that cover eligibility period, they check for stamps to see how many times you left Canada and if it matches with what you wrote in your application.

 

[upandgoing]

Thank you everyone for your replies