Application for a new Canadian passport: Some confusions

[mcgyver]

Hello Canadians,

My family and I took the oath as new Canadians on March 11, 2020.

Kindly help me out with some confusions I have had when filling out the passport application for my 8-year-old child.

Confusion-1:
On the application it is stated that both pages should be signed and dated by the guarantor. But there is no space on page 1 for the guarantor's signature and date. Only page 2 has it. What should I do for page 1?

Confusion-2:
The applications asks for any previous travel document. PR card is a travel document. Should I mention the PR card number?
It also says, "If the Canadian travel document is still valid, you must include it with your application." It was handed over to IRCC at the oath ceremony and its validity did not expire at the time. Should I include a photocopy of it somehow?

Thank you, all.

 

[lexxy]

To your question 2... you can’t include what you don’t have.. i just applied for mine and I marked no cos at present you don’t have a travel document.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello Canadians,

My family and I took the oath as new Canadians on March 11, 2020.

Kindly help me out with some confusions I have had when filling out the passport application for my 8-year-old child.

Confusion-1:
On the application it is stated that both pages should be signed and dated by the guarantor. But there is no space on page 1 for the guarantor's signature and date. Only page 2 has it. What should I do for page 1?

Confusion-2:
The applications asks for any previous travel document. PR card is a travel document. Should I mention the PR card number?
It also says, "If the Canadian travel document is still valid, you must include it with your application." It was handed over to IRCC at the oath ceremony and its validity did not expire at the time. Should I include a photocopy of it somehow?

Thank you, all.

1. The guarantor just fills out the section on page 2.

2. A PR card is not a travel document. Travel document = passport.

 

[mcgyver]

Thank you, both. I can now move on..

 

[mcgyver]

1. The guarantor just fills out the section on page 2.

2. A PR card is not a travel document. Travel document = passport.

Hi Canuck. By definition, both a PR card and passport are travel docs but of different kinds.

 

[Chevy23]

You cannot be a PR and a citizen. When you are granted citizenship you are no longer a PR so your PR card is no longer valid.
A quick search would have clarified this, as below

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=067&top=10

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi Canuck. By definition, both a PR card and passport are travel docs but of different kinds.

A PR card is not a travel document. It cannot be used to board a plane to Canada.

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html#t

Travel document
An identity document issued by a government or an international organization (such as the United Nations). It contains a person’s photograph and personal information, and allows that person to travel between countries.
See Passport.

 

[mcgyver]

You cannot be a PR and a citizen. When you are granted citizenship you are no longer a PR so your PR card is no longer valid.
A quick search would have clarified this, as below

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=067&top=10

Wow. Right to the point. That explains the PR card is not valid anymore.

 

[popeye15]

@mcgyver
When you applied for passports for the whole family, did you mail the applications in in separate envelopes or just one complete package for the family? We're going to apply for passports soon. Thanks in advance