Canadian Citizenship misleading info

[Kan786]

Hello every one, so I have the biggest confussion of my life . I am a protected person and I made an honest mistake which most of refugees would do “ renewing my home country passport “ yes I know it’s wrong I shouldn’t have done that etc . No lectures please and thanks .
So coming back to the point one of my guy friend has the exact same situation . He applied for his Canadian passport and while filling the forms he totally didn’t mention about his mistake of renewing his passport. In fact he burnt it in couple days as he got it knowing the fact that he has done a blunder .
After this he travelled on his new Canadian passport and no one has asked about his old home country passport . I am wondering he he could got away with this where as people like us are hiring lawyers and going through a mental trauma for a mistake which which really unintended . Does anyone has to say some thing about it ?!?! Thank you .

 

[Kan786]

Thanks dear !! Wish you good luck . Nope I haven’t applied for my citizenship yet . God forbid even if they raise an issue in your citizenship due to the travel on old passport . You can explain it was an honest mistake . Keep me posted on your citizenship process . Very unfortunate that immigration starts assuming that every refugee is well read about their all laws and clause, which isn’t the case . From the get go if they don’t want refugees to travel on their home country passports they shouldn’t be returning it to them, and even if immigration wants to return the passports of their home country they should be very vocal and clear steer about mentioning the fact to the person that DO NOT USE YOUR HOME COUNTRY PASSPORT rather than assuming that every one is a pro player . Not many people are aware of the laws and red tape bs .

 

[mashulia_26]

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is actively looking for cases in which they can argue that refugees have accepted the protection of their home country.
Actions that may put you at risk
CBSA may argue that you have accepted the protection of your home country if you:

Travel to your home country (even for a short visit).
Travel using the passport of your home country.
Apply for a new passport.
CBSA may make these arguments against you even if you have lived in Canada for many years.