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Citizenship Application - History of lost passports including US B1/B2 visa and other incidental visas

Nov 29, 2023
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Hi community,

I became eligible for my citizenship a few weeks ago. I had some unfortunate incidents where my passport(let's say P1, the one I used when I entered Canada on work permit) was lost. I actually had applied for passport renewal(let's call new passport P2) in 2020. While courier company was delivering my passport back to me, the parcel containing my old(P1) and new(P2) passports was lost. I had to apply for another passport(let's call it P3) and my PR was issued on P3.

As we speak, I have P3 with me and P1,P2 are lost. In my Citizenship application I have mentioned P1 and have added Bio page as well as I have soft copy. However there are few things that are not available(mentioned below) from my P1 passport

I had US B1/B2 visa, i don't have any soft copy to mention and upload in the application
I had 1 day of visa of Netherlands granted because my connecting flight from Amsterdam was cancelled and i was given emergency visa for a day of stay


P2 i never received and P3 is the only thing that I have. I also have police complaint from Montreal police(it's not a comprehensive report but just a card with report number I believe). I was thinking to add Letter of explanation along with police complaint card in the application. In the application i can upload bio page for P1 and P2 passports.

I think this is very unique situation. Can someone please advise what should I do in this case?

Thank you.