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Citizenship application Passport and ID documents question

linxord

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Apr 10, 2013
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I have posted this in another thread somewhere but I thought a separate thread may be ok

I intend to send my application in soon.

My question is I did not have any valid passports or travel documents during the eligibility period. I just had my PR. I did not renew any documents as I did not have to travel.
My passport expired before I became a PR and was never renewed. I don't know if that makes my application complicated or simple lol, since there aren't many things to verify.

In my application, Q14. I have written as such about the expired passport (before the eligibility date) and mentioned that I did not have a travel doc or passport during the period.

I don't want them to return my application for being incomplete and I'm wondering if I need to include my previous expired passport anyway?

for the purpose of ID documents I already have my PR card, Drivers License and Health card with the application.

Thanks
 

linxord

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I will start by answering my own question, with what I have done so far.

In Q14. Have you held travel documents or passports during the 5 year eligibility period. I answered NO.
Then provided an explanation that I haven't renewed one and needed one.

I then wrote an additional letter explaining that I didn't need a travel document or passport, but included my expired passport biological page anyway for reference. I will include this in the application package.
 

Tommy2581

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Explanation letter should work well considering you provide all the facts and information correctly and let them decide if they need any additional information or documents.
My daughter's passports have gap between her new and old passports. I explained in a letter that due to pandemic the passport renewal process was paused and I renewed the passport as soon as the process was resumed. I think that worked well and I didn't get any questions or additional doc request from IRCC.
 
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