Citizenship application with damaged NON CANADIAN Passport

[YVANNA]

Hi everyone.

Does anyone know if it's okay to apply for citizenship even if my passport is not valid?
And when I say not valid I mean, it's damaged.

Backstory:
I am a PR and now eligible to apply for citizenship since I got here on October 2014 as landed immigrant.
I only went out of the country once to visit US for a week and came back, never left since.
My passport got damaged last summer and I didn't had the chance to replace it.
I have valid documents such as PR Card, Landing Papers and a driver's license.

I have 2 options right now.

1. Apply for my native passport to be replaced , pay the fees, wait another 2 months and apply for citizenship. OR
2. Apply for citizenship directly (if the don't need my passport)

Thanks for the help!

 

[weneklek]

Is the biographical page unreadable?

 

[YVANNA]

Is the biographical page unreadable?

It is readable if I plaster tape on it, but it's ripped.

 

[weneklek]

It is readable if I plaster tape on it, but it's ripped.

I would go with option 1. Renew your passport at PHL consulate but applying for citizenship you can either have valid or expired passport.

 

[devilhimselff]

Make good photo copies of the entire Passport, also keep scanned high resolution image too, just in case you need to print em later. I think better to get a new Passport, for identification purposes. Remember to include detail if why paspsort wasn't renewed, the gap between Passports.