Early in the year, I had faith in the new citizenship process that I'd become a citizen a lot quicker than the previous citizenship process. Unfortunately, I have yet to receive an invitation to appear for my citizenship test and interview since applying back on the 7th of January. However, I am speculating that the invitation will arrive very soon (before the end of 2015 or early Jan 2016, but again, its just a speculation. So here is my problem.
I have an important trip outside of Canada around the end of January, and to be able to make the trip, I need to have a passport which is valid for more than 6 months. My current passport expires on the 27th of April, 2016. So as of the 28th of October, 2015, my passport is no longer valid for travel to that destination. This means I have to send in my current passport for renewal, and the renewal process my take more than 2 months (all of November, December, and probably the first week or two from January). There is a big possibility that this period where my passport will be at the embassy will coincide with my test and interview date. Therefore, I will not have my most recent passport with me to present to the CO during the interview.
My embassy does not provide any proof of receipt when they get my current passport in any shape or form (3rd world problems). The only thing I will have is the postal receipt from the package i'll be sending the embassy, which really doesn't prove anything.
What do you think are my options? The only two options that are out of question for me are the following:
1. Postponing the test and interview until I get my new + old passport back.
2. Not making the trip and holding on to my current passport.
I would not be in this pickle had it not been for this ridiculous and unexplainable delay in processing my citizenship application, I was very hopeful that I would become a citizen around mid-2015 to avoid this whole scenario. Has anyone been in a similar situation and still went to the interview? How did the CO deal with it? What was the outcome?
Thank you so much for your advice
I have an important trip outside of Canada around the end of January, and to be able to make the trip, I need to have a passport which is valid for more than 6 months. My current passport expires on the 27th of April, 2016. So as of the 28th of October, 2015, my passport is no longer valid for travel to that destination. This means I have to send in my current passport for renewal, and the renewal process my take more than 2 months (all of November, December, and probably the first week or two from January). There is a big possibility that this period where my passport will be at the embassy will coincide with my test and interview date. Therefore, I will not have my most recent passport with me to present to the CO during the interview.
My embassy does not provide any proof of receipt when they get my current passport in any shape or form (3rd world problems). The only thing I will have is the postal receipt from the package i'll be sending the embassy, which really doesn't prove anything.
What do you think are my options? The only two options that are out of question for me are the following:
1. Postponing the test and interview until I get my new + old passport back.
2. Not making the trip and holding on to my current passport.
I would not be in this pickle had it not been for this ridiculous and unexplainable delay in processing my citizenship application, I was very hopeful that I would become a citizen around mid-2015 to avoid this whole scenario. Has anyone been in a similar situation and still went to the interview? How did the CO deal with it? What was the outcome?
Thank you so much for your advice
