Old Passport with expired Student Visa lost !!! Pls help

[jnathan]

Dear, I am a citizen of an Asian country aged 26. I Had expired Canadian student visa on my

passport. I came back from Canada and since then living in my country happily.

A month ago, I submitted an application to my country's passport issuing authority for issuing

a new passport as the old's validy had expired. recently I got my new passport but the

authority says that they are not being able to locate my old passport that they were subject

to return to me with the new one, which appeared to me as one of the most unbelievable things

in my life. Its been a month now. There is a trend in my country of selling UK, USA, Canada

stamped passports to people aspiring to go to these countries, most of them get caught at the

local or destined International airports.

now, My question is, What can I do now to get a detaiil reference of that student visa from

the local Canadian High commission. My old passport would have helped me greatly to obtain

visas from other Foreign visa issuing missions such as USA, Canada, UK , EU countries. I am

considering Canadian mission normally have my old records on their database so if I apply now

for a Canadian visa, I'd be an easy choice to giveaway a visa.

I am highly tensed, what to do now, It seems I am helpless to my country's unscrupulous

passport officials. Please help and advice.

 

[kyu010170]

Sorry to hear that your passport with student visa was lost.

I do not know how to advice you regarding getting records of issuance of student visa from CHC but I just wanted to suggest that you get an authorized officer from the passport renewal department to admit in writing that they lost your passport through no fault of yours on such and such date and break down the details. It should be detailed enough that it reads like a police report, you want as much details on there as much as possible. You have to get this documented to serve as your record to support any action you will want to pursue in the future especially as regards getting any record from Canadian High Commission.

Good luck.

 

[jtob]

hi,
FYI: i got this from an airline email.
"This is to reiterate the mandate from Canadian Embassy that a valid Canadian visa on cancelled/expired passport should no longer be accepted as a legal document for passengers bound for Canada. A valid Canadian visa will be honored if it is stamped on a valid passport. The Canadian visa automatically becomes invalid once the passport expires. Passenger with visa on cancelled/expired passport must be referred to the Canadian Embassy. "

 

[jnathan]

Thanks all for their participation on this topic.
The good news is The Passport office located the old passport today and handed it over to me. D

 

[kyu010170]

Good for you.