Questions Re Dual Passports Once PR Is Issued

[backcountry]

Once my wife has landed and obtained her PR card, which will be in her maiden name:

1.) Can she receive a Canadian passport?

2.) If so, while still holding an American passport, or must she relinquish it?

2.) Must her Canadian passport (if she's able to receive one) reflect the name on her PR card, ie. her maiden name, or can she have it in her married name if we're able to show proof (marriage cert., driver's lic., etc., with her married name on it)?

3.) Has anyone received the PR card in their maiden name and then requested it be changed to their married name?

4.) If so, is it a lengthy and/or difficult process?

Any other thoughts on this matter would be most appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[backcountry]

Never mind, I just googled it, which I should have done in the first place. It's all moot, a PR cannot hold a Canadian passport.

 

[Sweden]

Never mind, I just googled it, which I should have done in the first place. It's all moot, a PR cannot hold a Canadian passport.

nope - that's why it's called Permanent Resident of Canada and not Canadian! Canadian passport is only for Canadian citizens...

it's a different step - but the next one if you want...
So - there are various rules for each country, but US and Canada both allow dual citizenship, so as soon as your wife qualifies for citizenship (she can apply after 3 years of physical presence in Canada, see CIC website for the details...), she will be able to get both citizenships (not every country allows it, but the US does).

No idea how to change the PR name, but that should not be too difficult if you have a marriage certificate etc...
Good luck!
Sweden

 

[Creampop]

To change the name on the PR Card you need your marriage certificate, a copy of your CoPR, a drivers license or health card showing her married name and a completed application (link below) and the $50.00 fee. If your wife plans to apply for Citizenship and wants her married name on her Citizenship certificate she will have to do this before she applies for Citizenship.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5445ETOC.asp

Legal change of name document

If your present name is different from the name printed on your Record of Landing (IMM 1000), Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688), you must send in supporting legal documentation as proof of your name change:
-a certified copy of a legal change of name document, court order, adoption order, marriage certificate issued by civil authorities with your new name or a divorce decree with your new name, and
-a certified copy of your provincial driver’s licence, provincial identification card or provincial health card in the requested name.

*Important information. If you have had a legal name change, you must include a copy of your Record of Landing (IMM 1000), Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688) with this application.

**Important information. Marriage and legal change of name certificates issues by the Government of Quebec before January 1, 1994 are not acceptable. You must obtain a new document issued by the civil authorities in the province of Quebec on or after January 1, 1994.