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vkaslp

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I am an aspiring applicant for permanent residency in Canada with my application currently under process at CIC. I would like to know what is the minimum passport validity required to get a PR visa stamped on your passport. My passport will be expiring in March 2017, and i m still waiting to get a passport submittion request by Sep 2016 from CIC.

Also, if i get my passport renewed now, will it be possible for me to upload my renewed passport to my already submitted application?

Kindly help me find answers for this as i am not able to decide whether i should be going for a passport renewal now :(
 

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You can renew your passport and submit the scanned copy through case specific enquiry or mail it to them quoting your file number. No issues.
 

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vkaslp said:
I am an aspiring applicant for permanent residency in Canada with my application currently under process at CIC. I would like to know what is the minimum passport validity required to get a PR visa stamped on your passport. My passport will be expiring in March 2017, and i m still waiting to get a passport submittion request by Sep 2016 from CIC.

Also, if i get my passport renewed now, will it be possible for me to upload my renewed passport to my already submitted application?

Kindly help me find answers for this as i am not able to decide whether i should be going for a passport renewal now :(
If your application is succesful and your passport is requested to stamp the PR visa in it, it must have at least 6 months validity at that time. If by the time your passport is requested for and it has less than 6 months validity left, simply renew and update the Visa office processing your application accordingly.
 

vkaslp

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Jun 15, 2016
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Thank you for the replies.

Is the PR visa stamped as per the validity of your medicals ( 1 year from medicals)?

In my case my medicals validity date is before my passport expiry date. So in such a case, will the PR visa be stamped as per the medicals validity date?
 

ven5

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Hello All I am also in the same situation I just go the following Informational Letter from cic

I have submitted my application on the 21 June and my pp validity is Oct 2017 and My wife's pp validity is June 2017.
I am not sure weather do we need to renew the pp immediately or not please help. I assume i may get our pp request in November
so I don't want to get struck at that time to submit my current passport getting it back from embassy please help.

Date: August 24, 2016

Dear Sir/Madam,

This is in reference to the permanent resident application you submitted.
Please note that your passport and/or the passport of your dependent(s) is set to expire within the next 12 months or has expired. In order to minimize delays, please remember to provide us with a copy when you have renewed your passport.

You may submit a valid copy of your passport through our client web form;
//secure.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/canada-case-cas-eng.aspx

Or you may submit through email;
CPC-CTD-Ottawa@cic.gc.ca
Regards,