subramani_vs said:
Hi one topsy. I'm in need of your help. Pls suggest a way out.
I've run into a problem with my spouse passport. She has both Indian and Seychelles passport and the later is expired (8 years). So, we decided to surrender the passport and hence didn't provide those details while submitting for SINP. But I've mentioned in the travel history that she has been there for 2 months. Now, people around me are asking me to renew it so that she can avail the benefits of being a Seychelles citizen.
1) Will SINP find out that she has 2 passports even though I haven't revealed those details?
2) Can I renew the Seychelles passport and include it now by sending those scanned copies to SINP or better cancel it? Will SINP treat it seriously and ban me from entering Canada?
Your suggestions pls.
When you say surrendered the passport, do you mean your spouse gave up the nationality as well? Surrendering passport and giving up nationality/citizenship are two different things. Regardless, SINP I requires one to fill in the online forms applicant's citizenship for all countries, in this case, did you provide them the info that your spouse is a citizen of Seychelles?
This is the exact sentence in the Oasis website "
Please enter the country of citizenship for the applicant. If the applicant has more than one country of citizenship, please add another record by clicking on "Create another Citizenship screen" button to the right"
To answer your questions, SINP may find out about Seychelles passport if they do background checks. So in such cases, it would have been better if you had submitted information that you had surrendered passport or citizenship (if it was surrendered).
Renewing the Seychelles passport and submitting it again makes sense only if your spouse is still a citizen. If your spouse is a citizen and only passport has been surrendered, not providing this information will amount to misinterpretation. In such a case, regardless of the passport status, send an email to SINP and attach documents where you show you have surrendered passport.
Hope this helps.