Second every thing that Que Em said +1.hemantanna555 said:Thank you for your answer. Unfortunately the expedited services are not available in Ottawa for India Passport renewal. The only option for me I guess is to apply for work permit. Since I don't want to be in a situation that I delay applying for work permit and I dont get it in time thereby causing a gap between two work permits. This can also result in a time when I have no SIN CARD or even health card.
But this leads to another important question.
Since my passport is set to expire in March 2018. And if I go ahead and apply for my WP and TRV, they will give me an extension till MArch 2018.
Now I won't wait till the end of 2017 to apply for my renewal passport. I will probably do it by June. So is my WP and TRV still valid on the old passport while I still hold a new passport?
It doesn't matter if you don't have expedited service. Just apply for passport renewal now. Most embassies consider this situation and do issue passports with longer time frame left in expiry.
You just have to apply with at least a month or so left in the expiry of your current WP (to be on the safe side). That gives you enough time to renew your passport now and then apply for BOWP.
It is true that you might face difficulty in getting health card / SIN while being on implied status. But still its Mar 20th. You will at max take a few weeks to get a new passport. Then you have until June.
If you still insist and apply with current passport, CIC will not issue visa / work permit beyond its validity so Mar 2018 will be its expiry.
Lastly, your WP is valid till its expiry. That is independent of passport (even if you renew). Your visa / TRV (which is embossed on passport) would be in grey area if you renew passport now.
It is certainly valid in case of other countries (example a US visa is valid even if passport is expired as long as you have a new passport along).
But Canada is more specific about this, so i won't take a chance on that.
However, TRV is only relevant if you are entering Canada using that. If i were in your shoes, i would just not go out of Canada during that time frame so i would never need TRV from expired passport (because of a passport renewal) to enter Canada.
A valid WP is sufficient to stay in Canada.