Hello,
I'm a Syrian immigrant and permanent resident (NOT a refuge), working and living in Canada with my family since 2015. My elder son (he's 11) has his Syrian passport about to expire in few months and there's no way of renewing it except of doing that down in Syria! As you know the embassy/consulate in Canada and US were closed and others in Brazil, Mexico, Cuba etc.. are asking us to come in person forgetting that we cant get an entry visa with an expiring passport!
We need to travel for a vacation as it's been more that 2 years for us here and the kids would love to see something new. To do that we need to get my son's passport renewed and have no idea how that would be possible. After doing some research I came to know I can apply for a travel document for him but when I went to the CIC website I saw that the travel document is meant for refugees (and we are not) and that it could impact our PR status!
Can you please guide me to the best resort for such a puzzle and advise of any impact?
Thanks for the help,
Bachar
I'm a Syrian immigrant and permanent resident (NOT a refuge), working and living in Canada with my family since 2015. My elder son (he's 11) has his Syrian passport about to expire in few months and there's no way of renewing it except of doing that down in Syria! As you know the embassy/consulate in Canada and US were closed and others in Brazil, Mexico, Cuba etc.. are asking us to come in person forgetting that we cant get an entry visa with an expiring passport!
We need to travel for a vacation as it's been more that 2 years for us here and the kids would love to see something new. To do that we need to get my son's passport renewed and have no idea how that would be possible. After doing some research I came to know I can apply for a travel document for him but when I went to the CIC website I saw that the travel document is meant for refugees (and we are not) and that it could impact our PR status!
Can you please guide me to the best resort for such a puzzle and advise of any impact?
Thanks for the help,
Bachar