George1987

HI Guys

as some of you know I received COPR last week (yay) but when booking my flights to leave in January I started thinking it would be worth my while renewing my passport as there is only a year left on it and over the years of use it has quite a bit of wear and tear (no damage to the photo bio page but a few years back got washed by the OH , although has been used since.) im just wondering as there is no actual visa stamped been issued , just the COPR, am I allowed to change my passport before I got to ensure no hold up or refusal at the border?


thanks guys

Former Lancastrian

Yes you can change your passport as you should have a PR card and thats all that is required. If no PR card then take the COPR form if travelling.

SchnookoLoly

They should also return your old passport to you, so just bring that one with you as well just in case there's any issue, but really there shouldn't be!

Yandros

Has the process changed since 2010?

From my reading of the OPs post he hasn't yet landed and activated his PR so will not have a PR card. When we went through this a one time immigrant visa was put in our passports. This had an expiry date of the earlier of passport exiry or 1 year from the date of our medicals. Only when we entered Canada using the visa and our COPR form were we actually given PR (and subsequently received our PR cards a few months later).

My concern would be that if the OP renews his UK passport then the old one (ie the one that will contain the visa if the system is the same) will be cancelled and thus invalid. If this is done is the visa in that passport still valid or is it also cancelled?

I would wait until I'd used the one time visa and then change my UK passport just to be safe.

Former Lancastrian

Holders of UK passports are no longer issued Immigrant visas in passports they are now just issued the 2 part COPR form.

Yandros

Fl - thanks for the clarification. I hadn't realised that system had changed.

George1987

Hi guys

thanks for the help, see my thinking is that as now they only issue COPR to British citizens and not the in passport stamp, as long I have my COPR and the old passport im thinking it shouldn't be a problem.

Former Lancastrian

Those who have a PR card only need the PR card and a valid passport and no need for old passports or COPR forms.

George1987

Thanks

at this moment I don't have a PR card as I am still in Scotland but arrive in Toronto on the 16th of January 2014

SchnookoLoly

Just take your old passport, your new passport, and your COPR paperwork with you and you shouldn't have a problem.

(I know FL said you likely don't need it at all, but in the absense of your PR card, just take all your paperwork with you, just to be safe! If you don't need it then great, and if you're asked for it, you have it.)

Former Lancastrian

So as a new Immigrant you will be landing then so only COPR and valid passport required. Providing you give a Canadian mailing address then the PR card will be sent in due course currently 75 working days.