In a canadian passport pickle
Jul 7th 2016, 5:03 am
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Re: In a canadian passport pickle
When it comes to meeting requirements at borders these days, it's anyone's guess! Seems to be down to the discretion of individual officers. Best thing is probably to call them and ask them in advance, make sure you get the name and badge # of the person you speak to, should there be any issues at point of entry.
That's a fair point but who do I call ? The embassy won't deal in anything but emails and the consulate won't answer
Jul 7th 2016, 5:05 am
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Jul 7th 2016, 5:09 am
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Until Sep 29 when eTA is fully implemented you should be able to enter on your UK passport + short birth certificate. Do you have an expired Canadian passport from any point in your life you could also show??
Jul 7th 2016, 5:10 am
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Jul 7th 2016, 6:15 am
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Now feeling pensive! I have just sent all my original documents via track and trace (and yes it has been signed for - quite literally this morning!) to Canada House in Trafalgar Square!
They have been good as gold in the past, so here's hoping (at least I have 'spare' birth certs!)
They have been good as gold in the past, so here's hoping (at least I have 'spare' birth certs!)
Jul 7th 2016, 6:16 am
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Now feeling pensive! I have just sent all my original documents via track and trace (and yes it has been signed for - quite literally this morning!) to Canada House in Trafalgar Square!
They have been good as gold in the past, so here's hoping (at least I have 'spare' birth certs!)
They have been good as gold in the past, so here's hoping (at least I have 'spare' birth certs!)
Jul 7th 2016, 7:45 am
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I think the cbsa would probably question that I'm trying to enter as a visitor with all my positions with me ? I would have thought my British passport and my Canadian birth certificate would be enough to allow me to enter rather than fraudulently getting a visitors visa ?
The immigration guy clearly didn't want to be there or start a complex case at this time the weekend so stamped us in as visitors under the requirement we get it sorted within the 6 months....which we did with 3 days to spare!!
Jul 7th 2016, 7:47 am
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We arrived at 7pm on a Sunday night with a load of paper work for the kids completed by a lawyer which was totally wrong, me and eldest had U.K. Passports and can citizenship certs.
The immigration guy clearly didn't want to be there or start a complex case at this time the weekend so stamped us in as visitors under the requirement we get it sorted within the 6 months....which we did with 3 days to spare!!
The immigration guy clearly didn't want to be there or start a complex case at this time the weekend so stamped us in as visitors under the requirement we get it sorted within the 6 months....which we did with 3 days to spare!!
Jul 7th 2016, 8:02 am
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We arrived at 7pm on a Sunday night with a load of paper work for the kids completed by a lawyer which was totally wrong, me and eldest had U.K. Passports and can citizenship certs.
The immigration guy clearly didn't want to be there or start a complex case at this time the weekend so stamped us in as visitors under the requirement we get it sorted within the 6 months....which we did with 3 days to spare!!
The immigration guy clearly didn't want to be there or start a complex case at this time the weekend so stamped us in as visitors under the requirement we get it sorted within the 6 months....which we did with 3 days to spare!!
Jul 7th 2016, 8:12 am
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HI
1. Service Canada doesn't issue birth certificates. You have to obtain them through Vital Stats in the province where you were born.
1. Service Canada doesn't issue birth certificates. You have to obtain them through Vital Stats in the province where you were born.
Jul 7th 2016, 8:14 am
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The lawyers applied for an extension (can't remember exactly what it was) to my husbands visa to include the kids.
Thinking about it, mine and eldest is kind of not sorted as we can't actually get passports currently! But we both have sins/healthcare so we are just keeping our heads down.
We won't be leaving the country/trying to re enter until it is sorted.
Thinking about it, mine and eldest is kind of not sorted as we can't actually get passports currently! But we both have sins/healthcare so we are just keeping our heads down.
We won't be leaving the country/trying to re enter until it is sorted.
Jul 7th 2016, 8:16 am
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Re: In a canadian passport pickle
If you enter Canada on a British passport and a visa is stamped for 6 months, once you receive your Canadian passport, you would be advised to contact CBSA to enquire as to further action that may or may not be required re the visa, as you don't want them to come looking for you (as they will think you're a Brit on an expired visa).
Since your travel document is the British Passport, it would state your 'place of birth' as Canada, and you have the short form Birth Certificate (BC), basically proves that you are Canadian, so worst case its the 6 mth visa in a British passport - it being the only travel document that you have, unless you have an old expired Canadian passport?.
Then do what you need to do when here to get the long form BC then the Canadian passport.
I dont think there is a need to confuse the CBSA person when you arrive, mentioning all about making an application in the UK for a Canadian passport, that the application got lost along with the long form BC.
Good luck with getting it sorted
Jul 7th 2016, 8:16 am
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Yup I stand corrected (I have read that many pages of info in the last few weeks I thought it was when its actually province based paperwork not Canada).
Jul 7th 2016, 8:19 am
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This response above & for the OP, my thoughts on the dilemma.
Since your travel document is the British Passport, it would state your 'place of birth' as Canada, and you have the short form Birth Certificate (BC), basically proves that you are Canadian, so worst case its the 6 mth visa in a British passport - it being the only travel document that you have, unless you have an old expired Canadian passport?.
Then do what you need to do when here to get the long form BC then the Canadian passport.
I dont think there is a need to confuse the CBSA person when you arrive, mentioning all about making an application in the UK for a Canadian passport, that the application got lost along with the long form BC.
Good luck with getting it sorted
Since your travel document is the British Passport, it would state your 'place of birth' as Canada, and you have the short form Birth Certificate (BC), basically proves that you are Canadian, so worst case its the 6 mth visa in a British passport - it being the only travel document that you have, unless you have an old expired Canadian passport?.
Then do what you need to do when here to get the long form BC then the Canadian passport.
I dont think there is a need to confuse the CBSA person when you arrive, mentioning all about making an application in the UK for a Canadian passport, that the application got lost along with the long form BC.
Good luck with getting it sorted
Jul 7th 2016, 8:21 am
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Hi All,
Bit of a length post coming up ... my apologies.
I contacted the ontario government back in january to get a replacement birth certificate ( was lost in my parents move many years ago) this took months to come through. I then applied for my canadian passport back in may, after it not arriving i have spent a week going back and forth with the embassy in london, only to find out they have lost both my application and my birth certificate. I am moving to vancouver on the 28th july to start a new job.
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Bit of a length post coming up ... my apologies.
I contacted the ontario government back in january to get a replacement birth certificate ( was lost in my parents move many years ago) this took months to come through. I then applied for my canadian passport back in may, after it not arriving i have spent a week going back and forth with the embassy in london, only to find out they have lost both my application and my birth certificate. I am moving to vancouver on the 28th july to start a new job.
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