Can I send a different passport than I applied for the Canadian visa with?
I have applied for a Canada Visitor visa and after a long long wait, I have received a letter from Canada requesting I send my passport to the embassy. My passport will expire after exactly one year and as I know they will not issue a visa beyond the expiry date on the passport.
When I applied I provided my current passport details. Can I apply for a new passport and send the new passport to the embassy? Or do I have to provide the same passport that I detailed when I applied for the visa?
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I'm not sure about Canada, but in the UK, any visas issued will not expire with the passport. The traveller is quite able to renew their passport, but present both passports when entering the country.
The current (new) passport will establish nationality and identity, and the old (expired) passport will contain the still-valid visa.
So providing Canada's system works in a similar manner, you should just ask for the visa to be issued in your current passport - but then when it expires and you get a new one, make sure you keep the old one with the visa.
Source: I'm a former UK Immigration Officer, and I saw this all the time.
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