Question:
I've my completed my medical exam
and I waiting for my Landing papers.
I was wondering If I renew my passport
after receiving the landing papers,
can I still use the landing papers
with the renewed passport to land
in Canada or do I need to send my
landing papers back to to RPC buffalo
with the renewed passport information?
Answer:
Your passport number is listed on
your landing papers and this is
normally checked the first time
that you arrive in Canada and present
your immigrant visa. If you do not
have to renew your passport before
you land, then I would not. If you
do change your passport before you
land there have been two options
posted here in the past:
1. Return
your visa to the office that issued
them with a note that your passport
has been renewed. Include a copy
of the new passport's information
page with the number. The downside
to this is that you have to send
the papers back into the bureaucracy;
or
2. When you
land, present your new passport
and your old passport along with
your immigrant visa. It has been
said that a change like this can
be made by the immigration officer
that admits you.
