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Originally posted by maniivannan
Hi, I live in Windsor and work in Michigan,USA by commuting everyday. Since I work for an Airline company, they give free ticket to me every year and they take care of my passport and visa procedures too. So far i have travelled in those free tickets but only catch is travel must be originating from USA. So i always travelled from Detroit airport. Last time, My office sent me to Germany but in the last moment they found out that my passport is expiring in 2 months so they applied my new passport with chicago consulate with my brother's address (my brother live in michigan). So my brother's address is in my passport as my contact address.
Now i have applied for citizenship. Are these travel from usa to other countries and USA address going to create any problem when go for test??
Any help will be appreciated!
Few things:
1. Contrary to the advice of others, I will say it DOES NOT matter where you renewed your passport from - there is neither any need nor a law to get your passport renewed from Canada if you are a Canadian resident.
2. It does not matter whether you fly out from Canada to another country or from US to another country.
3 Any day that you are not in Canada (and does not matter where you are - whether in US or Timbaktu), is counted as absence from Canada. If you go to US in the morning for work and return in the evening (before 12 midnight), you are regarded as physically being present in Canada.
4. Just imagine a situation where your passport was issued from India and never renewed till the application for citizenship? Wouldn't you still have to keep your residence proof to apply for citizenship?
Chandresh
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Chandresh, well said. Thank you very much.
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Few things:
1. Contrary to the advice of others, I will say it DOES NOT matter where you renewed your passport from - there is neither any need nor a law to get your passport renewed from Canada if you are a Canadian resident.
2. It does not matter whether you fly out from Canada to another country or from US to another country.
3 Any day that you are not in Canada (and does not matter where you are - whether in US or Timbaktu), is counted as absence from Canada. If you go to US in the morning for work and return in the evening (before 12 midnight), you are regarded as physically being present in Canada.
4. Just imagine a situation where your passport was issued from India and never renewed till the application for citizenship? Wouldn't you still have to keep your residence proof to apply for citizenship?
Chandresh
What Chandresh says is correct. But the intention of asking these questions was not whether it is legal or illegal to travel from US or whether it is illegal to renew the passport from the US. The intention of the OP was to find out if it would create a perception/suspicion about his residency in Canada.
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Posted on: 12-04-07 14:14:53
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Posted on: 12-04-07 14:14:53
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4. Just imagine a situation where your passport was issued from India and never renewed till the application for citizenship? Wouldn't you still have to keep your residence proof to apply for citizenship?
Chandresh
Good point. I have had my Indian passport renewed in Chicago which was valid through my Cdn citizenship galore.
I guess, there is a statement on most emabssy websites that say you are supposed to renew with the consulate of your jurisdiction.
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