Passport Expiring Dec 2020 Can She Travel Month Before Expiry

[Gurpinder]

My mother’s temporary resident visa and passport, both are expiring in December 2020. Can she enter Canada on temporary resident visa with this passport in November 2020?

[Bavneet (Admin)]

There would be a problem with her expiring passport and she may be denied to get entry into Canada at the port of entry. The problem is her expiring passport. She may be denied entry into Canada at a POE or may be given a very short allowed stay and she has to leave Canada before the expiry of her passport.

You should get her passport renewed before travelling to Canada. She can use her current passport for purpose of temporary residence visa because It will be still valid in November 2020. A valid visa inside an expired document is considered valid. Make sure she has both the old passport with valid TRV on it and the new passport while travelling to Canada.

[Rajpal (Admin)]

It would not be an issue if she would be coming to Canada on a permanent resident basis. She can renew her passport upon reaching in Canada easily because she will have permanent status in Canada then. Now, she will only get an entry into Canada less than the expiry of her passport and visa or she could be denied entry into Canada.