Applying for Travel Document without a PR Card

Permanent Resident Status
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I am planning to travel alone to Philippines urgently and don’t have the PR card yet. My family and I landed in Toronto as immigrants last July 8, 2011 and until now we did not receive our PR cards. The CIC call centre agent told me that the problem is about the “photograph”. I was advised to apply for a Travel Document (Permanent Resident Abroad) IMM 5524 if I want to travel outside of Canada.

Is a Travel Document a guarantee that I could come back to Canada without any problem? Or would there be no problem during the process? I ask these questions because I heard a story of someone allegedly of the same case who was not able to come back and has to do the immigration process again.

Please advise as I have second thoughts of leaving.

Thank you.
Mike

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Hi,

My husband has applied from UAE for a travel document. We are due with our baby in the last week of August (which is the current month) and the Embassy is not able to tell him whether it will take 10 working days, 15 working days or a month.
It is really disturbing for new immigrants to get a hold of such policies and tiresome procedures. The PR travel document should ideally take 1-2 weeks max!! since all the info is the system already! any idea when he can get the PRTD? It has already been 10 days since he applied and they are saying it could take upto a month!
Can a moderator please reply to my query asap? Thanks!

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Hello,

Thank you for sharing your situation and question with us.

We can appreciate that you would be concerned about this situation.

Unfortunately, we do not have any information regarding how long it will take as each visa office is different and has different processing times.

We hope that others who may have applied through this office can share their experiences and timelines with you.

I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.

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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
Settlement.Org

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How long will it take to apply for a travel document in manila? And the requirements

Mark

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Hi There,

Thanks for sharing your question and situation with us. We can appreciate that this is a confusing situation.

From my understanding, you need to apply for a Travel Document from the Manila office.

As mentioned previously in this thread, from the excerpt quoted, there is a link to the application, documents checklist and instruction guide:

We hope that other users may be able to share their experiences with you regarding processing timeframes.

I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up

to your question/situation.

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Theresa
Information & Referral Specialist, CIRS
Your Settlement.Org Team