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Got a new passport and your old one is stamped 'CANCELLED' — do you list both in your application?

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By VisaBuddies Communityvia community — compiled from public visa forums

Documents Needed

  • New passport

    This is the one to keep listed as current/valid in your immigration profile.

  • Old, cancelled passport

    Worth retaining physically if it contains valid visa stamps (e.g. a residency visa) still relevant to your travel history, even though it's no longer your active travel document.

Step-by-Step

If you've received a new passport and had your old one punched and stamped 'CANCELLED' at the passport office, here's how to handle it in your immigration profile:

  1. List only the new, valid passport in your active application/profile. A cancelled passport no longer has travel validity, so it shouldn't be entered as your current identity document.

  2. Keep the old, cancelled passport on hand regardless. If it contains a still-relevant visa stamp (for example, a foreign residency visa), you may need to physically present it later even though it's not listed as your active document.

  3. A 'CANCELLED' stamp does supersede the passport's printed expiry date for the purpose of using it as a travel document — it's no longer valid for travel from the date it was cancelled, regardless of what expiry date is printed on it.


The short version: new passport goes in your application; old cancelled one gets kept physically for its stamps, not entered as an active document.

Dos, Don'ts & Tips

  • Do: Only list your current, valid passport in your active application — not a cancelled one.
  • Tip: Hold onto a cancelled old passport if it has other valid stamps (like a foreign residency visa) that you might still need to show.

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