A member's passport was stamped with their permanent hometown address, while a separate correspondence letter received on their GCKey account showed their current (different) address. They asked whether this mismatch would cause problems at the Canadian port of entry (POE).
What the thread clarified:- The address on your passport is generally not scrutinized closely at the POE. Members were reassured that officers don't focus on matching passport address details in this way.
- An India-based address is not required for any further steps in the process once you're proceeding to Canada — this concern was described as unfounded.
- The document that actually matters at the POE is the Letter of Introduction (LOI) — this is the correspondence letter itself, which must be brought along with your passport to receive your physical study permit at the airport/port of entry. It's the LOI, not the passport's printed address, that the officer relies on.
The practical takeaway: don't worry about address mismatches between your passport and IRCC correspondence — just make sure you bring your Letter of Introduction (LOI) with your passport when you land, since that's the document used to issue your study permit at the POE.