Dear Nairalanders,
I applied for Canada study visa but was denied. Sir to Covid-19 pandemic leading to business lockdown and restrictions as you know I havent been able to retrieve my passport from vfs office and Canadian embassy.
Due to urgent need for application to another country I am planning to declare the passport missing then replace it at passport office following the process. Someone had told me that that can land me on travel ban for 5 years.
Do you think same too? Do you think there could be huge penalties to That? Please advice me candidly!

Thanks for your usual assistance, I'm still counting on you.

Have you tried contacting IRCC and VFS? You can call IRCC or send a webform to them. Also call VFS to find out if your passport is with them. If you know the visa office processing your application, you can also contact the visa office directly.

Don't declare it missing

Canadian student visa thread