What you Must Know About Getting a Canada Passport

As of January 23, 2007, a new American law requiresoriginals of all the documents along with their
everyone entering the United States by air to have aphotocopies. After the necessary verification, the
valid Canada passport. This has a lot more peopleoriginal copies of all the documents submitted by you
getting their Canada passports than ever before.will be returned. In case, you are submitting only
Most people expect that applying for a Canadiancopies of all documents, your guarantor must sign
passport either for the first time or replacing anthem all.
expired one is stressful. People who have beenObtaining a guarantor's signature on the Canadian
through this process have many tales of woepassport application is a must. Generally, a guarantor
regarding the long waiting period at the governmentis a person who knows you personally for not less
offices, scuttling to locate and get all the requiredthan two years and can verify the accuracy of your
forms, and then sweating over the application formstatements and documents supporting your Canadian
for accuracy, else the submission gets delayed.passport application. In fact, the guarantor must also
Going through such a process can undoubtedly besign one of your passport size photographs too along
hellish for those who have time constraints. Followingwith the documents supporting your identity and
the below-mentioned steps can however save you acitizenship.
lot of trouble and speed up the process resulting inObtain a proof of your valid Canadian citizenship -
quick approval:You need to have your birth certificate or that of
Get your Canada passport application form - Theseyour Canadian citizenship. In case you are born
application forms are now available online areoutside Canada, you may produce certificates of
interactive in nature. They guide the applicantsCanadian Citizenship, Naturalization, Retention of
through all the procedures very well to minimize theCanadian Citizenship, or Registration of Birth Abroad.
possibilities of errors and eliminate chances ofUsing a previous Canadian passport as supporting
omission. You can also get them at a Canada postalidentification - A previous Canadian passport may be
outlet or passport service location.used a supporting identification provided that all of
Take passport size photos - You need to take athe following conditions are met: the passport is still
passport size photograph and its two identical copies,valid or is year after its expiry date; the passport
not more than a year old.itself is submitted with the application form; the name
Get your form and photo identity cards signed by aon the passport is the same as the one on the
guarantor - Just take a print out of the formapplication,
mentioned above and fill it accurately checking allOn average, the passport application process takes
your queries online. You need to have at least one10 days if you are applying in person and 20 days if
proof of your identity that has your name andyou applied by mail. The Canadian government also
signature; the document must have been issued toprovides urgent or express services for emergency
you by the provincial, federal, or municipalor compassionate reasons on a case-by-case basis,
government. One such document could be yourapplications must be in person and submitted with a
provincial driver's license. You must submit theproof of emergency.