| As of January 23, 2007, a new American law requires | | | | originals of all the documents along with their |
| everyone entering the United States by air to have a | | | | photocopies. After the necessary verification, the |
| valid Canada passport. This has a lot more people | | | | original 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 Canadian | | | | copies of all documents, your guarantor must sign |
| passport either for the first time or replacing an | | | | them all. Obtaining a guarantor's signature on the |
| expired one is stressful. People who have been | | | | Canadian passport application is a must. Generally, a |
| through this process have many tales of woe | | | | guarantor is a person who knows you personally for |
| regarding the long waiting period at the government | | | | not less than two years and can verify the accuracy |
| offices, scuttling to locate and get all the required | | | | of your statements and documents supporting your |
| forms, and then sweating over the application form | | | | Canadian passport application. In fact, the guarantor |
| for accuracy, else the submission gets delayed. Going | | | | must also sign one of your passport size photographs |
| through such a process can undoubtedly be hellish for | | | | too along with the documents supporting your |
| those who have time constraints. Following the | | | | identity and citizenship. Obtain proof of your valid |
| below-mentioned steps can however save you a lot | | | | Canadian citizenship - You need to have your birth |
| of trouble and speed up the process resulting in quick | | | | certificate or that of your Canadian citizenship. In |
| approval: Get your Canada passport application form - | | | | case you are born outside Canada, you may produce |
| These application forms are now available online are | | | | certificates of Canadian Citizenship, Naturalization, |
| interactive in nature. They guide the applicants | | | | Retention of Canadian Citizenship, or Registration of |
| through all the procedures very well to minimize the | | | | Birth Abroad. Using a previous Canadian passport as |
| possibilities of errors and eliminate chances of | | | | supporting identification - A previous Canadian |
| omission. You can also get them at a Canada postal | | | | passport may be used a supporting identification |
| outlet or passport service location. Take passport | | | | provided that all of the following conditions are met: |
| size photos - You need to take a passport size | | | | the passport is still valid or is year after its expiry |
| photograph and its two identical copies, not more | | | | date; the passport itself is submitted with the |
| than a year old. Get your form and photo identity | | | | application form; the name on the passport is the |
| cards signed by a guarantor - Just take a print out of | | | | same as the one on the application, On average, the |
| the form mentioned above and fill it accurately | | | | passport application process takes 10 days if you are |
| checking all your queries online. You need to have at | | | | applying in person and 20 days if you applied by mail. |
| least one proof of your identity that has your name | | | | The Canadian government also provides urgent or |
| and signature; the document must have been issued | | | | express services for emergency or compassionate |
| to you by the provincial, federal, or municipal | | | | reasons on a case-by-case basis, applications must be |
| government. One such document could be your | | | | in person and submitted with a proof of emergency. |
| provincial driver's license. You must submit the | | | | |