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