Passports

[elizabethann]

My neice almost didn't get her passport in time to go to Canada. She had to go to Boston to pick it up a day before her flight left. And she applied back in February!

[Catty1]

SLICK - you can do TONS of this online, and there is a separate line for those who come in all net-prepared, etc. It is MUCH shorter than the other line!

http://www.pptc.gc.ca/can/pol_on-line_form.aspx?lang=e

[Blue_Frog]

I just had to get my canadian passport on short notice -- what I had to do is

1. went to a passport office that had a dropoff and pickup
2. waited the 3 hrs at the time
3. paid the extra 10$ on top of the fee for pickup service at that location
4. provided proof that i had to fly out to the US in 3 weeks, so they made sure it was ready in 2 weeks
....
5. came back and picked it up in the 2 weeks in time to fly.

Now, my timing was bad since it was close to march break. We just went recently to renew my BFs passport, and went to the same location, and were in and out in about 20 mins including the confirmation of his application, etc.



If you're just renewing your passport, you can bring it to a certified agent location at a Canada Post office, and do the mail thing -- just be prepared to wait a long time (up to like 4 months). They will rush it for you if you have to fly though

[Husky_mom]

so much time!!....... here you go one day and they give it to you THAT very same day a few hours later....... unless you go late then they give it the next day.......

[Freedom]

Slick - or anyone - what is WHTI?

[slick]

http://cbsa.gc.ca/agency/whti-ivho/menu-e.html

Go here to find out more about WHTI. It's a US law that affects travellers.

Thank you everyone for the info. I didn't know you could apply online. But I thought you needed to submit your old passport in order to get the new one??? I'll have to do some more research.

[kittycats_delight]

I am in Italy and recently had to renew mine. I got it done in 1 week. I had the pics done, the application filled out, sent it off to the canadian embassy here in Rome. They received it next day. They shipped it overnight to ottawa. In 3 days it was sent back to them on an overnight and the next day it was sent to me. In total it took me 7 days from the time I sent it to the time I received it. Why is it so damned difficult and time consuming within Canada?