Canadian Passport in person timeline

[Onyile]

You can walk in at a Passport Canada location with your travel booking, and you can have your passport the next day.
Fee is $100 per application, in addition to passports fees.

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[ufarooqi]

Applied for passport today at Passport Office Kitchener (Regular Processing). They gave me a "Mail Out" date of April 26.

 

[QueenPeaches]

Applied for passport today at Passport Office Kitchener (Regular Processing). They gave me a "Mail Out" date of April 26.

Express or urgent?
That's about 11 business days

 

[Invincible84]

Express or urgent?
That's about 11 business days

thats because passport office has 10 business days processing. Service canada has 20 business days.

 

[GuyanaGirl]

Applied for passport today at Passport Office Kitchener (Regular Processing). They gave me a "Mail Out" date of April 26.

Did they give you an option to pick up instead of mail out ?

 

[Psych]

Problem with Passport Canada is they take ages to give you an appointment for regular applications, should they ever give you any.

 

[ufarooqi]

Did they give you an option to pick up instead of mail out ?

Kitchener Passport Office doesn't need prior appointments (Unofficially). Most of the folks in the queue were not travelling within next 25 days. It took me an hour to get into the office because there were around 60 people ahead of me. Officer gave me the option to pickup but I declined. If you request pickup, they'll simply count 10 business days from today and will tell you to come on that date. In reality, passports get printed much earlier. So it's better to opt-in the mail-out option. I know many folks, who opted in mail-out option and got their passports in 5-6 business days.

 

[Invincible84]

Kitchener Passport Office doesn't need prior appointments (Unofficially). Most of the folks in the queue were not travelling within next 25 days. It took me an hour to get into the office because there were around 60 people ahead of me. Officer gave me the option to pickup but I declined. If you request pickup, they'll simply count 10 business days from today and will tell you to come on that date. In reality, passports get printed much earlier. So it's better to opt-in the mail-out option. I know many folks, who opted in mail-out option and got their passports in 5-6 business days.

Wow really! That's the first time I am hearing that. Does service canada also follow the same? Like mail out before 20 business days?

 

[CaBeaver]

Kitchener Passport Office doesn't need prior appointments (Unofficially). Most of the folks in the queue were not travelling within next 25 days. It took me an hour to get into the office because there were around 60 people ahead of me. Officer gave me the option to pickup but I declined. If you request pickup, they'll simply count 10 business days from today and will tell you to come on that date. In reality, passports get printed much earlier. So it's better to opt-in the mail-out option. I know many folks, who opted in mail-out option and got their passports in 5-6 business days.

Without a travel's proof? This doesn't make sense given the current rush of travelers and the mess passport Canada is in.

 

[wicked31]

Kitchener Passport Office doesn't need prior appointments (Unofficially). Most of the folks in the queue were not travelling within next 25 days. It took me an hour to get into the office because there were around 60 people ahead of me. Officer gave me the option to pickup but I declined. If you request pickup, they'll simply count 10 business days from today and will tell you to come on that date. In reality, passports get printed much earlier. So it's better to opt-in the mail-out option. I know many folks, who opted in mail-out option and got their passports in 5-6 business days.

I too went to Passport office ( Kitchener) on Tuesday. I am travelling next month and they asked me to wait in a separate que. I was not given the option to pick up in person. My mail out date April 21. Today, Canada post surprised me with a package. I received my passport in just 2 days. This journey has officially ended for me.

You most likely get yours by Wednesday.

 

[ufarooqi]

Without a travel's proof? This doesn't make sense given the current rush of travelers and the mess passport Canada is in.

Well it is not same for every passport office. Some passport offices actually see proof of travel. Kitchener is not one of them.

 

[ufarooqi]

Wow really! That's the first time I am hearing that. Does service canada also follow the same? Like mail out before 20 business days?

No. Service Canada is just an agent. They verify docs and send your docs to local passport office in a batch. That’s where actual passport printing happens. Service Canada will always take more time.

 

[ufarooqi]

I too went to Passport office ( Kitchener) on Tuesday. I am travelling next month and they asked me to wait in a separate que. I was not given the option to pick up in person. My mail out date April 21. Today, Canada post surprised me with a package. I received my passport in just 2 days. This journey has officially ended for me.

You most likely get yours by Wednesday.

I’m also expecting it next week.

 

[Invincible84]

I too went to Passport office ( Kitchener) on Tuesday. I am travelling next month and they asked me to wait in a separate que. I was not given the option to pick up in person. My mail out date April 21. Today, Canada post surprised me with a package. I received my passport in just 2 days. This journey has officially ended for me.

You most likely get yours by Wednesday.

Woowww

 

[twrooney]

I’m also expecting it next week.

Do you live in Kitchener?