As long as they meet these requirements, your guarantor can be anyone, including a family member or member of your household.
Although most of the guarantor section on the form can be completed by you
or your guarantor,
the following 4 fields must be completed by your guarantor:
- Signature of guarantor
- Signed at
- Date
- I have known the applicant for (number of years)
In addition, your guarantor must
- write on the back of 1 of the passport photos “I certify this to be a true likeness of (your name or your child’s name)”
- They must also sign the back of the same photo.
- for an adult application, sign and date the photocopies of each supporting identification document (ID)you submit to confirm your identity
- This only applies to photocopies of ID and is not needed if you submit original documents.
Your guarantor can’t charge you money for this. You also can’t help the guarantor do any of the tasks listed above.
Contact us if your guarantor needs help.
Guarantor requirements for a regular (blue) passport submitted in Canada
Your guarantor must
- have known you for at least 2 years
- If the guarantor is for your child’s passport, they must have known you for at least 2 years and must know of your child.
- be available if we need to contact them
- be a Canadian citizen 18 years of age or older
- provide the information needed from their passport
- have been 16 years of age or older when they applied for their own passport
- hold a 5-year or 10-year Canadian passport that, on the day you submit your application, is
- expired for no more than 1 year, or
- valid, meaning it isn’t or wasn’t
- expired
- damaged
- inaccessible
- suspended or revoked
- reported lost or stolen
- found and returned
- destroyed by us
- requested to be returned
If you’re the parent or legal guardian who is applying on behalf of a child, you cannot sign as guarantor on the child’s application. However, the other parent or legal guardian (not submitting the application) can sign as long as they meet the requirements.
