Apply for Passport outside Canada after Oath Ceremony

[Hanonymous]

Hi everyone! I'm going to have my Oath Ceremony in 2 weeks and will be traveling to Canada. I will be choosing the option of e-certificate.

My question is, has anyone done the Oath and left the country and applied for Canadian passport from overseas? I am currently posted in UK by my Canadian employer so I want to apply for Canadian passport from UK after I return from Canada.

Thanks

 

[Seym]

There's absolutely no issue with this.
You can apply for your first passport from the Canadian embassy/consulate in UK.
The only "problems" associated with applying with a passport from outside Canada are only practical :
- The passport costs more.
- There are obviously less Canadians around if you're looking for a guarantor to sign your application and picture, if you don't already know one in UK. That can be solved by either filing your passport application after your oath and before leaving Canada, or by asking an occupation based guarantor https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/travel-documents-references-guarantors.html#occupation-guarantor

 

[Yommex]

Hi everyone! I'm going to have my Oath Ceremony in 2 weeks and will be traveling to Canada. I will be choosing the option of e-certificate.

My question is, has anyone done the Oath and left the country and applied for Canadian passport from overseas? I am currently posted in UK by my Canadian employer so I want to apply for Canadian passport from UK after I return from Canada.

Thanks

Please could you advise if you were able to apply from the UK

 

[Dalboy1980]

Please could you advise if you were able to apply from the UK

I've done this myself and applied from the UK....zero issues. Make sure forms all completed as per the norm, guarantor signatures obtained and that's it. I applied for mine just when lockdown was coming to an end so there was a 10 week wait.

 

[Yommex]

I've done this myself and applied from the UK....zero issues. Make sure forms all completed as per the norm, guarantor signatures obtained and that's it. I applied for mine just when lockdown was coming to an end so there was a 10 week wait.

Thank you for this information, I hope it will be faster and the same. Is it advisable to apply online or via paper application?

 

[Dalboy1980]

Thank you for this information, I hope it will be faster and the same. Is it advisable to apply online or via paper application?

I wasn't aware you could apply online so my application was done in paper form.

 

[sfmoosavian]

There's absolutely no issue with this.
You can apply for your first passport from the Canadian embassy/consulate in UK.
The only "problems" associated with applying with a passport from outside Canada are only practical :
- The passport costs more.
- There are obviously less Canadians around if you're looking for a guarantor to sign your application and picture, if you don't already know one in UK. That can be solved by either filing your passport application after your oath and before leaving Canada, or by asking an occupation based guarantor https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/travel-documents-references-guarantors.html#occupation-guarantor

Must the guarantor and the two references live in the UK for them to be able to sign the documents? I can take their signature while in Canada and submit the documents when I am in the UK. Is that a possibility?

 

[D-Dog]

Must the guarantor and the two references live in the UK for them to be able to sign the documents? I can take their signature while in Canada and submit the documents when I am in the UK. Is that a possibility?

The references don't need to sign the application. You only need their details.

 

[Seym]

Must the guarantor and the two references live in the UK for them to be able to sign the documents? I can take their signature while in Canada and submit the documents when I am in the UK. Is that a possibility?

@D-Dog answered for the references.
And yes, you can absolutely fill the application in advance, make the guarantor sign the document and picture before you fly overseas and apply for the passport.

 

[sfmoosavian]

@D-Dog answered for the references.
And yes, you can absolutely fill the application in advance, make the guarantor sign the document and picture before you fly overseas and apply for the passport.

Thank you.

Also, can my cousin or her husband, who are Canadian citizens, be my guarantor? Do they need to be in a specific profession?

I am asking this for two reason: (1) since in the following link

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/travel-documents-references-guarantors.html#outside-canada

There is no specific requirement for the guarantor if you are applying from outside of Canada but immediately below it, Occupation-based guarantors have been mentioned. So, I just want to be sure this section is separate from the section Guarantor requirements for a regular (blue) passport submitted outside Canada.

 

[Seym]

The occupation-based guarantors are listed there because Canadian citizen aren't necessarily easy to find outside Canada, but yeah, your family members can be your guarantor (not your references tho).

 

[sfmoosavian]

Hi everyone! I'm going to have my Oath Ceremony in 2 weeks and will be traveling to Canada. I will be choosing the option of e-certificate.

My question is, has anyone done the Oath and left the country and applied for Canadian passport from overseas? I am currently posted in UK by my Canadian employer so I want to apply for Canadian passport from UK after I return from Canada.

Thanks

Hello, could you apply for the passport from the UK? I am in the same boat and, although other answers confirm that there is no issue, i would still greatly appreciate if you can confirm it is possible and you did it.

 

[Seym]

Hello, could you apply for the passport from the UK? I am in the same boat and, although other answers confirm that there is no issue, i would still greatly appreciate if you can confirm it is possible and you did it.

One of the answers is literally someone saying they did it in UK with absolutely no problem. You're free to seek confirmation from a specific individual, but why?

 

[sfmoosavian]

One of the answers is literally someone saying they did it in UK with absolutely no problem. You're free to seek confirmation from a specific individual, but why?

I appreciate your help, however in the following thread

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/applying-for-the-first-passport-abroad.785715/

in the first post, it says

“The officer in my ceremony told me that it's not possible, and thus I will absolutely need to wait until I get my passport before traveling.”

This is about the first passport and hence I got concerned. That is the reason I asked for conformation.

 

[Seym]

It shows that the officer doesn't work for Passport Canada, he has no idea what he's saying. Not everything the employees of the government say should be taken face value, especially when it contradicts the official websites.
Family members of mine also applied for their first passport from outside Canada, absolutely no problem. Don't overthink it.