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I meant they sent back my citizenship certificate together with passport in the same envelope. For many others, they received their certificate separately from the passport

Thank you!

Finally, we have received our passports. Submitted: Feb 28, 2022 CC charged: Mar 25, 2022 Passports mailed out: Apr 13, 2022 Passports received: Apr 19, 2022 (Citizenship certificate was mailed out together with passport in one envelope) Good luck to those are waiting!

Follow the below link to send a request for status update Request status of your application (cic.gc.ca) Refer to comment #3893 for my timelines

Update: On Apr 8, I sent 4 requests (for 4 persons of my family) for status update. On Apr 16, 2 persons received an email saying a passport mailed out on Apr 13 with a tracking number. No passport and certificate has been received yet. Let see!

This is now 8th week since my application submitted. CC was charged on Mar 25. Hope miracle happens. Good luck everyone

Big congratulations! Finally, the terrible waiting game is over for you. Hope the process will be much better next time :)

Passport Canada is a black box - you don't know what is happening to your application until you get the passport back

I am fine if they say that on their website. But they fail to do so

No. I put expected travel date as of Jun 1, 2022. I have to apply for entry visa so I can't book travel until at least I have the passport

This is the 7th week since my application submitted. CC was charged on Mar 25. Still NOTHING.

Yes, if you apply via in-mail. For in-person, you don't have to as the office will verify it against the original

What is the root cause of that situation? Obviously it is not the applicants. It is incompetency of Passport Office: there is no transparency of the process, no acknowledgement of receipt, no update if anything went wrong, no update when the passport printed and dispatched. NOTHING!!! Passport...

I feel you. My recommendation is go ahead taking your chance to ask for express service with proof of travel. The challenge now is getting connected with them via the phone. I tried many times today but no way

I think no one could give you the answer here. Some told that they could get a passport done in 2 days, even in the same day. But it is completely subject to Service Canada/Passport Office. You may have higher chance to get your passport as fast as they can.