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Delivered. Edit: The post office left a pick-up delivery slip and I had to go to the post office mentioned on the slip the next evening, show ID, sign, and then pick up my passport envelope.

New passport design :)

You'll get the paper certificate tomorrow at the ceremony.

Other adrresses only.

It'll be 10 business days come Monday and status still says "processing" and I applied at a Passport Office Service Canada branch. Does that mean I'll get 25% fee back? :p

Wait couple more days, it'll come.

Go to a photography studio and talk to them. Maybe they'll allow you to send them the digital pic over email and then they can print and crop the physical photos and charge you accordingly. But the easiest option is to find a reasonaly-priced place and take good photos with the date and stamp...

Not to judge, but you can't name 2 people you've known for 2 years in Canada? A family doctor, a volunteer org coordinator, your landlord? I know it's a hassle, but the references and guarantors are indirect markers of how integrated you are into Canadian society. My guarantor was my former...

Interesting. Maybe the foreign passport as an identity proof clause applies only to dual citizenship paspports

No. Visit the Canada.ca passport page for minors and check the instructions. LINK You need the child's photos and a guarantor's details and signature.

You need: 1. The completed application form (including your guarantor's details, signature, date, and place) 2. Your original certificate of citizenship (which will be scanned and returned to you in person) 3. Your original driver's licence (or Photo ID card), Health ID card, or foreign...

Yes. Just leave those fields alone. Print the form out and tell your Guarantor to hand write everything in CAPS. Except for the signature of course (preventing another possibly stupid question from being asked :p ;))

Yes. As well as the four sections by your guarantor: their signature, how many years they know you, the date, place, and province. Best practice is to complete the form on Adobe Acrobat Reader in one sitting and then save the file once before printing. I tried filling it over a few sessions...

No. If your passport appointment falls within the 6 month window from the date that your photo was taken, you are good. No need to retake unless you aren't happy with the way you look in the photos. When I applied today, the counter official said "Your photos were taken a while ago, eh?" (in...

Applied in person in North York Service Canada office. Walk-in, normal processing. Whole process from queuing up in line to receiving the receipt took about 3 hours. Was told to expect it on Feb 19. Unless it's an urgent request, they mostly won't call. As long as you gave them all the...

Will Canada POst deliver the passport to your mailbox, or will they drop it off at a post office and we have to go and collect after showing ID proof?

I became a Canadian today. In-person ceremony at Mississauga and got the paper certificate towards the end. I know you know, but some pointers for anyone lucky enough to get an in-person ceremony: 1. Put your phones on silent mode. Someone's phone went off and they actually starting whispering...

Myself, Ravi26, Hansanta, and couple of others from MIS office got our oath invites for Jan20- Feb 2 range. Mine and Ravi26 timelines are in the September tab of the Canadavisa tracker.

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When I applied online, I chose the 'e-certificate' because I felt a digital copy in this day and age would always be safer to encrypt and back up in our drives. The invittaion letter says that that the certificate will be provided at the ceremony if you want a paper copy as opposed to digital...