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I submitted that but apparently it doesn't apply to people who've been in Canada for a certain number of years (cutoff might be 2 or 3 years - not sure, for me it's been slightly over 5 years) and they only tell you that when you submit your application in person. There's no official mention of...

You can't be serious. I must say the worst part of posting here is seeing people defending an archaic system that relies on one's social network in order to be eligible for a passport.

I don't think you really addressed the part highlighted which was, "How is it not a denial of a fundamental right to be refused a passport then if an applicant has tried to persuade every eligible person they know and still could not find one willing to be their guarantor? " Here we're not...

Not a bad suggestion, I might ask them if I can submit such a statement if they call me to say they can't approve my application. But there might be cases where it's not about debilitating anxiety or mere inconvenience. What if a person does know eligible guarantors but none of them agrees to...

This. It's like they expect everyone to fit some kind of mold, not very different from a social credit system, if you don't then too bad you don't deserve a passport. Citizenship I can understand is a privilege but a passport isn't, it's a fundamental right. After clearing all the hurdles for...

I will be updating here - I'm supposed to be picking up the passport in about 2 weeks, that is, if I don't get a call that it's been refused. I've already informed all 4 references that chances are almost 100% they will all be contacted as I now expect the Passport department will go over my...

I guess we are at the mercy of the Passport officer assigned to us. I'm hoping that since he accepted my application after all he won't be the one processing and approving it, he did say he had to send it to another department that handles applications without a guarantor.

Yeah it's even more complicated for Aspies like me.

Not if I've done everything that's required of applicants with no guarantor, which is to have a commissioner of oath sign a statutory declaration and provide two additional references (4 references in total). I'm waiting to hear of the formal reason if I'm denied so I can take the appropriate...

It's just that agent's opinion that I would be refused, his entire demeanor and the way he acted was hostile, unpleasant and pushy from the first moment - I'm inclined to believe he was bullshitting, also I'm currently self-employed and it's not that easy to meet up with former colleagues who...

I made a separate thread but figured I'll post here too: So I had an in-person passport application appointment yesterday and I don't have a guarantor. I submitted the required statutory declaration in lieu of a guarantor form signed by a commissioner of oath and had to provide 4 references in...

So I had an in-person passport application appointment yesterday and I don't have a guarantor. I submitted the required statutory declaration in lieu of a guarantor form signed by a commissioner of oath and had to provide 4 references in total, 2 of whom have Canadian passports and with whom...