Experience at Ottawa Service Canada Centre - Passport Services, 885 Meadowlands Drive East- Dec 23 2021
- in person , appointment at 1.30
-Reached on time , document verificaton in 10 mins
- Another 30 mins wait to get the process started and officer started processing app 1 by 1
- 4 Apps in total. Each took 10 mins of manual data entry .
- Total of 1hr and 10 mins and done
For kids photos, no hair bands or hair clips. Due to that I will have to show up again to deliver a new photo.
Office was super nice though ..
Kids passport delivery via Canadapost - Jan 12 2022
Adult passport received- Jan 22 (It was waiting for me at post office )
Note: Passport Canada was super fast with adult application . They printed the passport on Dec 30 2021 apparently Canada Post tried to deliver on Dec 31 , but we never got a message / notice from them . I waited till Jan 22 , then called Passport Canada to know that the passports are waiting for me at post office .And the last day to collect on Jan 22
.I was so lucky !!!
Advice - Extra 20 $ in person pickup is not worth .Most of the times, passport will arrive via Canada Post before scheduled pickup . Only thing to remember is , if it is more than 10 business days of submission , certainly call passport Canada to confirm it is printed and not waiting at postoffice for pickup !.
That ends my Canadian immigration Journey .Thanks this forum for the support and advice !