Canadian Passport - Mail-In Application Timelines
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Where do you live. I live in bc but they done in Victoria so I apply online
I can’t go to passport center directly and get my file to be transferred? Also is calling them is the only way I can transfer my application ?? Thank You!!
Where did you apply? I sent my documents to Gatineau.
There are crazy lines in front of Passport offices and if you don't have an appointment or proof of travelling soon they will not let you in. The best is to call them?
Passport picked up, off to vacations 
[I noticed a weird thing on Canadian passport, the perforated alpha-numeric characters on top of passport is different than the passport number.
My home country passport had the same peroration as the passport number]
[I noticed a weird thing on Canadian passport, the perforated alpha-numeric characters on top of passport is different than the passport number.
My home country passport had the same peroration as the passport number]
yes, you can walk-in at local passport office with proof of travel or else they won’t help.
if you get a transfer done over the phone then you don’t have to wait for hours at passport office, you will be prioritized over walk-ins.
as i mentioned in my earlier post, with or without a transfer you still have to fill out a fresh passport application, provide new photos, most important you will need your original citizenship certificate, and without it, they won’t help.
Hope it helps. Good luck buddy!
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Oh, this is for birth certificate. I (& likely everyone else) am referring to citizenship certificate.
The address I wrote was to Quebec (Gatineau), but it was delivered to Ottawa via Canada Post Xpresspost. Not sure if this is a good/bad thing or if this is a common occurence