We are in the same boat. Can you find the status today? I have the same date and application as you but still don't see any updates today. Todays is the 6th business day since the application in-person on Dec 21st.
Canadian Passport - Mail-In Application Timelines
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Does anyone here have any experience with a passport that was sent to an address in the states? If so, how do they mail it? Courrier? Canada Post/USPS? Is a signature needed? Can you track your passport application status? Can you track the package itself on its way back to you? How long did it take all together to receive after you sent the application? Were you able to tell how long it spent in transit once they shipped items back? Does your certificate arrive with the passport or separate? Any insights on any of all of these many questions are tremendously appreciated. Thank you!
just checked..same status ""We can't give you the application status right now."
Hi All...any idea if I need to personally sign when passport is delivered or can anyone else who is at home can sign and receive it on my behalf.
Same here. Today is the 8th business day but the status is still "We can't give you the application status right now."
A note to future applicants!!!
Do not take the status displayed in the online passport application tracker at its face value.
Our status was displayed as follows for 1 day and on the next day our passports were delivered.
Needless to say, we were frightened out of our wits, and were wondering what went wrong with our application after leaving no stone unturned. BTW ours was an in-person application, but I think, this also applies to mail-in applications.
Do not take the status displayed in the online passport application tracker at its face value.
Our status was displayed as follows for 1 day and on the next day our passports were delivered.
Needless to say, we were frightened out of our wits, and were wondering what went wrong with our application after leaving no stone unturned. BTW ours was an in-person application, but I think, this also applies to mail-in applications.
Toll-free number:
1-800-567-6868
Direct number:
1-819-997-8338
My passport is out for delivery today. It takes overnight to go from Ottawa to Vancouver.
Location - Vaughan, ON
Sent mail Application - December 30th 2023
Delivered to Gatineau, QC - January 5th 2024
Credit Card charged - January 15th 2024
Sent mail Application - December 30th 2023
Delivered to Gatineau, QC - January 5th 2024
Credit Card charged - January 15th 2024
Did you receive the passport in the new cover? I think Ottawa has some leftovers of the old covers.
Here's my timeline for a renewal from the US - SoCal
Sent FedEx to Gatineau courier address - 1/3
Arrived - 1/4
Credit card charged - 1/15
Received FedEx text notification that a package was on its way - 1/19
Received via FedEx International Priority - Signature required - 1/22
Passport was issued out of Ottawa, old design. My old, cancelled passport was sent in the same package. 2.5 weeks end to end is phenomenal, and a nice reminder of how great the Canadian civil service is in comparison to a lot of other places. Whatever problems they were having with timelines and demand seem to have been ironed out.
I was hoping for the new design. My US passport is the next generation design. It's got the same curling issues that others have noted with the new Canadian passport, but the passport and etched biodata page seem much more technologically advanced and secure. I just took my US passport on an extended trip overseas, and even with the plastic data page, I was able to cram it into a pocket just like my old Canadian one. It also flattened back out nicely after I put it in storage, so no complaints overall.
Sent FedEx to Gatineau courier address - 1/3
Arrived - 1/4
Credit card charged - 1/15
Received FedEx text notification that a package was on its way - 1/19
Received via FedEx International Priority - Signature required - 1/22
Passport was issued out of Ottawa, old design. My old, cancelled passport was sent in the same package. 2.5 weeks end to end is phenomenal, and a nice reminder of how great the Canadian civil service is in comparison to a lot of other places. Whatever problems they were having with timelines and demand seem to have been ironed out.
I was hoping for the new design. My US passport is the next generation design. It's got the same curling issues that others have noted with the new Canadian passport, but the passport and etched biodata page seem much more technologically advanced and secure. I just took my US passport on an extended trip overseas, and even with the plastic data page, I was able to cram it into a pocket just like my old Canadian one. It also flattened back out nicely after I put it in storage, so no complaints overall.
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