Passport for minor (Single Parent)

[sallam_ah]

Hi,

I would like to ask, how to apply for a minor passport if his mother is not Candian (she is not even in Canada), we divorced a long time ago then I moved with the kid and my new wife to Canada.

I ask this question because I heard that, both parents should sign the passport application. I don't have a legal Custody document, but I have his mother's consent to allow my boy to travel with me. Also, my COPR listed my boy as a dependent.

Any Ideas

 

[k.h.p.]

Is the child born in Canada or do you have citizenship?

 

[sallam_ah]

The child was born outside Canada. But he got citizenship after the pr.

 

[k.h.p.]

Read this page https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/children/apply.html

It says either parent may sign a passport application.

 

[sallam_ah]

Read this page https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/children/apply.html

It says either parent may sign a passport application.

Thanks for your reply. My problem is with that paragraph:

"Each legal parent or guardian should sign the application form."

 

[k.h.p.]

As I re read it, both parents must sign. You would need exclusive custody to have the other parent not sign.