Passport Guarantor /References

[aries9811]

Hi all,

Can anyone please advice, who can be a Guarantor and who can be references ? I do not have any close relative/family who is already Canadian. So I am confused who can be a Guarantor ?

Can I use public notary as Guarantor..I heard there's a form that needs to be filled out in such cases.

Please advice
Thanks,
arian

 

[aries9811]

Could any one please advice...?
Thanks in advance..

 

[sylviabenita]

Hi all,

Can anyone please advice, who can be a Guarantor and who can be references ? I do not have any close relative/family who is already Canadian. So I am confused who can be a Guarantor ?

Can I use public notary as Guarantor..I heard there's a form that needs to be filled out in such cases.

Please advice
Thanks,
arian

References can not be family member as per Canada.ca website

Family members who can't be a reference for your application
This includes your:

• spouse or common-law partner
  • two people, opposite or same-sex, are common-law partners if they have lived together in a marriage-like relationship for at least one year, but aren’t legally married
  • if a marriage or common-law relationship has ended, the former spouse or partner can serve as a reference
• parent, step-parent, foster parent or a parent’s spouse or common-law partner
• mother-in-law or father-in-law
• child (biological, adopted, step or foster child) or your child’s spouse or common-law partner
• son-in-law or daughter-in-law
• sibling (brother, sister, step or half-brother, or step or half-sister), or your sibling’s spouse or common-law partner
• brother-in-law or sister-in-law
• grandparent (biological, adopted, step or foster grandparent) or your grandparent’s spouse or common-law partner
• grandmother-in-law or grandfather-in-law
• grandchild (biological, adopted, step or foster grandchild) or your grandchild’s spouse or common-law partner
• grandson-in-law or granddaughter-in-law

References
You need two references for your passport renewal or new applications. Your references must:

• have known you for at least:
  • two years for passport applications
  • six months for Certificate of Identity or Refugee Travel Document applications
• not be your guarantor
• not be a family member
• be 18 years of age or older
• agree to you using their name and contact information for your application

Guarantor details below.

Basic guarantor requirements
Your guarantor must:

• have known you for at least two years
  • if the guarantor is for your child’s passport, they must have known you for at least two years and must know of your child
• be available if we need to contact them
• be a Canadian citizen 18 years of age or older
• provide the information needed that’s in their passport
• have been 16 years of age or older when he or she applied for his or her own passport
• hold a five-year or 10-year Canadian passport that, on the day you submit your application, is:
  • expired for no more than one year or
  • valid, meaning it isn’t:
    • expired
    • damaged
    • inaccessible
    • suspended or revoked
    • reported lost or stolen
    • found and returned
    • been destroyed by us
    • requested to be returned

Information below if you can’t find a guarantor.

If you cannot find a guarantor
If you haven’t known an eligible guarantor for at least two years, complete form PPTC 132 (Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor) available from any passport office or by telephone.

The form must be sworn to or declared before, and signed by a:

• person authorized by law to administer an oath or a solemn declaration
• qualified official for those submitting outside of Canada, Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor including:
  • Canadian or British diplomatic or consular representatives
  • qualified local officials, such as a civil servants or members of Parliament

 

[sns204]

Contact the notary public and tell them what you need. They may have the form to fill out already or you may have to request it as per the page noted above.

 

[Becksterd]

when do you need a reference and when do you need a guarantor?

 

[sylviabenita]

when do you need a reference and when do you need a guarantor?

All new pp application need one guarantor and 2 references as far as I know.

 

[aries9811]

All new pp application need one guarantor and 2 references as far as I know.

I am facing some problem getting in touch with references. They are either out of town on vacation or they are not citizens and some I don't know them for more than 2 years. What I should do now..if I have to apply for passport. Are there people having similar issues..?

 

[spyfy]

I am facing some problem getting in touch with references. They are either out of town on vacation or they are not citizens and some I don't know them for more than 2 years. What I should do now..if I have to apply for passport. Are there people having similar issues..?

References don't need to be Canadian citizens. It can be anyone who has known you for two years. I highly doubt that there is no one who has known you for two years unless you've been living under a rock and surely not ALL your friends went on vacation at the same time.

Only the guarantor must be a Canadian citizen holding a passport. If you don't know someone like that, you can use a notary, see above.

 

[jamie hito]

Guarantors can be your next of kin so long a citizen and legal age.

 

[aries9811]

References don't need to be Canadian citizens. It can be anyone who has known you for two years. I highly doubt that there is no one who has known you for two years unless you've been living under a rock and surely not ALL your friends went on vacation at the same time.

Only the guarantor must be a Canadian citizen holding a passport. If you don't know someone like that, you can use a notary, see above.

What do we write if reference is Friend who is also a coworker ? Do we say Friend or Coworker in Relationship ? And Same if they are family doctor? Does relationship is Family Doctor.
Please clarify?

 

[sns204]

What do we write if reference is Friend who is also a coworker ? Do we say Friend or Coworker in Relationship ? And Same if they are family doctor? Does relationship is Family Doctor.
Please clarify?

I would pick friend over coworker and family doctor over friend. For reasons of familiarity strength.

 

[Seym]

What do we write if reference is Friend who is also a coworker ? Do we say Friend or Coworker in Relationship ? And Same if they are family doctor? Does relationship is Family Doctor.
Please clarify?

Coin toss. Heads, coworker, tails, friend. Same for doctor vs friend.
They don't care, neither should you

 

[sns204]

Coin toss. Heads, coworker, tails, friend. Same for doctor vs friend.
They don't care, neither should you

Likely true. lol

 

[aries9811]

Likely true. lol

I wouldn't care either..but I am more concerned if they call them..and I wrote family doctor and they say friend . And for other one I write coworker they say friend vice versa. It can make things weird..

 

[paulvoyer]

please refer to this link
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/travel-documents-references-guarantors.html