New Canadian Passport Rules

LOL-great story Matt! Glad you are settled! Good idea about getting the extra pages!

Sadly, I cannot seem to find my Canadian passport at the moment! My Dutch one isn't much help to go to North America!

Uh oh!

You'd better find it or apply for a new one quick. I wonder what the wait is for passports abroad!

Matt- I think it is my punishment for mocking you!

It must be somewhere- I used it at Christmas.

*sigh*

Here in Edmonton my Sister recently went down and got in line at 5 am She was the last one to get in that day at 3:30 pm.
SAD !

As for mailing in your Documents I wouldn't suggest it they told her that they had not opened an envelope since the beginning of December.

The Good news ? They hired 300 more staff to help out , I wonder how long it will take to get them trained ?

Here in Alberta we have 3 offices one in Fort McMurray, one in Edmonton one in Calgary.

I guess McMurray gets one cause they have the BIG BUCKS up there ?

Here in Edmonton my Sister recently went down and got in line at 5 am She was the last one to get in that day at 3:30 pm.
SAD !

As for mailing in your Documents I wouldn't suggest it they told her that they had not opened an envelope since the beginning of December.

The Good news ? They hired 300 more staff to help out , I wonder how long it will take to get them trained ?

Here in Alberta we have 3 offices one in Fort McMurray, one in Edmonton one in Calgary.

I guess McMurray gets one cause they have the BIG BUCKS up there ?

Welcome to the board mmck!

PS- Passport found!:D

Matt, I'm glad you've finally got your passport.

I think I've been lucky. Went to the passport office the 21st of February at about 11AM, waited in line for around 45 minutes, refused to pay any extra fee for speedy processing and got it home in around 10 business days. I now realize the 24 pages one is quite thin (but already have another passport and will probably use that one whenever possible) and regret I haven't paid the extra $5 for the extra 24 pages. But then - if I'll travel that much I'll probably won't mind the $87 cost for a new passport

I doubt the actual situation will last. The number of Canadians who are active travelers is constant and their needs can be handled by the actual system. The travelers to the US will likely get their passports not later than 2007-2009 (by then it will be enforced that travelers by land and sea will have valid passports - now it's still possible to enter the US with only a drivers license+citizenship card or birth certificate). The only variable is the number of new immigrants Canada will welcome over the next years, as they tend to apply for citizenship and then for a Canadian passport right after becoming Canadians. But this number won't change dramatically either.

So let's focus on how to use the passports rather on how to get them

Thanks,
rytmx70

They had that available for a very short time. Not anymore though, you have to mail it in.