Passport!?!?

[Manji]

Hopin if anybody can help me out and tell me where and how I can renew my passport!!?

You can pick up the passport application somewhere other than the actual office. right?

And where is the passport registration office in downtown Toronto?

Thanks in advance
Manji

 

[WhOiSyOdAdDy?]

get an application at any post office. You cannot "renew" your passport.. you must apply for a new one

Photos are only $5.99 at Costco

Passport offices ---> http://www.ppt.gc.ca/passport_office/ppt_offices_e.asp#ON

 

[Keebler Elf]

Don't smile in the picture, and I think it now must be colour.

I hope you don't need it soon, b/c the wait is significant. And so are the lineups. You'll need to provide references as well.

It takes two trips to the passport office; one to hand in the materials and answer their questions, and a second time to pick it up.

 

[Gentle Ben]

and if anything is questionable, like a corner off your birthcertificate etc, it will be longer waits, more visits

 

[The_Ladies_Man]

A few tips ...

I just got a new passport made 2 months ago and the procedure is very simple. Once you pick up the application form, there are explanation's given on the form itself regarding how the pictures are to be taken, what references you need, and who can sign the declaration. For the pictures, just go to a photo studio and they know what is required .. they stamp the photo's (you need 2) with the date so that the decalarator can sign it. The declarator can be you doctor, optimeterist etc ... it tells you on the form. I would suggest calling them up as soon as you get the pics taken and the forms so you don't have to wait too long for an appointment.

For ID, I just took my driver's license, SIN card, HLTH card, and citizenship card ... I suggest you take all of them in case they require further id. All they do at the passport office is have a look and hand it back to you.

Try booking a day off work because it's hard to know what the wait will be like. Try going early in the morning and getting a line number. They will tell you the time-frame within which your number will be called. If the office opens at 9am, try going there an hour early so you can beat the rush ... that place is always busy.

The fee for a new passport is $85 and they will express mail it to you within 10 business day's. If there is an emergency, you can tell them you need the passport early ... might be an extra fee.

Double check the form after you fill out and make sure the required signatures are there. Otherwise they might send you back and you will have to wait in line all over again.

** you can download forms on the Passport Office website also:

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/online_forms/index_e.asp

 

[mjd]

Caa office has forms

 

[WhOiSyOdAdDy?]

and I think it now must be colour.

actually it must be digital as well

 

[The_Ladies_Man]

actually it must be digital as well

No, it is a regular photo when you pick it up from the photo studio. But the Canada Passport office will digitize your picture in the passport.

 

[jerbear]

I think there is an office in Missisauga.

 

[The_Ladies_Man]

I think there is an office in Missisauga.

Yes.

Suite 116, 2nd Floor
Central Parkway Mall
377 Burnhamthorpe Road East

Office hours: 08:00 - 16:30

 

[peteeey]

There's a passport office in the federal building on Yonge St., a block north of Sheppard.

 

[Paladin]

On-Line Passport Forms

You can go to the government of Canada web site to get the passport application form, and instructions for submitting the application. You don't have to go to a passport office. You can send the application and the required documentation to the Passport Office in Hull, Quebec for processing.

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/online_forms/index_e.asp

 

[Anais North]

Like Paladin said, you can do the whole thing by mail. Download the forms. It takes longer, but it depends where you want to do your waiting... at home or in the passport office.

 

[reaper29]

Re: ummm gf

not if youre from a different country you have to physically go down...annalee

Another reason to go work for the government !!

 

[antaeus]

and if anything is questionable, like a corner off your birthcertificate etc, it will be longer waits, more visits

My documents of origin are extremely suspect, obsolete, paper and in a foreign language, but I've never had trouble getting a passport. It sure helps sometimes being average looking and white.

Passport office downtown Bay st. is supposedly busiest in Canada. Most I've waited at Yonge/Sheppard office is 15 minutes, and it's on subway line.


antaeus

 

[Manji]

Thanks guys!

Either I will mail it in or go to the Yonge and Sheppard office (anybody know the exact location at Yonge and Sheppard).
At least I can stop off at Body & Soul on the way home!!

 

[WhOiSyOdAdDy?]

Last time, I mailed it.. and it only took 2-3 weeks

 

[Berlin]

Either I will mail it in or go to the Yonge and Sheppard office (anybody know the exact location at Yonge and Sheppard).

Exactly one traffic light/a large block north of Yonge and Sheppard, at the north west corner, right across the street from Kinko's.

You won't miss it.

 

[Annessa]

Don't smile in the picture, and I think it now must be colour.

I hope you don't need it soon, b/c the wait is significant. And so are the lineups. You'll need to provide references as well.

It takes two trips to the passport office; one to hand in the materials and answer their questions, and a second time to pick it up.

Not unless you have a plane ticket that shows you are leaving the country within 14 days you are able to get your passport the same day but it costs a bit more.



Annessa
xoxo

 

[keeferz]

certain post offices can accept passport applications
http://www.ppt.gc.ca/passport_office/ra_offices_e.asp#ON
I think they charge an extra 10 or 15 bucks, but could be worth it if you live outside the city


http://www.ppt.gc.ca/passports/get_process_times_e.asp
http://www.ppt.gc.ca/menu_e.asp