Renewing Canadian Passport from the US

[smurrito 1]

I need to renew my passport, however, I am uneasy about not having a passport on me for 6+ weeks. I have a few family members that could get sick at any time and would like to be able to return to Canada if necessary. Does anyone know if I HAVE to send in my old passport?

Thanks

[Flames9_RN 358]

If you do a search you will find some recent Cdn passport stories and your probably looking at 3 weeks. Took me 17 days a few yrs back and I only sent in in snail mail, where many UPS it. Best of luck

[Udella&Wiz 325]

It's just a chance you have to take - unless you go back home to a local Passport Canada office - your old passport will have the corner cut off but you will get it back right away and it will still be invalid (You could probably return to Canada with the invalidated passport and the receipt from the Passport office if you had too - don't know if anyone's done it) You can travel into Canada on your US GC I believe.

It really is just a couple weeks, none of us liked doing it though

[Inky 1,110]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/320109-applied-for-new-canadian-passport-today/

[AstralEdge 2]

You can use the form for Canadians adults wanting to renew their passports .. it is valid for those who live in Canada or the US.

If you use that form, you do need to include your old passport with the form (they will send it back to you if you ask... or else they will safely destroy it)

If you don't have your old passport then you can't use the renewing form. You have to ask for a new passport...

Good luck

[CanuckGurl 3]

I need to renew my passport, however, I am uneasy about not having a passport on me for 6+ weeks. I have a few family members that could get sick at any time and would like to be able to return to Canada if necessary. Does anyone know if I HAVE to send in my old passport?

Thanks

When you use the Simplified Renewal Application Process, you do not have to resubmit proof of Canadian citizenship, supplementary identification or guarantor information.

To be eligible for Simplified Renewal:

* you must have been at least 16 years of age at the time of your previous application;

* your name on the application form is exactly as it appears on page 2 of the submitted passport;

* you submit a previous Canadian passport that:

o was/is valid for five (5) years;

o is not damaged;

o was never reported lost or stolen; and

o Either was issued to you in Canada (see issuing authority on page 2 of the passport) and is valid or expired for no more than one year;

o Or, was issued to you outside of Canada (see issuing authority on page 2 of the passport) after April 30, 2006.

Reference sites: www.passportcanada.gc.ca (they have a special instruction for Canadians that are in the US that NEED their passport renewed) and http://www.ppt.gc.ca/articles/20090424.aspx?lang=eng

If you get your old passport returned to you, it will have the bottom right hand corner cut off and will be stamped as CANCELLED. If you are travelling within Canada prior to it's physical expiration date, then the airline will still accept it (they did for me 2 weeks ago when travelling from BC to Montreal on an airline ticket in my maiden name), but they were very very clear that it would NOT be valid for travel to the USA. So I would think it would not be acceptable to travel from the US either, but I could be wrong.

Best of luck!

[smurrito 1]

When you use the Simplified Renewal Application Process, you do not have to resubmit proof of Canadian citizenship, supplementary identification or guarantor information.

To be eligible for Simplified Renewal:

* you must have been at least 16 years of age at the time of your previous application;

* your name on the application form is exactly as it appears on page 2 of the submitted passport;

* you submit a previous Canadian passport that:

o was/is valid for five (5) years;

o is not damaged;

o was never reported lost or stolen; and

o Either was issued to you in Canada (see issuing authority on page 2 of the passport) and is valid or expired for no more than one year;

o Or, was issued to you outside of Canada (see issuing authority on page 2 of the passport) after April 30, 2006.

Reference sites: www.passportcanada.gc.ca (they have a special instruction for Canadians that are in the US that NEED their passport renewed) and http://www.ppt.gc.ca/articles/20090424.aspx?lang=eng

If you get your old passport returned to you, it will have the bottom right hand corner cut off and will be stamped as CANCELLED. If you are travelling within Canada prior to it's physical expiration date, then the airline will still accept it (they did for me 2 weeks ago when travelling from BC to Montreal on an airline ticket in my maiden name), but they were very very clear that it would NOT be valid for travel to the USA. So I would think it would not be acceptable to travel from the US either, but I could be wrong.

Best of luck!

I am changing my last name to my married name so unfortunately I can't use the simplified form - next time though!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

You shouldn't take 6 weeks. Don't send it by registered or certified mail using USPS - send it by courier. It is more expensive but much faster and a better guarantee that it will arrive. You can also track it all the way (USPS only tracks to the border and it can take up to a month to get a certified package back either from within the US or sent from without). Passport Canada will have it delivered back to you by courier as well. Mine took 10 days processing and then courier time so under 2 weeks from sending off the application and getting the passport in my hand.

[Flames9_RN 358]

You shouldn't take 6 weeks. Don't send it by registered or certified mail using USPS - send it by courier. It is more expensive but much faster and a better guarantee that it will arrive. You can also track it all the way (USPS only tracks to the border and it can take up to a month to get a certified package back either from within the US or sent from without). Passport Canada will have it delivered back to you by courier as well. Mine took 10 days processing and then courier time so under 2 weeks from sending off the application and getting the passport in my hand.

Mine took 17 days and I saved money for beer,lol But yes, the peace of mind way would be UPS