Renewing Canadian Passports in the US.

[MissStacey 1]

I worried about what I was breathing in New Orleans. There is still so much mold and stuff in some of these houses. Everyone had what was referred to as "Katrina cough"

As I'm lighting another cigarette.

Edited January 27, 2007 by Stacey33

[antda 13]

Hi Stacey,

Yes, you can get a US Citizen to do it, as long they are from that list of specified professions and that you've known them for two years. That's a good idea to do when you are in the area visiting family too (and I'm sure your in-law family will be happy to see you too). It's good too to plan and find out information ahead of time too, as you never know when you need to do things.

Ant

P.S. My thoughts and condolences go out to the people who had to go through Hurricane Katrina.

If I am allowed to get get a US citizen to do it, that will be easy enough.

I looked for Canadian Consulates. The closest for us is probably Houston. That will work great, my mother in law lives there. We can plan a visit for when I need to renew.

I still have a few years left on my Passport, but I was curious about what we have to do.

[MissStacey 1]

The destruction was incredible. Everytime someone came to visit us, we would take them on the tour. Huge areas are just ghosttowns now. And it is so spread out over the city. We have walked through quite a few houses- many of them have been gutted already and are just standing there. After 1 year, not a whole lot has been done. It is sad. The area me and Mel live is up and running fine, but it is so overpopulated and busy. It is still so unbelievable. We did help rebuild one house in Gentilly. It was fun, I learned alot. I know how to do sheetrock and many other things now1

I was in New Orleans during the Hurricane, me and Mel had met a few days before but weren't dating then. I was staying with a friend while having a little holiday there. We were lucky, we were in the Warehouse District in a huge brick building that also survived Hurrican Betsy. We spent the night in the hallway, we were nervous about windows breaking and things flying around the appartment. It was loud- you could here things breaking and banging, and water flooding in to some appartments.There was a big window beside the elevators that we could look out of and see what was going on. I spent the night text messaging my family and friends here in Canada. When it was over, we still had the gas stove that worked and we still had water pressure to shower. We walked to the French Quarter, it was messy, but fine. We though everything would be back up and running in a few days. After we heard about the levy's, we did decide to go to Baton Rouge. There were several others leaving at the same time and we followd each other. I was able to change the date on my ticket and fly out of Baton Rouge without paying anything extra. Once I got home, I couldn't tear myself away from CNN- plus the fact I have a crush on Anderson Cooper.

Edited January 27, 2007 by Stacey33

[velvetboxes 0]

Hey guys!

Just another quick question. I am assuming that it is just fine to waltz right into a Passport Canada office in person and re-apply for the passport? I am going back to Canada for a visit in April and would just bring my documentation with me and just re-apply for it while I am there.

I would rather not mail these things, most especially if I am only in the US as a permanent resident. :/

[Krikit 1,164]

Yes, that's how a lot of us did it. Man, this thread is old. You couldn't find a newer one? lol

[Inky 1,110]

Yes, that's how a lot of us did it. Man, this thread is old. You couldn't find a newer one? lol

Mine from when I applied is a lot newer lol

[warlord 73]

Yes they changed the passport rules in the past few years to make it easier to get a Canadian passport here. Before you actually had to get a Canadian Citizen who could notarize the photos which made it really hard for people like myself who have lived here for a decade and a half and didn't have any connection to anyone in Canada that would qualify. Now you just need to get any notary to sign it so that makes it simple and easy now.

I just did my passport a few months ago. Didn't take long at all and it was so much easier then before (one of the reasons I was reluctant about ever getting it done again)...

[Marilyn. 340]

I think it is harder now if you have to fill out the regular application as you still need to get a guarantor and you have to use a Canadian citizen, before you could use your doctor, notary public etc as your guarantor..

[Kimbear 53]

best thing to do..makes friend with vj people in real life

My passport expires in january, and i've been speaking with Menphys for a while now we are facebook friends etc, and she just so happens to be from montreal same as me!. And we are buying a home not to far from her and her hubby. i was talking about how its a pain to get a new passport in my married name and shes like " why dont you just use me"..and i was like o.O i can do that? i thought the person has to be living IN canada..and a canadian citizen.

So when i go to renew / apply for it in the summer i have my bases covered..yay! now if only i can get my damn house and live near her i'll have friends lol.

Edited March 12, 2012 by Kimbear

[Udella&Wiz 325]

best thing to do..makes friend with vj people in real life

My passport expires in january, and i've been speaking with Menphys for a while now we are facebook friends etc, and she just so happens to be from montreal same as me!. And we are buying a home not to far from her and her hubby. i was talking about how its a pain to get a new passport in my married name and shes like " why dont you just use me"..and i was like o.O i can do that? i thought the person has to be living IN canada..and a canadian citizen.

So when i go to renew / apply for it in the summer i have my bases covered..yay! now if only i can get my damn house and live near her i'll have friends lol.

Yay for friends...lucky you to have a Cdn one close at hand!

[Marilyn. 340]

I should have got my passport renewed the last time I was in Canada but I didn't have the money for it at the time..

[Inky 1,110]

best thing to do..makes friend with vj people in real life

My passport expires in january, and i've been speaking with Menphys for a while now we are facebook friends etc, and she just so happens to be from montreal same as me!. And we are buying a home not to far from her and her hubby. i was talking about how its a pain to get a new passport in my married name and shes like " why dont you just use me"..and i was like o.O i can do that? i thought the person has to be living IN canada..and a canadian citizen.

So when i go to renew / apply for it in the summer i have my bases covered..yay! now if only i can get my damn house and live near her i'll have friends lol.

In my post that was done back before Sept when I renewed I used someone from VJ that I knew for 2 years who also is Canadian and lives here in NE. Basically by the instructions the person can live anywhere just about not just Canada or the US.

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/cdn/section2.aspx?lang=eng&region=USA

Your guarantor must:

• Hold a five-year Canadian passport that is valid or has been expired for no more than one year, on the day you submit your application;
• Have known you (the applicant) personally for at leasttwo (2) years.
  In the case of a child, the guarantor must have known you (the parent or legal guardian who is applying on behalf of the child) personally for at leasttwo (2) years and must have knowledge of the child;
• Be a Canadian citizen 18 years of age or older;
• Have been 16 years of age or older when he or she applied for his or her own passport;
• Provide the requested information contained in his or her passport;
• Be accessible to Passport Canada for verification;
• Live in Canada, in the United States or in any of the other areas where submission of the "in Canada and in the USA" application form is authorized (Bermuda, American Samoa, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Midway Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the US Virgin Islands). It is not necessary that the guarantor reside in the same country as the applicant.

[warlord 73]

One way to find a guarantor is to look at your own work place. That's what I did as we have several people here I've worked with for years that are notary public and that's who signed my passport application. You may be surprised at how many people you may know from work or not that actually have that notary public status.

As for photos, I actually had mine taken up in Canada when I went to visit last year. They are good for up to a year, so when I applied for my next passport a few months later, I used those photos as I know they meet the Canadian qualifications and I didn't have to worry about it...

[Marilyn. 340]

One way to find a guarantor is to look at your own work place. That's what I did as we have several people here I've worked with for years that are notary public and that's who signed my passport application. You may be surprised at how many people you may know from work or not that actually have that notary public status.

As for photos, I actually had mine taken up in Canada when I went to visit last year. They are good for up to a year, so when I applied for my next passport a few months later, I used those photos as I know they meet the Canadian qualifications and I didn't have to worry about it...

yeah this would have worked before but now guarantors have to be Canadian citizens that have a Canadian passport..