How can I get my son's Canadian passport before May 31?

Question

Hello, I'm a Canadian living in the United States. I mailed my son's passport renew application to Passport Canada Quebec office on March 20th. I haven't received anything from passport Canada since then. My family trip is on June 1.Are there any chance I can get my son's passport before May 31?
I have tried to call the passport office and I could never get in. And I also sent email and fax inquiry, and there was no answer either. What should I do? !! Please help!!!!

Thanks for all of you who replied! Your help is very appreciated! I mailed the application with UPS and I checked the tracking number, it said the package arrived Passort Canada on March 22nd.
I have a family trip planned and we booked the flight tickets for June 1. Before I mail my son's application, I called the Canadian Consulate in Chicago and stated my concerns of the passprot processing time. They replied that my case is not considered urgent, so all I can do is just to mail the application and wait for my luck. Now with three weeks left, flight tickets and planned trip( also a few days to get the visas to travel). will all of these enough to make my case urgent?

Answer 1

How long ago did you send the fax/email enquiry? When I sent an enquiry to them in January, it took about 5 days to get a reply.
I would wait another week or so...if you haven't heard anything by then, trying calling the passport office again. You may have to try quite a few times to get through to them, but you will eventually.
If you put the travel date on the application form, you should get your sons passport in time. But it might not be until the last minute.
My boyfriend got his passport 2 days before we were to travel. It's stressful, I know, but hang in there. I am sure you will get it in time :)

Answer 2

When I mailed my application it said with the delay it would be 9 weeks, plus mail time. About a month passed and the website changed to say 10 weeks. My passport finally came after 14 weeks. Yours was mailed 10 weeks before your trip and with international mail takes longer. I think unless they drastically sped something up you will be out of luck.

There isn't much you can do. There is a tracking option on the website, but it also says that could slow down the progress.

I put a travel date on my passport. It didn't matter. It was a good thing I hadn't booked a flight.

Answer 3

You should have gotten a reply by now. Call them but as you know passport applications are backed up. Since your trip is only in June you still have time.