She is travelling with me to Florida this summer, and needs a passport. how does she go about this? where does she go? where in toronto! any help would be appreciated :) oh and shes under 18.
2007-10-21 09:22:24 · 5 answers · asked by greekgodess 2 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Toronto
You can start by picking up an application at any post office, service Canada Centre or download it from their website. It's easiest at the post office as you probably know where it is and there are lots of them. Even the small Canadian Post Offices have them. You don't have to go to the passport office until you have your application complete along with your pictures.
There are different forms for "16 and over" or "under 16".
2007-10-21 11:52:04 · answer #1 · answered by JuanB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
She should get a copy of the passport application from the nearest Canada Post outlet, or download the form from their website (below).
There is even a service called Passport Online which lets you fill out the form on the website, save it to the website's confidential database, then print it out. If you do this, the form prints with a barcode on it, and they can read that barcode at the passport office to pull up the file and have all the form filled in on their computers automatically.
She will need a recent qualifying photo (you can get them done at most pharmacies or a photographer for $10-15. They stamp and date the photo.
She will also need her birth certificate - not one given by the churches but the official one from the province or Canadian government.
She can get two people who have known her for a few years to vouch for her, and a guarantor who is a third person who knows her. You used to need a special person (Chartered accountant, engineer, police officer, or clergyman for example) to be the guarantor, but to make things easier, they now accept someone who already has a valid passport that they have had for at least two years.
Just check the notes on the passport application and get everything right the first time because you do NOT want to wait three hours in a passport office just to have them reject it for a bad signature or the wrong date marked on the form.
By the way, you can also mail it in, but then you have to include your original birth certificate and wait for a longer period of time. Expect it to take anywhere from three weeks to two months to get the actual passport, so I wouldn't wait to long to apply.
2007-10-21 22:42:18 · answer #2 · answered by SteveN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not the post office. Where does she live? If it is outside of downtown Toronto, then she should go to her closest Civic Centre. McDonald Block, downtown Toronto, is where you would apply for a passport if that is closer. You can download the application from government services. Check the website through google.
2007-10-21 17:25:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
there's a website, print out the 6 pages, fill those out, have a lawyer, doctor, principal at school sign saying the info is correct and go to wal mart to get the photos, send it all in and she'll get it back in a few months.
it's $85 I think.
Since she's under 18 she may need a different sheet than I did but look on their website.
oh and just so you know, you don't actually need a passport for another year. I just found this out, I'm down in Florida right now and I'm from Chatham, Ontario. but it's always best to have it!
2007-10-21 21:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by Music 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I imagine Canada is similar to United States where you can apply for passport at the post office. Check it with post office.
2007-10-21 16:33:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋