Canadian Passport for newborn - any experience?
- 01-05-2010, 10:24 PM #9
it should only take a few weeks for the passport... if i were you, leslie, i'd be calling the consulate tomorrow morning!
- 01-14-2010, 08:46 AM #10Registered User
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Where do I go to apply for my newborn's passport and citizenship and what is the website that you got the forms from? Thanks for any help you can give me. Also what do I need to apply for her citizenship and passport?
- 01-14-2010, 11:08 AM #11
if you google canadian consulate hong kong, you'll get the website. from there just have a look for passport services. everything is on there as is a list attached to every form detailing what you need.
- 01-14-2010, 02:29 PM #12Registered User
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Thanks Cara :)
- 01-14-2010, 04:42 PM #13Registered User
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I've just revewed my own passport in Dec2009 and asked about applying a passport for my son. The staff there had mentioned that new policies was enforced in Apr2009 limits Canadian citizenship to the First Generation of children born outside Canada to Canadian citizens. Because of this, tighter policies & longer processing times for newborn applications.
You can apply for both citizenship card and passport at the same time but the staff said they generally issue the citizenship card first (usually child is 12months+) then the passport (usually valid for 1yr). Of course she mentioned that there are special cases where they may issue passports before citizenship cards.
She also mentioned that if I was in a hurry to travel an alternative is to apply for a HKSAR passport since my boy was born in HK, he's entitled to one. The leadtime for a HKSAR passport is about 2weeks.
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