Passport for child

[TommyJK]

I just got this reply from Service Canada:

This is a confirmation that a File Transfer Request has been submitted as follows:
[...]
Please be advised that this email is not a confirmation that a file transfer will be completed. In addition, proof of travel or need and additional fees may be required.
We will make every effort to ensure you receive your passport by mail before the date required. Passports are mailed using Canada Post’s Xpresspost™ shipping service (more information). If we determine that this option is not feasible, a Service Canada employee will contact you to evaluate your situation and establish the most appropriate next steps.

We still have 2 weeks before we leave, so fingers crossed again...

I'm in the exact same boat as you. I was able to get the transfer request in yesterday. Our trip is in about 2.5 weeks. Now doing the whole "wait and hope we get a call from the local office that the transfer has been accepted" and hoping we don't have to do the final "fallback" option of going to the passport office 2 days prior to the trip to get the rush 48 hour process going.

I hate not knowing......

 

[Prince John Robin Hood]

We sent the kids applications mid-April and just gave up and reached out to our MP's office. We're supposed to get an email 1-3 days before our trip (next week) to go pickup the passports in person.

 

[canuckgirl]

Guys, I’m getting super stressed now! On July 21st I contacted my local MP and hadn’t heard anything back, so on Wednesday I emailed them and they told me they haven’t even get received the status of my children passports and they can’t proceed without that. They said they emailed again and flagged the email and reminded them of our travel date, but we leave in 12 days!!! I get that it’s a lot of passports, but seriously, when we dropped it off in person they told us we would absuhave them for our travel date. If you were working with your MP and asked for the expedited service, is there a cost associated with that? We already paid over $600 for all the passports and im
going to be super upset if we have to pay *extra* for something we’ve already paid for. Gosh…. I just want to think about food and snacks and rides!!

Cheryl

 

[mort1331]

Cheryl,,,I am sorry for you. We went thru the same,,but only 1 passport. I hope it doesnt come to it,,but ready yourself to go to a Passport office,,,not a Service Canada office,,,5 business days before travel. That many passports you might want to even pay a linesitter for you. I was there at 330am to get ours. Our MP could not help us,,,and it wasnt until I was at the Passport Office that the intake person told me that the Service Canada forgot to copy both sides of the birth cert....that was all that was holding up the passport. And no we did not have to pay for the expedited service as we submitted well in advance.
Good luck.

 

[TommyJK]

I'm in the exact same boat as you. I was able to get the transfer request in yesterday. Our trip is in about 2.5 weeks. Now doing the whole "wait and hope we get a call from the local office that the transfer has been accepted" and hoping we don't have to do the final "fallback" option of going to the passport office 2 days prior to the trip to get the rush 48 hour process going.

I hate not knowing......

Just want to give a follow up on my situation I noted above. Got a call from the Passport Office that the transfer request was made to. They told me my passport will be available for pickup next Tuesday after 1:00.

Glad things finally got sorted out and I can stop panicking.

 

[Prince John Robin Hood]

Just want to give a follow up on my situation I noted above. Got a call from the Passport Office that the transfer request was made to. They told me my passport will be available for pickup next Tuesday after 1:00.

Glad things finally got sorted out and I can stop panicking.

Ours are supposed to be ready for pickup Friday. Hopefully picking it up is quick and easy.

 

[TommyJK]

Ours are supposed to be ready for pickup Friday. Hopefully picking it up is quick and easy.

The lady told me to go to the front of the line and let the security know I'm there to pick up passports and they'd let me straight in. No need to wait in the monster line.

 

[Shushwap]

I went into service canada the other day to renew my child's passport
In and out in 30 min and they said I should receive it in 3 weeks

 

[canuckgirl]

I went into service canada the other day to renew my child's passport
In and out in 30 min and they said I should receive it in 3 weeks

Not to rain on your parade but that’s what we were told…. Back in May

Cheryl

 

[canuckgirl]

Well, after chasing the MP and not getting any help or resolution (and our trip being in 9 days!!!) we decided to bite the bullet and drive down to the Toronto office yesterday to deal with the passports. The estimated wait time was 1 hour 30 minutes… but we were in and out in 40 minutes!!!! The lady there was incredibly helpful and efficient….even while dealing with all 8 applications She said we could come back on the 16th to pick them up. 2 days before we leave, but at least we have a date! I won’t completely relax until I have all of them in my hands though!!!

Cheryl

 

[mort1331]

Well, after chasing the MP and not getting any help or resolution (and our trip being in 9 days!!!) we decided to bite the bullet and drive down to the Toronto office yesterday to deal with the passports. The estimated wait time was 1 hour 30 minutes… but we were in and out in 40 minutes!!!! The lady there was incredibly helpful and efficient….even while dealing with all 8 applications She said we could come back on the 16th to pick them up. 2 days before we leave, but at least we have a date! I won’t completely relax until I have all of them in my hands though!!!

Cheryl

You will get them,,,no issues,,just needing to drive down again. now go have a drink relax and get in vaca mode.

 

[canuckgirl]

You will get them,,,no issues,,just needing to drive down again. now go have a drink relax and get in vaca mode.

Haha! I’m just so excited it’s so close, I am relieved that we will be getting all of them and at not added cost!

Cheryl

 

[youngdeb12]

I went into service canada the other day to renew my child's passport
In and out in 30 min and they said I should receive it in 3 weeks

As much as I hope you really do receive yours in 3 weeks, I sent my two child passport renewals in before all the major backlog started and it was still two months before I had them in my hands. Even pre-COVID it took 4 weeks to get everything back.

 

[canuckgirl]

As much as I hope you really do receive yours in 3 weeks, I sent my two child passport renewals in before all the major backlog started and it was still two months before I had them in my hands. Even pre-COVID it took 4 weeks to get everything back.

Totally agree. The timeline they give you at the office has NO bearing on when you’ll *actually* receive them!

Cheryl

 

[elmwyn]

I went into service canada the other day to renew my child's passport
In and out in 30 min and they said I should receive it in 3 weeks

I went directly to Service Canada as well. It was handed in and approved on June 20th. Still waiting for it to arrive 7 weeks later. Though they did tell me by the end of this week. Two more mail days.

 

[azrivest]

Just want to give a follow up on my situation I noted above. Got a call from the Passport Office that the transfer request was made to. They told me my passport will be available for pickup next Tuesday after 1:00.

Glad things finally got sorted out and I can stop panicking.

Really happy for you. Still no news on our side for the transfer request. We're on 15 weeks and counting...

 

[flyingjay]

We had to renew four of our passports (one adult, three children). I still don't have a firm travel date, but I booked a refundable hotel on the other side of the border for labour day weekend and went down to the passport office in downtown Winnipeg. It was on a Wednesday afternoon at around 3 PM (one hour before close). As has been mentioned, they won't let you in the building without proof of travel dates.

In and out in around 40 mins. Apparently, passports will be mailed in two weeks. One of the photos was apparently dark, but they signed off on it. I was thinking of going to a Service Canada location but decided to try booking a hotel on Expedia and going to the main office and it worked fine. If anyone is looking to renew and isn't sure of your dates yet, this worked great for us.

 

[Shushwap]

As much as I hope you really do receive yours in 3 weeks, I sent my two child passport renewals in before all the major backlog started and it was still two months before I had them in my hands. Even pre-COVID it took 4 weeks to get everything back.

A friend of mine went in to the same office a few weeks before me and he has his passport already
We're not going until Xmas so I'm not to worried yet

 

[Prince John Robin Hood]

Took 4 months but got the kids passports. Pickup took 30 minutes in Mississauga

 

[azrivest]

Got THE call this morning. We'll have DS's passport on Monday. We are leaving on Friday. Phew!

Only 16 weeks later...