First world problems.

WHAR PASSPORT WHER!!!!!

I applied for a British passport in Uzbekistan, from the British Embassy who had it flown over from Germany where it was printed. It took a couple of weeks.

Evenbiggerknickers:
Nothing grinds my gears like old white guys complaining they have it rough, and then thinly veiling blame on immigrants.

Well, based on the way things are going the CN Tower will be replaced with a replica of this building in about 50 years:



Who the hell would want to stay a Canadian citizen anyways?

Evenbiggerknickers: Having said that, I take offense at using 'the Sun' as a news source as they take pride in publishing ne-ocon, racist sentiments such as "it really burned me to have to answer questions about my Canadian identity to an immigration person whose accent I could barely understand"

Nothing grinds my gears like old white guys complaining they have it rough, and then thinly veiling blame on immigrants.

Being a Canadian... and having to come in the outside door... and the door isn't Canadian... you don't see the problem here?

Evenbiggerknickers: As a Canadian who recently, and stupidly, let her passport expire...having to apply for a new one was quite a nightmare. But I got it done in a few months ...big deal, life goes on.

Having said that, I take offense at using 'the Sun' as a news source as they take pride in publishing ne-ocon, racist sentiments such as "it really burned me to have to answer questions about my Canadian identity to an immigration person whose accent I could barely understand"

Nothing grinds my gears like old white guys complaining they have it rough, and then thinly veiling blame on immigrants.

I let noscript run the scripts on that site to take a quick look at their comments. The first thing that came to mind was "WTF. How did I end up at stormfront?"

Eh? Just contact your MP's office and have them sort it out. This really isn't a big deal.

Evenbiggerknickers: Nothing grinds my gears like old white guys complaining they have it rough, and then thinly veiling blame on immigrants.

You're a moron.

rhiannon: If this guy's father had done the right thing, he would gotten him a registration of birth abroad shortly after the kid was born, and then applied for landed immigrant status. The military would have helped with that. Mind you, that doesn't mean he still wouldn't have problems later on, but it makes things a bit easier.

No shiat. We registered our kids in Canada and Finland shortly after each was born. No muss, no fuss, and the forms were no worse than the insurance paperwork. Granted, we had to fill out forms for 3 countries. Still, each form (individually) was no longer than the insurance form.

We often get asked why we registered them in all 3 countries. Well, the kids can now work / go to school in the US, Canada, or any EU country.

Grow a pair and blame their parents for not doing their job, subject of story guy.

blacksharpiemarker: Evenbiggerknickers:
Nothing grinds my gears like old white guys complaining they have it rough, and then thinly veiling blame on immigrants.

Well, based on the way things are going the CN Tower will be replaced with a replica of this building in about 50 years:

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Who the hell would want to stay a Canadian citizen anyways?

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Now retired after running a retail sales company that provided jobs for over 20 individuals, Harman had a series of five passports issued to him over the years prior to new regulations imposed because 9/11.

So it's the Americans' fault, then.

There are a lot more problems in this country than passport control... right-wing ideologues come to mind.

That would really suck if your Mom had you while she was a missionary someplace like Nigeria. I would stick out like a sore thumb. Do they even sell sunblock in Nigeria? Bet I could make a killing proofreading and editing scam emails for my fellow countrymen though. Go Nigeria!

re: Who the hell would want to stay a Canadian citizen anyways?



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Evenbiggerknickers: Having said that, I take offense at using 'the Sun' as a news source as they take pride in publishing ne-ocon, racist sentiments such as "it really burned me to have to answer questions about my Canadian identity to an immigration person whose accent I could barely understand"

So Canadians tell us not to believe the Sun. The Brits tell us not to believe the Daily Mail. But you stupid farkers can, without blinking an eye or a trace of irony, read one FoxNews headline and its "OMG. All Americans are so stupid!!!".

I'm a little surprised that the old passport isn't good enough to get a new passport. Have they been miss-issuing passports in the past?

/works here in the States
//just renewed 3 months ago

You should try renewing your Canadian Passport while being a Permanent US Resident. Fun times, especailly as the Canadian Passport pohoto specs are just slightly different than the US ones, so you can't just pop over to Walgreen's & get it done - you have to find a photographer who's willing to read & comprehend all the details (no smiling! no!). & then you have to hope the folks in Hull are in a good mood.

You also have to find another non-related Canadian Permanent Resident who's willing to vouch for you - that takes beer.

Not too long ago, you didn't need a passport to cross the US border from Canada.

Then, that big excuse came in the form of 9-11.

Oh, yeah, we gotta stop those evil TERRISTS from entering the good ole USA!

We need more farkin' PAPERWORK and ID to cross our border! That'll stop those evil brown people! (Yeah, right - I've got a bridge to sell you, too!)

People as such goddamn sheep.

America should have copyrighted 9/11 so other countries couldn't use it.

The hoops you have to go through to get a Canadian passport aren't that bad even if it isn't just a renewal.
If your passport has been expired for less than a year, it's still considered a renewal.
If you are complaining about how difficult it is to get a Canadian passport, I see a lot of tears whining in your future.

NutWrench: Evenbiggerknickers: As a Canadian who recently, and stupidly, let her passport expire...having to apply for a new one was quite a nightmare. But I got it done in a few months ...big deal, life goes on.

Having said that, I take offense at using 'the Sun' as a news source as they take pride in publishing ne-ocon, racist sentiments such as "it really burned me to have to answer questions about my Canadian identity to an immigration person whose accent I could barely understand"

Nothing grinds my gears like old white guys complaining they have it rough, and then thinly veiling blame on immigrants.

If a government representative is going to ask me questions about my citizenship or identity, I would find it a bit ironic that the people asking the questions sounded like they themselves hadn't lived in the country more than six months.

There's ironic....then there's the Toronto Sun's comments section.

I still love my country, but leave it to a Sun publication to show the seedy underbelly. Ugh.

hamiltonjdavid: FTA: "Of course I've got an OHIP card, driver's license, own property, have a SIN number, and ran a company where over the years my employees paid maybe $10 million in taxes. And they still viewed me as an unproven Canadian."

None of this proves citizenship. Proof of citizenship:

If you were born outside of Canada, provide one (1) of the following documents issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada:

- Certificate of citizenship**
- Certificate of naturalization
- Certificate of retention of Canadian citizenship
- Certificate of registration of birth abroad

I don't see anything about a "DND certificate of birth" on there.

To not just single out Canada here, I'm fairly certain bureaucratic nonsense and nightmarish wait times on getting a new passport or passport renewed is not restricted north of the 48th.

I'm fairly sure every other country has it's pitfalls.

/Bureaucrats love to be technically correct.
//The BEST kind of correct.
///Better not be obscure......

GAH - I meant ITS, not IT IS.....Fark needs an edit function.

Canadian passport:


/Canadian passport = mullet. If you haven't heard that one yet you're welcome.

The S(t)un(ned) is now, and always has been, low grade bird cage liner. Nice to see it is losing market share and advertisers to the Toronto freeby papers.

Evenbiggerknickers: As a Canadian who recently, and stupidly, let her passport expire...having to apply for a new one was quite a nightmare. But I got it done in a few months ...big deal, life goes on.

Having said that, I take offense at using 'the Sun' as a news source as they take pride in publishing ne-ocon, racist sentiments such as "it really burned me to have to answer questions about my Canadian identity to an immigration person whose accent I could barely understand"

Nothing grinds my gears like old white guys complaining they have it rough, and then thinly veiling blame on immigrants.

I didn't read it as blame just irony, maybe if you quit looking for racism everywhere you could appreciate irony.

Quite likely that person was in that job because of the number of foreign speaking people they deal with, it's rare to have an English speaking person as an immigrant, because lets face it, our countries rock. Even if we do biatch we have more liberties than most countries where a majority of immigrants are fleeing.

hamiltonjdavid: hamiltonjdavid: It does, but if it's expired for too long it doesn't

Er. Oops. An old passport only acts as identification not proof of citizenship. You always have to send in proof of citizenship when you renew your passport.

It has something stupid to do with Passport Canada being a separate entity from Citizenship and Naturalization and so forth. Vital records are not sharable between government entities.

Nope.
I just renewed my passport with the Simplified Renewal Process.
Link

If you are eligible to use the Simplified Renewal Process, you need only provide a completed Simplified Renewal Passport Application (PPTC 054) accompanied by your most recent passport, the required fee and two recent photos*.

Thank god I didn't have to dig out my birth cert. 'cause it's in a box...somewhere...in a long closet....

Backstreets: To not just single out Canada here, I'm fairly certain bureaucratic nonsense and nightmarish wait times on getting a new passport or passport renewed is not restricted north of the 48th.

Oddly this is one part of the US Government that is strangely efficient. There are even passport offices in most major cities where you can get same day service.

Flakeloaf: THIS ARTICLE IS NOT ABOUT FORGETTING TO RENEW A PASSPORT. THIS ARTICLE IS SERVICEMEMBERS' CHILDREN BORN ABROAD NOT HAVING ANY WAY TO PROVE THEY ARE CITIZENS

Which was kicked off by the citizen not being able to renew a passport hence the question.

gingerjet: Backstreets: To not just single out Canada here, I'm fairly certain bureaucratic nonsense and nightmarish wait times on getting a new passport or passport renewed is not restricted north of the 48th.

Oddly this is one part of the US Government that is strangely efficient. There are even passport offices in most major cities where you can get same day service.

Not to mention you pay 100 bucks for a five year Canadian passport, but the US one lasts 10 years. Twice as much bang for your buck. A little more since the Loonie is slightly overtaking the dollar on exchange.

Heh, the Sun's comments are always a party and a half - nice that folks who really believe that stuff have a place to vent and can leave other spots to the vast majority of more reasonable Canadians....

I have already BTDT a long, long time ago. I am German born, but my father was Canadian and my mother a Canadian citizen (amongst other citizenships) born in India to a Canadian father. Somewhere along the line both my birth certificate and certificate of Canadian Citizen born Abroad got lost. There was quite a bit of work involved to get the papers sorted in time, but I needed proof of citizenship for a band trip when I was 18.

It was a big paperwork mess, but finally I became a Canadian citizen (again) in 1982. Woohoo.

These guys have a problem too, and basically it's similar to mine. Good luck to them, but obviously somebody really should have got that registration of Birth Abroad done. It really does make a difference.

/Still haven't replaced my birth certificate, but it appears that the Rathaus in Heidelberg has a nice English page to get your certificate ordered online!

cleveoh: You should try renewing your Canadian Passport while being a Permanent US Resident. Fun times, especailly as the Canadian Passport pohoto specs are just slightly different than the US ones, so you can't just pop over to Walgreen's & get it done - you have to find a photographer who's willing to read & comprehend all the details (no smiling! no!). & then you have to hope the folks in Hull are in a good mood.

You're welcome.

I use that site for doing my passport photos. They know the dimensions and other criteria for various countries and can spit out a JPG image you can upload to Walgreens and have printed for a few cents.

US ones are easy as they're 2x2 inches (and a 4x6 inch photo yields 5 photos [the sixth space is a little ad for the website]). You just cut them out and they're exactly the right size. For other countries the site puts some filler in the right spots so the photos are the right dimensions.

/American living in Switzerland
//The Swiss *love* passport photos for everything. I actually have the image from the site on my phone can can send it to the little Bluetooth-enabled photo kiosks in train stations to make more when I need them. So far, there's been no problems.
///I'm not affiliated with that site at all.

blacksharpiemarker: Evenbiggerknickers:
Nothing grinds my gears like old white guys complaining they have it rough, and then thinly veiling blame on immigrants.

Well, based on the way things are going the CN Tower will be replaced with a replica of this building in about 50 years:

[4.bp.blogspot.com image 640x439]

Who the hell would want to stay a Canadian citizen anyways?


It beats living south of us.

I had zero problems getting my passport.

Why wouldn't a DND birth certificate be considered sufficient proof? Is there some worry about fraud?

It sounds like someone who wrote the law didn't think through all the implications.

heypete: cleveoh: You should try renewing your Canadian Passport while being a Permanent US Resident. Fun times, especailly as the Canadian Passport pohoto specs are just slightly different than the US ones, so you can't just pop over to Walgreen's & get it done - you have to find a photographer who's willing to read & comprehend all the details (no smiling! no!). & then you have to hope the folks in Hull are in a good mood.

You're welcome.

I use that site for doing my passport photos. They know the dimensions and other criteria for various countries and can spit out a JPG image you can upload to Walgreens and have printed for a few cents.

US ones are easy as they're 2x2 inches (and a 4x6 inch photo yields 5 photos [the sixth space is a little ad for the website]). You just cut them out and they're exactly the right size. For other countries the site puts some filler in the right spots so the photos are the right dimensions.

/American living in Switzerland
//The Swiss *love* passport photos for everything. I actually have the image from the site on my phone can can send it to the little Bluetooth-enabled photo kiosks in train stations to make more when I need them. So far, there's been no problems.
///I'm not affiliated with that site at all.

Thank you very much! All I need now is for there to be no changes in the requirements until after my next renewal in 2014!

Day_Old_Dutchie: Not too long ago, you didn't need a passport to cross the US border from Canada.

Then, that big excuse came in the form of 9-11.

Oh, yeah, we gotta stop those evil TERRISTS from entering the good ole USA!

We need more farkin' PAPERWORK and ID to cross our border! That'll stop those evil brown people! (Yeah, right - I've got a bridge to sell you, too!)

People as such goddamn sheep.

I crossed in '06 without a US passport. It required a copy of my utility bill OR a passport, crossing at the Blaine, WA crossing. May have changed in the past few years, though.

Just ask the jews for a Canadian passport, they print those things all day.

/What?
//Likes Israel.