All posts by: Passport Expert

CBC News · Posted: Apr 13, 2023 Job action could affect many departments and agencies without notice Nearly 124,000 employees under the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) entered a legal strike position Wednesday and about 35,000 more joined them Friday. Even when factoring in...
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The Canadian Press, Posted Mar 21, 2023 Families Minister Karina Gould announced Tuesday the federal government has now “completely eliminated” the backlog of passport applications that caused major delays — and major political strife — last year. She also announced...
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Rebecca Zandbergen · CBC News · Posted: Jun 28, 2022 There are 9,365 Canadian passports with XXX listed in the given-name field, IRCC says Safa Khan didn’t think her Canadian passport would prove to be such a hassle when she first moved from Delhi...
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Hayatullah Amanat  Updated Jan. 11, 2023 7:43 a.m. EST Published Jan. 10, 2023 9:05 p.m. EST A report from U.K.-based global citizenship and residence advisory firm Henley & Partners reveals that for the fifth year running Japan has the world’s most powerful...
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Megan Devlin | Jan 9 2023 The Canadian federal government is still dealing with a substantial backlog of mail-in passport applications after a surge in demand and slim staffing led to massive delays last year. There’s currently a backlog of...
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Kenneth Chan  Dec 31 2022 With surging cases of COVID-19 in China, the Government of Canada announced Saturday afternoon travellers by aircraft from China will be required to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter the...
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Marie-Danielle Smith  The Canadian Press – Posted August 17, 2022 The federal government is adding new passport service locations across Canada as a backlog in processing applications continues. Social Development Minister Karina Gould announced Wednesday that people can now apply...
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Spencer Van Dyk – CTV News parliamentary bureau writer, producer – Aug 15, 2022 Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould is discouraging people from making fake travel plans just to skip the line of those waiting for...
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Statement July 25, 2022 Gatineau, Québec “Service Canada staff are working hard to provide passports to Canadians as quickly as possible. At the same time, staff are doing everything they can to give Canadians a better service experience as they go...
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By Nicholas Keung Immigration Reporter  Fri., July 15, 2022 Ottawa has failed to issue passports within the required timeline to almost 300,000 Canadians in the first year of a new fee-remission policy brought in by immigration officials to ensure service standards...
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