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This blogsite is created by a team of knowledgeable passport service program experts. Our goal is to provide general information on Canadian passport program and offers helpful resource for their Canadian Passport application.
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New Canadian passport
The Canadian government has taken the step to redesign the Canadian passport from cover to cover and added many new security features to help keep your identity safe. The new passport will have: redesigned the cover updated the visa pages to showcase Canada’s natural beauty added images of Canada’s people, landscapes and wildlife that only...
Canada.ca – Eligible travellers from 13 more countries now qualify for visa-free travel to Canada
News release June 6, 2023, 11:30 a.m.—Winnipeg—Canada is a destination of choice for people looking to visit, do business or reunite with family and friends. That’s why we are committed to improving our immigration programs and services by making them more efficient and equitable for people around the world. The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees...
Canada.ca – New 10-day Service Canada sites opened
News release June 21, 2023 Gatineau, Quebec Employment and Social Development Canada Passport delivery has returned to pre-pandemic processing times, there are no backlogs, and Service Canada is exceeding its delivery standard for most applications. While there was a minor impact on passport processing during the public service labour disruption...
CTVnews.ca – Passport services to resume following PSAC strike, longer lines expected
Daniel Otis | CTVNews.ca Writer – May 1, 2023 Passport services are set to resume following the end of the federal public service strike, the federal government has announced. “While the labour disruption has had impacts on passport services, we are in a strong position to recover quickly, address any new backlogs or delays, and ensure...
CTV News – Treasury Board president confident a deal can be reached as PSAC strike enters third day
Josh Pringle CTV News Ottawa Digital Multi-Skilled Journalist, Published April 21, 2023 10:56 a.m. EDT The president of the Treasury Board says she’s confident a deal will be reached at the bargaining table, as 155,000 public service workers spend a third day on the picket line. The Public Service Alliance of Canada launched a Canada-wide strike...
Service Canada Strike Service Disruption
The Government of Canada is committed to negotiating collective agreements that are fair for employees and reasonable for taxpayers. However, bargaining groups representing approximately 159,000 public servants may be in a legal strike position as early as mid-April. These employees provide a range of services for the public. In the event of a labour disruption,...
CBC.ca – When, where and why federal workers could strike
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 that tens of thousands of those workers are deemed essential, and can’t strike, the union said more than...
CityNews.ca – Canadian passport backlog ‘completely eliminated,’ minister says, as new online tool introduced
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 Ottawa is launching a new digital tool that will allow Canadians to check the status...
CBC.ca – Why Indian immigrants’ 1st names sometimes end up as XXX on Canadian passports
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 to London, Ont., nearly 10 years ago. Khan received her Canadian passport earlier this year,...
CTVnews.ca – These are the world’s most powerful passports in 2023
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 passport, with Canada also near the top of the list. The report, based on data from...
Dailyhive.com – Canadian government still dealing with 40,000 mail-in passport backlog
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 nearly 40,000 mail-in passport applications that still need attention, according to a spokesperson for Employment...