Very cool! For context (I’m from Iran) and local applications there take 3-7 calendar days to process.
With IRCC and CBSA having access to the citizenship registry, and provinces and territories sharing data from births, it should be easy for people to get passports.
Displeased_Canadian on
What happens if the refund takes more than 30 days to process?
JohnAMcdonald on
Cool way to setup good incentives. There’s no reason this process needs to take more than a week in the vast majority of cases, much less a month.
iStayDemented on
30 business days is too long. Should be under a month or it’s free.
LymeM on
Renewed my Canadian Passport online, no lineups, it was quick and easy.
eriverside on
I renewed 3 passports this year. All are Pretty much done under 3 weeks.
The improvement I’d like to see is making the whole process online. Why do I need to go get a picture taken at a photo studio or pharmacy and pay extra if I want the digital format? They make you pay more to put it on USB stick and that’s the only way to get it to you – literally more expensive than the option of printing the picture.
roscomikotrain on
Why make that pledge?
dkuznetsov on
I received it in a week after filing. Looks like they improved with the workflow, and it’s no longer a big problem
Apply in April 2026? Wait until July 2027 for a refund.
You can’t make this shit up.
playa_haters_ball on
I applied from abroad, took about 3 weeks. I was impressed!
No-Clerk-1792 on
I thought this was Beaverton article. Pizza in 30 minutes or less, or it’s free!
Hrcnhntr613 on
Anecdotal, but I renewed mine earlier this year. I dropped it off Monday, did not request for it to be expedited, and I received the new passport in the mail that same week.
lpan000 on
I submitted our application and by the time they processed it the picture is too old. I guess they are trying to improve.
RampDog1 on
The passport office is 10 days, I usually get mine in about 4 days.
shiddedandfarded69 on
Damn between my wife and myself we would’ve had 3 free passports by now.
tankthinks on
A lot of Asian countries can do it within a day or a week.
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Very cool! For context (I’m from Iran) and local applications there take 3-7 calendar days to process.
With IRCC and CBSA having access to the citizenship registry, and provinces and territories sharing data from births, it should be easy for people to get passports.
What happens if the refund takes more than 30 days to process?
Cool way to setup good incentives. There’s no reason this process needs to take more than a week in the vast majority of cases, much less a month.
30 business days is too long. Should be under a month or it’s free.
Renewed my Canadian Passport online, no lineups, it was quick and easy.
I renewed 3 passports this year. All are Pretty much done under 3 weeks.
The improvement I’d like to see is making the whole process online. Why do I need to go get a picture taken at a photo studio or pharmacy and pay extra if I want the digital format? They make you pay more to put it on USB stick and that’s the only way to get it to you – literally more expensive than the option of printing the picture.
Why make that pledge?
I received it in a week after filing. Looks like they improved with the workflow, and it’s no longer a big problem
That’s great and all, except due to their laziness refunds will be issued [“by July 1 of the fiscal year **after** you applied”](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/fees/passport-travel-document-refunds.html).
Apply in April 2026? Wait until July 2027 for a refund.
You can’t make this shit up.
I applied from abroad, took about 3 weeks. I was impressed!
I thought this was Beaverton article. Pizza in 30 minutes or less, or it’s free!
Anecdotal, but I renewed mine earlier this year. I dropped it off Monday, did not request for it to be expedited, and I received the new passport in the mail that same week.
I submitted our application and by the time they processed it the picture is too old. I guess they are trying to improve.
The passport office is 10 days, I usually get mine in about 4 days.
Damn between my wife and myself we would’ve had 3 free passports by now.
A lot of Asian countries can do it within a day or a week.