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I think she looks good for being 42!
Gold bar on Canadian Passports???
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If you mention you are of Syrian heritage , no passport needed whatsoever ....& free spending money.
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I got my new passport last week as well, my wifey promptly hide it on me so only she can plan trips for the next 10 years.
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Alright..........
Future bro in law made a mistake, about the gold bar thing......
Yes, I am allowed to cross the line and my gf knows
She is turning 50 and I am younger
She still doesn't know about going to Vegas for her birfday and would like to keep it that way 
Vegas is booked !!!
Future bro in law made a mistake, about the gold bar thing......
Yes, I am allowed to cross the line and my gf knows
She is turning 50 and I am younger
She still doesn't know about going to Vegas for her birfday and would like to keep it that way
Vegas is booked !!!
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I need a passport. Frig. One more thing to do
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Cat 401 to the front of the class! Time to trade in the Fozzy Bear avatar for Dr Bunson Honeydew
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DUAL CITIZENSHIP IS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE EPASSPORT(GOLD STRIPE/CHIP)... HERE'S A BLURB IN THE CALGARY SUN ABOUT A WOMAN WITH TROUBLE CROSSING THE BORDER:
Ingrid and Anthony Donnelly wanted to make sure they had all their travel documents before flying with their children to Toronto, but little did they know that trying to comply with a new passport requirement would leave them confused, frustrated and in bureaucratic limbo.
Starting Nov. 10, the majority of people flying into Canada will need what is known as an electronic travel authorization (eTA) to board their flight. Exceptions include U.S. citizens and travellers with a valid Canadian visa.
Canadian citizens, Canadian dual citizens and permanent residents don’t need an eTA but, as the case of the Donnellys illustrates, dual citizens who are in the habit of travelling on their non-Canadian passport could get sideswiped by the new rules.
Given that some 932,665 Canadians identified as dual citizens, according to the most recently available statistics from the 2011 national household survey, this could wreak havoc on air travel across the country. Of those, some 461,410 dual citizens lived in Ontario, with 48,695 residing in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
Ingrid Donnelly, who was born in Stratford, Ont., currently lives abroad with her Irish husband, Anthony, and their two German-born children, a boy, 8, and girl, 5.
While the Canadian government had to extend the deadline twice since it rolled out the new eTA system over a year ago and spent $2.9 million on an ad campaign earlier this year, the Donnellys had never heard of the new passport requirement until they started to plan a trip to visit their relatives earlier summer.
Confused about the new passport requirement, the Donnellys went ahead and filled out three applications: one for Anthony and one for each of their children. Under the new rules, the only person in the family who needs an eTA is Ingrid’s husband.
Anthony's application was denied because he has an expired Canadian permanent resident card – a fact that was unknown to him until he applied for an eTA.
"So an expired permanent residence card supercedes a valid Irish passport," Anthony said in a phone interview.
"There is no logic to this."
A spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada told the Citizen that if a Canadian permanent resident applies for an eTA, the person will be given the option to voluntarily renounce their status.
"Until the individual has given up their PR status, they are not eligible to apply for an eTA," said Rémi Larivière in an email to the Citizen.
Their children's case is so curious it got one immigration staffer totally flustered. At a loss for an explanation, he simply hung up the phone on the Donnellys.
Some 10 days after they filled out the online forms and paid the $7 fee per application for their two children, the Donnellys found out their five-year-old daughter didn’t need to apply for this additional screening requirement, though she will need to get a Canadian passport.
The government is advising dual citizens to travel with a valid Canadian passport, which the Donnellys said is being perceived overseas as "a cash grab." A passport for an adult ranges from $120 to $160, while passports for kids aged 15 and under cost $57.
Another seven days later, the Donnellys found out their son was approved for an eTA.
"My son got it even though he is also a Canadian citizen," Anthony said, still in disbelief.
"Your application for an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) has been approved. You are now authorized to travel to Canada by air," said the Aug. 18 response, a copy of which was seen by the Sun.
Even more confused than they were at the outset, the Donnellys are no further ahead today than they were two months ago when the whole bureaucratic ordeal began.
“They’ve just stonewalled us. We can’t ask anyone why our son got approved and our daughter got denied.”
“It’s been very confusing and that’s putting it mildly,” Anthony said.
Asked about general complaints of delays, Larivière said overall the eTA system is "performing well."
"Like any new IT system, the eTA system has experienced periodic issues that have temporarily affected the ability of individuals to apply for an eTA. However, these issues are resolved as quickly as possible."
More than 2 million eTAs have been issued to date, an average of 60,000 applications are being processed weekly, and over 85 per cent of applications are approved within two minutes of submitting the form, Larivière said.
"For those whose application is not approved within minutes, we have committed to contact the client within 72 hours with a decision, or to advise of next steps."
Unfortunatley, that has not been the case for the Donnellys.
Rob Taylor, a spokesperson for the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, is one of the stakeholders the Canadian government has been consulting with as it phases in the new passport requirement.
"It shows there is some confusion in the system and hence the reason for leniency,” Taylor said of cases such as the Donnellys' plight.
While Taylor credits the Trudeau government for extending the deadline for travellers to comply with the eTA, he also notes the potential for Canada to get a bad rap.
"Say an issue like this were to go global or viral, it would do incredible damage to Canada’s reputation as a travel destination."
The Immigration Department launched a new advertising campaign on Monday, the second this year, that will roll out in phases over the month of October.
The government has budgeted $637,000 for this second phase of the campaign, Nancy Caron, a spokesperson for IRCC, said in an email to the Citizen Monday.
The new ad campaign seeks to raise awareness among travellers in 10 countries that will require an eTA: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Israel - and the United States, "where they will be targeted at U.S. permanent residents only."
"The government of Canada is doing everything it can to raise awareness among dual Canadian citizens ...," Caron said.
A portion of the campaign will also target Canadian dual citizens with ads on Facebook and Google in Canada, the U.K., France, Australia, and Hong Kong. "Other markets are also being explored," Caron said.
But all of this won't help the Donnellys who are looking for accountability within a process they feel has been "discriminatory" towards them.
"This seemingly dysfunctional department of the government is what is key to us," Ingrid said in an email to the Sun Monday.
"To not have one single person to actually speak to regarding eTAs, plus a defunct IT portal for submitting questions, and then no IT telephone support available to assist, plus all the other Immigration Canada stories we have read about recently, give the impression that there is no accountability."
Ingrid and Anthony Donnelly wanted to make sure they had all their travel documents before flying with their children to Toronto, but little did they know that trying to comply with a new passport requirement would leave them confused, frustrated and in bureaucratic limbo.
Starting Nov. 10, the majority of people flying into Canada will need what is known as an electronic travel authorization (eTA) to board their flight. Exceptions include U.S. citizens and travellers with a valid Canadian visa.
Canadian citizens, Canadian dual citizens and permanent residents don’t need an eTA but, as the case of the Donnellys illustrates, dual citizens who are in the habit of travelling on their non-Canadian passport could get sideswiped by the new rules.
Given that some 932,665 Canadians identified as dual citizens, according to the most recently available statistics from the 2011 national household survey, this could wreak havoc on air travel across the country. Of those, some 461,410 dual citizens lived in Ontario, with 48,695 residing in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
Ingrid Donnelly, who was born in Stratford, Ont., currently lives abroad with her Irish husband, Anthony, and their two German-born children, a boy, 8, and girl, 5.
While the Canadian government had to extend the deadline twice since it rolled out the new eTA system over a year ago and spent $2.9 million on an ad campaign earlier this year, the Donnellys had never heard of the new passport requirement until they started to plan a trip to visit their relatives earlier summer.
Confused about the new passport requirement, the Donnellys went ahead and filled out three applications: one for Anthony and one for each of their children. Under the new rules, the only person in the family who needs an eTA is Ingrid’s husband.
Anthony's application was denied because he has an expired Canadian permanent resident card – a fact that was unknown to him until he applied for an eTA.
"So an expired permanent residence card supercedes a valid Irish passport," Anthony said in a phone interview.
"There is no logic to this."
A spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada told the Citizen that if a Canadian permanent resident applies for an eTA, the person will be given the option to voluntarily renounce their status.
"Until the individual has given up their PR status, they are not eligible to apply for an eTA," said Rémi Larivière in an email to the Citizen.
Their children's case is so curious it got one immigration staffer totally flustered. At a loss for an explanation, he simply hung up the phone on the Donnellys.
Some 10 days after they filled out the online forms and paid the $7 fee per application for their two children, the Donnellys found out their five-year-old daughter didn’t need to apply for this additional screening requirement, though she will need to get a Canadian passport.
The government is advising dual citizens to travel with a valid Canadian passport, which the Donnellys said is being perceived overseas as "a cash grab." A passport for an adult ranges from $120 to $160, while passports for kids aged 15 and under cost $57.
Another seven days later, the Donnellys found out their son was approved for an eTA.
"My son got it even though he is also a Canadian citizen," Anthony said, still in disbelief.
"Your application for an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) has been approved. You are now authorized to travel to Canada by air," said the Aug. 18 response, a copy of which was seen by the Sun.
Even more confused than they were at the outset, the Donnellys are no further ahead today than they were two months ago when the whole bureaucratic ordeal began.
“They’ve just stonewalled us. We can’t ask anyone why our son got approved and our daughter got denied.”
“It’s been very confusing and that’s putting it mildly,” Anthony said.
Asked about general complaints of delays, Larivière said overall the eTA system is "performing well."
"Like any new IT system, the eTA system has experienced periodic issues that have temporarily affected the ability of individuals to apply for an eTA. However, these issues are resolved as quickly as possible."
More than 2 million eTAs have been issued to date, an average of 60,000 applications are being processed weekly, and over 85 per cent of applications are approved within two minutes of submitting the form, Larivière said.
"For those whose application is not approved within minutes, we have committed to contact the client within 72 hours with a decision, or to advise of next steps."
Unfortunatley, that has not been the case for the Donnellys.
Rob Taylor, a spokesperson for the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, is one of the stakeholders the Canadian government has been consulting with as it phases in the new passport requirement.
"It shows there is some confusion in the system and hence the reason for leniency,” Taylor said of cases such as the Donnellys' plight.
While Taylor credits the Trudeau government for extending the deadline for travellers to comply with the eTA, he also notes the potential for Canada to get a bad rap.
"Say an issue like this were to go global or viral, it would do incredible damage to Canada’s reputation as a travel destination."
The Immigration Department launched a new advertising campaign on Monday, the second this year, that will roll out in phases over the month of October.
The government has budgeted $637,000 for this second phase of the campaign, Nancy Caron, a spokesperson for IRCC, said in an email to the Citizen Monday.
The new ad campaign seeks to raise awareness among travellers in 10 countries that will require an eTA: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Israel - and the United States, "where they will be targeted at U.S. permanent residents only."
"The government of Canada is doing everything it can to raise awareness among dual Canadian citizens ...," Caron said.
A portion of the campaign will also target Canadian dual citizens with ads on Facebook and Google in Canada, the U.K., France, Australia, and Hong Kong. "Other markets are also being explored," Caron said.
But all of this won't help the Donnellys who are looking for accountability within a process they feel has been "discriminatory" towards them.
"This seemingly dysfunctional department of the government is what is key to us," Ingrid said in an email to the Sun Monday.
"To not have one single person to actually speak to regarding eTAs, plus a defunct IT portal for submitting questions, and then no IT telephone support available to assist, plus all the other Immigration Canada stories we have read about recently, give the impression that there is no accountability."
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Driving to Calgary at 2am tomorrow and going to wait in line to get my passport tomorrow. Mailed in April (with my original birth certificate) but they haven't even opened it yet so I had to redo the entire application. In order to get through to the 1-800 number I had to call 175 times in a row. What an absolute mess.
Good luck with the passport.
Had two guys from work get in line at 5AM and did not make it to the front of the line, they were successful on day two when they got in line at 2AM.
The Edmonton location only guarantees service to the first 35 people in line - govt efficiency at it's finest!!!
They had there info in since February and nothing had been done until they got in line.
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Just checked mine good till March 3, 2025, better get started soon I guess
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Get a letter from your employer, or make one up yourself with company logo and letter head. Its needs to state that your required to travel for work, again make up somewhere and a date within a few weeks. Pay the extra fee for them to expedite it, and you will have it in approximately 2-4 days. Don't forget to request the 10 year. I literally just wrote letter below for an employee a few weeks ago, and he had it it in under a week.
"Hello,
ACME TOOL CO. requires Mr. Sled ED to travel abroad and needs his passport expedited as soon a possible to obtain a work visa.
Feel free to call or email me anytime if have any further questions regarding this matter.
Ph. 1 (403) 555 - 5555
Email: SLED_ED@SLEDDER.com"
"Hello,
ACME TOOL CO. requires Mr. Sled ED to travel abroad and needs his passport expedited as soon a possible to obtain a work visa.
Feel free to call or email me anytime if have any further questions regarding this matter.
Ph. 1 (403) 555 - 5555
Email: SLED_ED@SLEDDER.com"
pano-dude
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the government employees are falling behind with this inflation didn't you hear? They need a raise and things will get better
snopro
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Don’t forget to tell them what a great job their government is doing.
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I saw on the news that being in line close to the front doesn’t guarantee you will get yours. If a person is flying within a week and needs a passport they are rushed to the front of the line. You will need to show a flight itinerary to get the get to the front pass.
jhurkot
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I'll be in the 48hour window but I'm driving. Just have a signed declaration so I hope that's good enough, the person on the phone said it would be but who knows.
jhurkot
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ugh, maybe I'll leave at midnight.
