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Originally Posted by JD
It's fast, no matter which office you use. I've used both in the past couple years.
Something odd about that... when I went to that office, they claimed my passport was damaged and it had to be confiscated. A big problem for me, since I had to travel to the UAE in a matter of 10 days and my visa was stamped in that passport. They didn't care and forced me to apply for a replacement passport. They insisted that the damaged one had to be taken away and could not be returned, no matter how much begging and pleading I did.
Apparently they're not all that consistent with that practice. Man, did I ever have to go through a lot of trouble to get that visa replaced. The UAE consulate in Ottawa informed me it was an easy process, people lose visas all the time! Well apparently "losing" a visa and having it confiscated by the Canadian government are two different things in their eyes and I had to go through hell and back to get my visa again.
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It's funny you say that, because when I told a couple people at work what happened, they said the same thing-- "you mean, they didn't take the passport?"
I had no idea that they were supposed to take it, I just remember her handing it back to me, and she said I'd have to go through the whole application process all over again. If memory serves, it was the lady who stands before the actual desks/kiosks/whatever that checks to see if your documents are all in order and you're not missing anything. Maybe she was junior or new on the job or something.