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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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Huh. that sounds like a pain. My old passport was in extremely bad shape before it expired. It was worn and had rips. When I was in amsterdam going through customs (I was grabbing a connection there) to fly to the u.s., the border agent said my passport was in absolutely twrrible condition and that he would let me through, but there would be only a 50/50 chance the u.s. would. Thankfully, they did.