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Originally Posted by Byrns
Anyone know how the passport situation is these days? I need to renew my daughter's passport. (travelling at Christmas)
Do I trust doing a mail-in?
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Apparently mail-in is not recommended at this time, as they're still working through the backlog:
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CBC News asked Families Minister Karina Gould, the minister responsible for passport services, how Canadians should approach passport applications in the upcoming weeks.
Should I mail my passport application?
You're better off not mailing your passport application for the time being because of the "huge backlog," Gould said.
"For some people, mail is the only option, and we want to make sure that channel is available to them, but the passport system is really designed as an in-person service," she said.
Gould added that going in-person allows officers to review personal documents required for passport applications, such as birth certificates and citizen cards, and return them immediately.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...ions-1.6522095
The article goes on to suggest that if you don't have urgent travel plans, you might be better of waiting until September. In Calgary, I would normally recommend dropping the application off at the Sundance office, which will get processed in Calgary. However, I'm not sure if they'll let you apply at Sundance if you're not travelling in the next 45 days, in which case your other option would be to apply in person at a Service Canada Office (there is one in Royal Oak, one across from McMahon Stadium, and one in Temple).