Renewing Passport

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by me_dennis

bumping this old thread.

I accidentally put my passport through the washing machine, and the cover is detached from the "paper" part. the photo and stamps are still in tact, but it seemed like the pages have swelled up as the pages are now larger than the denim cover.

do you recommend I get a new passport, just to avoid any issues? I'm going on my honeymoon in September 25th to France, and I don't want any issues.

Do it now, all you have to do is fill out the forms along with a form stating how the passport was damaged (I had to get a comissioner of oaths to sign mine but I am not sure if you still have to do this). Better than getting screwed over on the honeymoon.

[Nammer403]

To be safe I would apply for a replacement
http://www.ppt.gc.ca/planification/203.aspx?lang=eng

[Flabbibulin]

Do it... not worth the risk or the stress of worrying about it. They say 10 business days, but my wife and I got ours in the mail yesterday, which was only 8 business days (including the holiday monday). Was a piece of cake renewing at Macleod tr office.

I got through once on an ink stained passport, but was given grief coming home.

[Rudee]

Originally Posted by normtwofinger

The airline will not allow you to fly with a passport that expires in less than 6 months. Sometimes it will get by them, but then you most likely will be turned away by customs of the country you are traveling to. If it gets to that point, the airline is responsible for returning you to your departure point, because they were supposed to check your passport.

Not true. I traveled to Florida last year on a Passport that expired 5 days after I left Calgary. The airline is not responsible for returning you to your departure point. In my case, I had to go to the Canadian Consulate in Florida and get a temporary Passport so I could return back to Canada, which I did.

[RedMileDJ]

Maybe this thread can help:

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=119285

[sevenarms]

Originally Posted by me_dennis

bumping this old thread.

I accidentally put my passport through the washing machine, and the cover is detached from the "paper" part. the photo and stamps are still in tact, but it seemed like the pages have swelled up as the pages are now larger than the denim cover.

do you recommend I get a new passport, just to avoid any issues? I'm going on my honeymoon in September 25th to France, and I don't want any issues.

This happened to a coworker of mine although his wasn't as badly damaged. It wouldn't scan but it could still be manually entered and he got through security. However, I think it depends on the individual and I wouldn't have been shocked if he got turned away.

Do the safe play and get a new passport. Starting a marriage off by getting denied to go on a plane for your honeymoon would put you in the doghouse forever.

[Bill Bumface]

For the record, I used a glue stick on my separated cover, put it under a hot laptop and stack of books for a couple days, voila, renewed without any of the extra hassle.