Canadian Passport Renewal

Are Canucks able to renew their passports anywhere in the lakeside area? Does the consulate make visits?

Unless the rules have changed........

When you apply for a Canadian passport, it's as if you have never had one before.

The paper work can be done in Guadalajara, sent to Mexico DF by courier, then sent to Canada.

You will get a tempory pass,(from Mex'DF) and be sent a new passport when you return to canada.

So you can't have it sent to you in Mexico?

The renewal process is easy now. The Simplified Renewal Application Process allows Canadians to renew their passports without resubmitting proof of Canadian citizenship or supplementary identification and guarantor information. Some conditions apply.

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/cdn/ren.aspx

If you lose your Canadian passport while visiting Mexico, you can get a Temporary one the same way.

Easier if you have a copy.

CanuckBob wrote:So you can't have it sent to you in Mexico?

The renewal process is easy now. The Simplified Renewal Application Process allows Canadians to renew their passports without resubmitting proof of Canadian citizenship or supplementary identification and guarantor information. Some conditions apply.

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/cdn/ren.aspx

I guess it depends on how long you are staying.

Don't they still do it in a day in Richmond, if you go in person?

I'm not sure, I have to renew mine in a couple of months so I'll go check it out and let you know.

Thanks Ferret. Yes, I was asking on the premise that I lived there. Does a consulate rep ever come down to the lake or do you go up to Guad?

I was going to renew here a few years ago, so I went to the Canadian Consolate and was told that to renew here was just the same a s the first time you applied in Canada. IE: you needed the guarantor ect, ect, ect. When you had the paper work done you gave it to the consolate, they sent it to the embasey in Mexico, they sent it to Ottawa. When it was done it was sent back to Mexico, then Guadalajara then to you. We go back for a month every July so I did the renewal in Kenora and had it in 8 days.

Ellen renewed her passport down her. It was very simple and quick. All she had to do was to download the forms, fill them out, and head into Gdl to have them check. If everything is ok they will take the renewal fee and give you a receipt to attach to your application which is sent to Mexico City via courier. She had the new passport back in 10 days. It was processed completely in Mexico City. Just remember to make a photo copy of your old passport as you will be without for the time it takes. If you really want to be safe you could head to a notary and have the copy verified. The consulate in Gdl is in the World Trade Center building not to far from the Plaza del Sol.