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Canadian Passport - Mail-In Application Timelines

bellaluna

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Hi Folks, today is the one month and 1 day since my wifes application was sent / received. Was expecting to receive something today but alas nothing. Then decided to call the Helpline - 135 callers ahead of me...:mad: So just cut the call and went for a nap...:rolleyes:
Really hope I get the passport early next week... Good Luck to all of you and congratulations to who have been successful... Take Care...:)
That's pretty much over 20 business days. Try the passport inquiry form perhaps? By accounts here, they're pretty prompt. If nothing comes in on Monday, hope you get some tracking numbers at least.

https://secure.cic.gc.ca/rs-vd/stat-eng.aspx
 
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Tess90

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Hi Folks, today is the one month and 1 day since my wifes application was sent / received. Was expecting to receive something today but alas nothing. Then decided to call the Helpline - 135 callers ahead of me...:mad: So just cut the call and went for a nap...:rolleyes:
Really hope I get the passport early next week... Good Luck to all of you and congratulations to who have been successful... Take Care...:)
Has her CC been charged?
 
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Das67

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True but at least they have plans on how to mitigate the backlog, which we rarely see here.

She said that the State Department is "going to have over 150 staff returning to 21 agencies across the country, and that will increase our capacity to process applications more quickly" and they "are looking at surging back to pre-pandemic staffing levels and additional staff for both government and contractor staff."
 
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bpjeee

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Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July 2009
Doc's Request.
Aug 2009
Med's Done....
Nov 2010
Passport Req..
April 2011
VISA ISSUED...
June 2011
LANDED..........
July 2011

bpjeee

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May 30, 2011
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Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July 2009
Doc's Request.
Aug 2009
Med's Done....
Nov 2010
Passport Req..
April 2011
VISA ISSUED...
June 2011
LANDED..........
July 2011
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bpjeee

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May 30, 2011
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Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July 2009
Doc's Request.
Aug 2009
Med's Done....
Nov 2010
Passport Req..
April 2011
VISA ISSUED...
June 2011
LANDED..........
July 2011
Has her CC been charged?
yes the CC was charged on 25 June. that was qucik and i thought i was one of the lucky ones...
 

barunk19

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Hi All, Yesterday i send mine & my kid application .. I dont know how many weeks or months to get this in my hand .. Wish me luck!
 

Tess90

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Sorry where does 20 business days come from? Is it their standard processing time? 20 days from them receiving the application till you getting the passport or 20 days to charging the card/starting processing?
 

carl321

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bellaluna

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Wow interesting, it most definitely wasn’t there when I was looking a few months ago.. they updated it
20 business days sounds optimistic…
Yeah, I remember several months ago, the messaging actually was along the lines of “we’re only processing urgent applications; if your application is not urgent, we’ll accept it but won’t process it….” But then that was contradicted by people on this forum submitting their non-urgent applications and getting their passports in 2 weeks. (Lucky them back then!)
 
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bellaluna

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Delivered via Xpresspost to K1A 0G3: June 21
CC charged today, July 7

I also submitted only 1 ID, my driver’s license.
Got back my citizenship certificate via Xpresspost crammed in my mailbox today (so much for "signature required"), plus a checklist of returned documents indicating my passport will be/has been delivered via courier. Hope to get that in the next few days then.