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Passport Guarantor for childs first passport

jeff198901

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Hello,

Are parents allowed to be guarantors for their own children’s first passport?

Do we need 2 guarantors or is only 1 guarantor needed?

Can my American wife, who is a Canadian PR be a guarantor?

Thank you very much!
 

steaky

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Hello,

Are parents allowed to be guarantors for their own children’s first passport?

Do we need 2 guarantors or is only 1 guarantor needed?

Can my American wife, who is a Canadian PR be a guarantor?

Thank you very much!
Where are you applying?
 

jeff198901

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NO - guarantors have to have Canadian passports

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/travel-documents-references-guarantors.html#in-canada

Your wife can apply on your child's behalf and you can be the guarantor if you have a Canadian passport.
For some reason I was under the impression there had to be 2 guarantors. Not sure why I thought I remember this from when I applied for my own passport years back. I am a Canadian passport holder so I will be the guarantor!

thank you for the response
 

bellaluna

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For some reason I was under the impression there had to be 2 guarantors. Not sure why I thought I remember this from when I applied for my own passport years back. I am a Canadian passport holder so I will be the guarantor!

thank you for the response
You might be confusing it with the 2 references (in addition to the 1 guarantor) that's also in the link I provided. The references cannot be family members.
 

jeff198901

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You might be confusing it with the 2 references (in addition to the 1 guarantor) that's also in the link I provided. The references cannot be family members.
So we need 2 references in addition to a guarantor? I don’t see on the form where it mentions references. Is there a specific form for references?
 
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jeff198901

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May 7, 2016
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