CONGRAT TO YOU TOO... SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THIS WORKS I THINK SINCE YOU WILL BE COMING TO CANADA ON A VISITING VISA YOU WONT BE ALLOWED TO SEND YOUR PASSPORT TO OTTAWA AS YOU ARE NOT A TEMPORARY RESIDENT OF CANADA AND YOU CAN ONLY BE A TEMPORARY RESIDENT EITHER BY A STUDENT PERMIT OR A WORK PERMIT WHICH MY HUSBAND HAS AND HAS BEEN LIVING IN CANADA SINCE 2013...... I WILL STRONGLY ADVICE YOU JUST POSTPONE YOUR TRIP ND SEND YOUR PASSPORT TO GHANA FROM NIGERIA AS IT IS ILLEGAL TO SEND PASSPORT OVERSEAS, I CALLED CIC WHEN WE INITIALLY GOT THE PASSPORT REQUEST AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A MISTAKE ASKING US TO SEND IS PASSPORT TO GHANA SINCE HE HAS A VALID STATUS IN CANADA AND IT IS ILLEGAL TO SEND PASSPORT OVERSEAS, SO WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO SEND AN URGENT EMAIL TO GHANA TO REMIND THEM MY HUSBAND LIVES IN CANADA AND REQUEST IS PASSPORT TO BE SENT TO OTTAWA WHICH THEY DID AND EVEN PUT A NOTE THAT OTTAWA SHOULD EXPEDITE IS VISA PRINTING SO HE CAN GET IS PASSPORT BEFORE THE MEDICAL EXPIRES..... SO YOU SHOULD PROPERLY JUST POSPON YOUR EVENT AND SUBMIT YOUR PASSPORT TO GHANACongratulations! Please can you advise me on how u went about sending your passport to Ottawa if my case is in any way similar. I got passport resquest on Thursday, I am to travel to canada tuesday this week on TRV( we have an extremely important event to attend in canada), can I mail out the passport to ACCRA from there as I have 15 days to send it in. I know for sure that i won't make the trip if send it now. Please can you tell me if it is possible or how you went about changing yours to ottawa.