So the good news is that my DH has my DD's passport...he did have to go to Surrey (4 hours away) to pick it up...here's my story:
May 23rd- We took her passport to our Service Canada in Kamloops- it was reviewed, scanned, paid for, her birth certificate was returned.
July 29th- I reached out to our MP office- I had already tried calling, submitted the status update form. They said that it should come through the regular stream, that they would call and that should put some pressure on and that I should see it shortly.
Every few days I check in with the MP office, they call and the only update they get is that it is not reviewed.
August 25th- I finally go in person to my nearest actual passport office (Kelowna BC, 2 hours away) - I get there around 8am for 8:30am opening- they separate out anyone travelling before Sept 16th, I see an agent right away at 8:30am, she pulls it, it has not been reviewed, despite having a travel date of Sept 1.
She reviews it, says it's going to be fine, that they will finalize it and send it to Surrey for printing and that it would be available mid this week for printing (I request today). Kelowna doesn't print unfortunately, only Surrey, Vancouver and Victoria here in BC.
August 30- My DH drives the 4 hours to Surrey, gets there for the recommended 10am, and it's ready, he has just confirmed with me that he now has it in hand!
Still very annoyed we had to go through this, but at least we have it. I wish I hadn't bothered with the MP office and had just gone straight to Kelowna, we probably would have had time for it to get sent back there, but oh well!
We can go to
Disneyland!!!