Hi everyone.
Went today to the passport office in Kitchener to get passports for my kids to have for the cruise (December 8 Wonder) Our DD was born in 94, we got married in 97, and DS was born later that same year.
Even though we all have the same last name, they would not process my DD's form with her regular birth certificate because my husband and I weren't married at the time of her birth. Instead, I need to get a long-form birth certificate that lists both our names on it (for $35 + $15 to expedite, it normally takes 4-6 weeks) from the Registrar General's office in Thunder Bay. I have to get a guarantor to sign this form as well, which I then need to fax to Thunder Bay, and then I'll receive a copy in the mail a week later. By this time, I will also need to pay an additional fee so that the passport itself can be expedited, since the cruise is less than a month away.
I am so angry! And hurt!
I could understand it if my DD had a different last name, or if we still weren't married, but this is ridiculous. A $35 child's passport will now be costing us $100. And yet they processed our son's no problem! And the funny thing is, they look identical in their pictures.
Sorry for such a long message, but I just wanted to let anyone in a similar situation know about this so that you can be saved all the hassle from the folks at the Canada Passport Office.
Maureen
Went today to the passport office in Kitchener to get passports for my kids to have for the cruise (December 8 Wonder) Our DD was born in 94, we got married in 97, and DS was born later that same year.
Even though we all have the same last name, they would not process my DD's form with her regular birth certificate because my husband and I weren't married at the time of her birth. Instead, I need to get a long-form birth certificate that lists both our names on it (for $35 + $15 to expedite, it normally takes 4-6 weeks) from the Registrar General's office in Thunder Bay. I have to get a guarantor to sign this form as well, which I then need to fax to Thunder Bay, and then I'll receive a copy in the mail a week later. By this time, I will also need to pay an additional fee so that the passport itself can be expedited, since the cruise is less than a month away.
I am so angry! And hurt!
I could understand it if my DD had a different last name, or if we still weren't married, but this is ridiculous. A $35 child's passport will now be costing us $100. And yet they processed our son's no problem! And the funny thing is, they look identical in their pictures.
Sorry for such a long message, but I just wanted to let anyone in a similar situation know about this so that you can be saved all the hassle from the folks at the Canada Passport Office.
Maureen