Can any fellow Canadians help me?

Question

I'm applying for a Canadian passport

how fast can I expect it to arrive when I send application?

I've heard anywhere from 2 weeks to 10 weeks

Answer 1

If you go to a passport office you could get it in 2 weeks but will have to wait in line a good part of the day to do it. Another option is go to a service canada office where there is a much shorter line up but it takes up to 10 weeks.  Be sure to have all necessary documents in order no matter what you do.  

Answer 2

I received mine about 3 weeks after I sent it in.  I did not go and stand in line - I sent it by registered mail.

Answer 3

If you drop off the aplication in person at the passport office it is faster.

Answer 4

Depends on where you're applying from.  If there's an embassy close by, go directly there and ask for expediated service if you need it in a hurry.  They can do it within 48 hours for emergencies, but otherwise, 2-4 weeks I think is the norm.

Answer 5

i actually applied few day's ago, the women said it could take up to 10 day or 2 weeks.  

Answer 6

I applied through our local passport office (Windsor, Ontario).  Maybe I got lucky the day I went down there, but I barely waited and spoke with the processor fairly quickly.

(I had earlier picked up the application and completed it at home - any post office should have the form).

I had my passport back through the mail in less than 2 weeks.

I've read and heard that submitting it directly to the passport office speeds it up a bit but I think any method is fairly quick right now.  When they first announced passport requirements, there was a huge rush to apply; the same will happen, I'm sure, as they get closer to the June, 2009, deadline, but at present it seems to be fairly speedy.

Answer 7

Depends where you are.  Mine took a total of three weeks through Riyadh KSA.