Passport Canada

[normanchateau]

So, how does one go about recouping losses caused by Passport Canada? I'm still without a passport and, obviously, won't make my meeting tomorrow. After much discussion with my potential clients, I was given the ultimatum.....the meeting can take place no later than Monday. I can't get in touch with Passport Canada (I have no more time to sit at a desk continually dialing that number...time is money and I can't have them helping me to lose any more). With what is going on I know I can kiss that revenue goodbye and we're not talking pocket change either....it is well worth the 9 hour drive.

You can still drive to the States without a passport.

And it's not like you didn't have well over a year to figure it out.

Do you think you could do some reading (my original post) before posting a sarcastic comment? First, I was not born in Canada so cannot prove my Canadian citizenship with my birth certificate....sooooo, cannot travel using my birth certificate and photo ID in lieu of a passport. AND, I also stated that I travel a lot for my job (with my passport) and was doing just that back in February of this year so I needed my passport. I thought sending my application in March would give Passport Canada enough time to get my passport to me by June 8 which is the original date I was supposed to meet with my potential clients....that would have given them 11 weeks and I was told it would take 10 for processing......it's been 12 weeks now and still no passport. I even sent the application in via UPS Express overnight at a cost of $32 and change....another waste of my money.

And why would I apply for a passport a year or more before my current passport expired? Do you really think that well over a year ago I should have figured out that Passport Canada would not be able to deliver my passport to me in a timely manner? The US requirement had been going back and forth for 2 or 3 years and Passport Canada could not figure out that they would actually stick with January 2007 so how the hell was I supposed to figure it out? As sated before, stupid me had more faith in the Canadian bureaucracy than they obviously deserve. The yolks on me!!!

It's too late now but did you consider going to the media? The woman in Vancouver with terminal cancer who was waiting in line got expedited remarkably fast after the media got involved. Our Conservative MPs, like their predecessors, sure don't want the media pointing out the incompetence of the ministries they head.

[BZBee]

[it's too late now but did you consider going to the media? The woman in Vancouver with terminal cancer who was waiting in line got expedited remarkably fast after the media got involved. Our Conservative MPs, like their predecessors, sure don't want the media pointing out the incompetence of the ministries they head.

I wish I had thought of that and it's not too late since I need my passport for business and I was told when I called today that it would be at least another 6 weeks....that would make 18 weeks (that's 4.5 months) total and that is only if my pictures are not rejected and they can get in touch with my guarantor, etc. and nothing else goes wrong. Who in their right mind would think it would take 18 weeks for something that was to take 10 weeks? Ridiculous!!!

Even more ridiculous is that I would be questioned as to why I did not plan ahead for Passport Canada's incompetence. Why were they not prepared for the onslaught? I'm sure they had more than a year and a half to prepare for this.