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[jajdude]

I don't have a birth certificate.

I have a bank card.

I have the current passport. It doesn't expire until September 2006, but has no clean pages left. So I need a new passport to get a work visa.

Will I have much trouble getting a new passport I wonder? I tried calling the embassy. It isn't easy. I emailed. it must take 2 weeks for a reply. Guess i should just visit.

[schwa]

Hey jajdude, I do think youre gonna have to come up with better ID. A copy of your birth certificate from your home province will almost certainly be required. I'd get on the net & arrange for one to be sent as soon as possible.

[Wangja]

OK, Canadian rules may of course be different, but I have renewed my UK passport overseas on four occasions and have never needed my birth certificate, merely the old passport.

On one of those occasions, the most recent here in Seoul, it was for a lost passport, and I needed no ID other than an earlier expired passport.

FWIW, immigration at Mokdong re-stamped my new passport almost immediately.

[Sage Monkey]

[Hollywoodaction]

Why don't you try calling the Canadian Embassy? You might actually get a real person on the line if you're lucky.

[jajdude]

To get a birth certificate, what do I do? Before, I had a certificate of baptism.

Can't I just swear on the bible?

(probably not)

[Hollywoodaction]

Again, contact the Canadian Embassy because they might be able to process your request for a passport. Also, you should have a look here: http://www.ppt.gc.ca/


Birth certificates are issued by the provincial governments. You might want to have a look here: http://canada.gc.ca/cdns/wallet/wallet_e.html

[HamuHamu]

I think I remember in Ottawa, at the passport office, there are signs up that clearly state "A Canadian passport is not considered acceptable ID to obtain a new passport."

In Bangkok, I needed to have all of my photos signed with the same guarantor rules that apply at home - someone who has known you two years or more who has an occupation listed on the form. I had to send the forms home, have my mom take them around to the people for me and mail them back to me. The embassy then had to phone them and check up on me and have them confirm my hair colour, birthday, etc etc. I had given my original birth certificate, and driver's licence.

IT took FOREVER (I think almost 2 months) and I was really ticked off that the CDN embassy could not make it a bit easier for expats.

My boyfriend on the other hand went to the UK embassy with his old (UK) passport, signed the forms, and was able to pick up his new passport in 48 hours.

[schwa]

I renewed mine here in Korea last year & you can skip the guarantor business by paying a fee (30k won? I forget) to chat with a lawyer-type person at the embassy instead -- its straightforward. Theyre fussy about photos but the little studio in the basement of the same building knows what they require. All in all an easy procedure.

But you need to get onto the link above for your birth certificate, jaj.

[Manner of Speaking]