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demianamar · Joined: 08 Sep 2005

I just want to know if anyone has had to renew a Canadian Passport while being here. My passport is good until May....so I only have a few months and I don't want anything to take longer then it has to. I've read all the info on the DFAIT websites etc, but we all know there's almost always something that may come up and delay the process. Anything to share on this?

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

Theres a current thread on renewal turnover time that has some info.

Its pretty straightforward if youve got all your docs in order.

If you plan to travel before it expires, good idea to renew it now. Some countries wont let you in with less than 6 months validity left.

fiveeagles · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Vancouver

Are yuo able to do it while you are out of the country? I thought you had to be in the country?

jlb · Joined: 18 Sep 2003

I was just downloading the forms myself yesterday (I'm in Canada now) and there was a download form for those outside the country as well. Just google "passport Canada" and you'll get the page you need with the info.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

fiveeagles · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Vancouver

capebretoncanadian · Joined: 20 Feb 2005

Anyone know if you can do it at the consulate in Busan. I'm in Daegu and it's much easier and convenient to travel to Busan. I need to get it done by the summertime. Anyone in Busan done it there??

poet13

Hello. I have to renew mine also at some point in the near future. Whoever has done it here in korea, can you tell me how long it took to renew? I think i read several months ago that it took 6-8 weeks, but i cant find that url anymore.

capebretoncanadian · Joined: 20 Feb 2005

poet13 · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:15 pm Post subject:

thank you cape breton
as you seem to one in the know, do you also have any idea for how long the new passport is good for? i had no idea that they were created in korea. I assumed they were done in hull. I havent lived in canada since 1989, europa and the US, and when i was renewing from washington DC, i had to send it to hull....

capebretoncanadian · Joined: 20 Feb 2005

I don't know if this is the case with all passports renewed in Korea but mine is only valid for one year....maybe the super long delay comes from them sending it to Canada but the issuing office is Seoul for mine. There might be something to that. If you're in Seoul or close by, you should pop in and ask em their phone system was a tangled automatic mess for me.

poet13 · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject:

ah thank you. I will deal with it as soon as i can. i am due for re-up on my contract (6 months) in early march, and i will send everything away immediately after. i have received that one year renewal before, though i was living in wash. dc. sucked. i hate having to think about it all the time.

crazylemongirl · Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Location: almost there...

it takes 2 weeks to renew a canadian passport in seoul

you need:

Birth certificate,
old passport
passport photos
gurantor
2 references that have known you for two years (of 4 in the case of a person without a gurantor).
+ money.

Then go to korean immigration and report your change of details and also to transfer any re-enry permits you have (they'll do it for free!)

poet13 · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject:

hey. thanks for the info. question though. Guarantor. I have seen a couple of different descriptions for a guarantor. I hvae only been in my city for eleven months, so i dont think I can qualify for having one. I think the person had to know you for an extended period of time. I also saw in the canadian passport page that without a guarantor, one simply paid a higher fee. Thats fine with me if its correct. Another question, just to be a pest. Is there a way to renew my passport for more than one year? I havent lived in Canada since 1989, and have no plans to return in the next couple of years.
Many thanks.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Hmmm.. I thought a passport renewal meant getting a new 5 year passport. I'd also like to go to the consulate in Busan to do it. I presume it can be done there.

Be careful with the photos and details of your past 2 years, or past 5 years if you use the "in lieu of guarantor" form. They want addresses and employment history. (I plan to fill in the blanks as best I can)
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Busan consulate:

tel. 051-204-5581

Dongsung Chemical Co. Ltd.,
472 Shin Pyung- dong,
Saha-gu, Busan 604-712