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[Hatcher]

You have a banker sign as a guarantor. My friend is an asset manager at KDB and is willing to sign. Is it possible?

[OculisOrbis]

I was under the impression that your guarantors also have to be Canadian.

*EDIT*
Yes, my impression is true.

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/cdn/section2.aspx

*2nd EDIT*

Impression wrong. That was for people in Canada. Here's the rules regarding guarantors for Canadians abroad:

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/cdn/section2.aspx?lang=eng&region=international

[ttompatz]

[superNET]

A guarantor can be Korean as I used a Korean dentist. The banker has to be a signing officer or a supervisor. Now unless they changed the rules in the past year as I just renewed last year.

TTompatz--I was highly encouraged by the Canadian Embassy through multiple e-mails to find a guarantor instead of using the 'in lieu of guarantor' form

[Stan Rogers]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[ttompatz]

My complaints go back a long way, and had nothing to do with my attitude.

2 passport renewals that should have been simple and were nothing but a hassle,

1 daughter registration (birth abroad) that they managed to screw up (how do you lose a photo between the hole in the window and the desk?)

and 1 visa application for my wife where they managed to damage her passport by prying off the photo from the front page necessitating a passport replacement for her.

If you have had good luck with them, then it is your good fortune. You are in the minority.

Good fortune or not it is still YOUR RIGHT to have a declaration in lieu in place of a guarantor. IT is NOT THEIR PLACE to suggest one or the other (another case where someone in the consular office has OVERSTEPPED their bounds.

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[Captain Corea]

I recently renewed without a guarantor. They sent me away to get one, I came back with a list of 10 people, in Korea and Canada, that would vouch for me but were not doctors or police officers.

I agree with Tom though... The people at the embassy are generally NOT considerate in regards to their level of clarity in communication.

[cheolsu]

I renewed my passport last month. I called and said that it was impossible for me to come during their official three hours in the morning, so I would need an appointment. She refused twice until I said, "well, what do you want me to do? Your website plainly says you take appointments."

Then she made fun of my name and told me to be there at 3:30. When I said I probably wouldn't there before 4 (the site says they take appointments from 1:30 to 4:30), she said she'd see me at 3:30.

In the event, I got there at 3:50. She berated me for it in a fruitless rage ("Next time, be on time!"), belaboured every small point on the form, and ended things with a "that's all" instead of a "thanks" or "goodbye".

[superNET]

[superNET]

double post

[ttompatz]

[Stan Rogers]

I found a guarantor in Korea. Some of you really should go out and make some professional type friends.

I get the feeling that too many Canadians only know their students, co workers, a Korean girl and a bartender.

[crossmr]

I've had nothing but good experiences at the embassy. Heck one time when I was doing some paperwork they just let me come back at 2 pm without an appointment. Another time I got something notarized that was fairly complicated and that they didn't usually do, so they weren't sure about. Well it ended up coming back to me because it needed to be stamped in several additional places and some other things, they apologized and the lady spent about 35 minutes fixing it for no additional charge.

As for knowing a lot of people

[Captain Corea]