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elizabethjane
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Location: Suwon
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 Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject: Please Help |
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I've already tried to use the search function, but it's useless.
Anyway, maybe someone here can help me. I will be returning to Canada (permanently) on September 1st of this year. My passport expires on November 30th of this year. Will I have any problems getting back in Canada? I've seen on some websites that you should have at least 6 months left valid on your passport. And if I should get my passport renewed, will I have enough time before September 1st to do it? Thanks. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Relax. You can get back home with no problem. You could have a problem if you stop off in a third country on the way. |
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elizabethjane
Joined: 04 Jul 2003
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| So, for example, if I have a lay-over in Japan for a few hours, it won't be a problem? |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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It would only be a problem if you actually had to clear customs in Japan.... Do you?
It doesn't take long to get a new passport, and it's actually easier to get one outside of the country (no guarantor needed, just the names of a few friends who they won't even bother calling). You should have no problem getting one by September, but if you are at all worried, why don't you call the Canadian embassy? |
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elizabethjane
Joined: 04 Jul 2003
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks. I tried calling them, but I couldn't get an actual person. After 10 minutes of listening to recordings, I decided I might get an answer easier here. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you a Canadian citizen? If so you don't need a passport to enter your home country. |
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| elizabethjane wrote: |
| Thanks. I tried calling them, but I couldn't get an actual person. After 10 minutes of listening to recordings, I decided I might get an answer easier here. |
I'm always a fan of mashing the 0 key until I get an operator. It's usually much faster than listening to the menus.
As an additional note...so long as you aren't clearing customs, and assuming you're a Canadian citizen, you can enter no matter what. It's your country... |
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jinju
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Novernae wrote: |
| elizabethjane wrote: |
| Thanks. I tried calling them, but I couldn't get an actual person. After 10 minutes of listening to recordings, I decided I might get an answer easier here. |
I'm always a fan of mashing the 0 key until I get an operator. It's usually much faster than listening to the menus.
As an additional note...so long as you aren't clearing customs, and assuming you're a Canadian citizen, you can enter no matter what. It's your country... |
Canada? No, its MY country and I say NO. |
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elizabethjane
Joined: 04 Jul 2003
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok, so I called the consulate again and pressed "0" and spoke to a real person. She said that I should get it renewed anyway, but she could not tell me which documents I needed to bring with me...does anyone know what I should bring? |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I got mine renewed in Seoul. They still want you to get photos signed by a gurrentor in Canada along with a birth certificate and one other piece of ID. But why bother if you're going to be staying in Canada? Just get a new passport in Canada the next time you want to travel overseas - it's much cheaper. |
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Jeonnam Jinx
Joined: 06 Oct 2005
Location: Jeonnam
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Novernae
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| I got mine renewed in Seoul. They still want you to get photos signed by a gurrentor in Canada along with a birth certificate and one other piece of ID. But why bother if you're going to be staying in Canada? Just get a new passport in Canada the next time you want to travel overseas - it's much cheaper. |
Oy...and so much work, too.
When I went last year, I had to bring 2 passport photos, signed and dated (the photoshop in the building beside the embassy does it in 20 minutes and knows all the new rules), 4 personal references, signed passport form, your birth certificate and old passport, and somewhere in the vicinity of 100,000 won. You don't need guarantors if you don't have them; the 4 references are fine. Call the office to double check all this of course, but this is what I had to do.
It's not much cheaper to get it in Canada...I think a passport costs something like 75 bucks, while this way is about 100. It's easier to get it here if you ask me; no bothering with guarantors. |
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Jeonnam Jinx
Joined: 06 Oct 2005
Location: Jeonnam
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| Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:11 am Post subject: |
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Just a caveat, if you get your photos done here, make sure that you print off the instructions for the photographer. They nod and smile and say they know the correct size for passport pictures, but the sizes differ between Canadian and Korean passports.
If I remember correctly, the Canadian Passport website has a page where you can download the instructions and dimensions in Korean. Of course, if you go to the photo studio outside the Canadian Embassy, they will already be aware of that.
Just hope to save you some time/stress...  |
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