Submitting Passports from outside Canada

[noreved_73]

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone has any advise on submitting passports from outside North America. I received my passport request yesterday, but in the notes is says that CIC will only return passports to an Canadian or US address. I am in South Africa.

Do I need to send my passports to a friend in Canada and have them submit on my behalf, or is there another way I can do it directly from here?

Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Noreved_73

 

[jes_ON]

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone has any advise on submitting passports from outside North America. I received my passport request yesterday, but in the notes is says that CIC will only return passports to an Canadian or US address. I am in South Africa.

Do I need to send my passports to a friend in Canada and have them submit on my behalf, or is there another way I can do it directly from here?

Congrats Noreved on your PPR! I think you can SEND your passport(s) directly to CIC, that's not a problem, but they will not send them back to you in South Africa - hopefully you have a friend in the USA or Canada whose address you can use, and have them forward the passports to you.

When I got my PPR, there was a form that I had to fill out, indicating the address that the passports should be sent to - did you get this form?

 

[noreved_73]

Thanks Jes, appreciate the response. I did not get any documentation with my passport request, it arrived via email. I shall ask a friend in Canada to help get the passports back to me. I will write a letter and include an envelope with their address on it. Do you know if the return envelope needs to be pre paid or not?

 

[jes_ON]

It does not need to be prepaid, it will be returned via Canada Post.

 

[noreved_73]

Thanks Jes, much appreciated.