Monday, October 30, 2006
Frickin' Passports
Why are passports such a pain in the a** to obtain?
Ok, I know there are tons of infidels who'd love to get their hands on a Canadian passport so they can get a ticket out of whatever heckhole they come from, but when you initially obtain your passport, why do they insist you go through the same time-consuming process again?
In other words, once your passport expires, what's wrong with renewing your passport by presenting your old, expired one with some updated photos of yourself? Why is it necessary to show the same birth certificate and driver's licence, all with the same I.D. numbers as before, that they should already have on file?
They let you keep your expired passport once you get your new one but that doesn't really make any sense. They should keep and destroy old passports so that forgers have a much more difficult job to do.
Does anybody know why they ask for the same stuff again and again?
Ok, I know there are tons of infidels who'd love to get their hands on a Canadian passport so they can get a ticket out of whatever heckhole they come from, but when you initially obtain your passport, why do they insist you go through the same time-consuming process again?
In other words, once your passport expires, what's wrong with renewing your passport by presenting your old, expired one with some updated photos of yourself? Why is it necessary to show the same birth certificate and driver's licence, all with the same I.D. numbers as before, that they should already have on file?
They let you keep your expired passport once you get your new one but that doesn't really make any sense. They should keep and destroy old passports so that forgers have a much more difficult job to do.
Does anybody know why they ask for the same stuff again and again?
# posted by SBP : 4:35 PM
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I used to work with someone who, in turn, used to work at the Passport Office. Apparently Wednesdays are the best day of the week to go, and the office here at Portage is much better than the one on the Ottawa side.
Where ya goin?
Where ya goin?
# posted by 
: 9:39 AM, October 31, 2006
: 9:39 AM, October 31, 2006
I ain't going nowhere for the next little while, but just a thought that crossed my mind. What's up with handing in your ID a second time? I just don't get it.
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