Passport the Easy Way!!

It's finally the time to renew my Canadian Passport. This is try number two. I tried 3 years ago but I got rejected because my Guarantor wasn't on their list of suitable people like my Therapist wouldn't know who I am like that's crazy but oh well, things can't go your way all the time.... right? Then when I got rejected it took them 9 months just to send my application back with my original documents.

At the time I applied for my renewal I moved so I didn't know any guarantor for over 2 years. I had to wait at least two years to apply again. It was a mess and because I didn't have a valid passport I couldn't leave the USA so I have been stuck here like a prisoner. Okay, not really but if I went back to Canada to visit I would have had a hard time getting home. I don't want to be stranded in Canada not like I don't have family there or anything but still my home is in the USA now.

So Canada changed it's guarantor law again so I don't have to sell my soul to get the newest version of a Passport. They make it simple for us Canadian Folk to process our Passport Application when we're living abroad. It's kinda nice and makes you feel all fuzzy inside knowing it's not going to stress you out getting a little book saying this is you so you can travel. It's sad when a birth certificate isn't enough anymore.

It's quite simple filing out the application. I have everything all ready to go. I can't believe how simple it is. I just need to get some ink to print out my already filed out form, get my two pictures taken, get my guarantor to sign my copies of valid identifying information to say that's me, sign the form when I'm all done and send it off with my application fee.

I hope I don't get rejected this time around. It's not like I haven't gone far and beyond to give them my whole life story in my application. I have my adoption certificate, my marriage certificate, my Indian Status Card, my Driver's Licence, my Birth Certificate, my USA resident card and am I forgetting one? It's nuts of what they want plus I already have a Canadian Passport but it's expired as we speak but I also will send that in too.

It's just nice it's not a hassel anymore. I actually don't have to curse them a new one this time around like the last time. I can finally go on my merry way. Take care, Peace!!