San Francisco Dad

Passport to Canada

We have previously written about the trials and tribulations of obtaining a certificate of Canadian Citizenship for SFBaby. The good news is that once we had the certificate, obtaining SFBaby’s passport was a piece of cake!

We were in Canada earlier this month, so after completing the passport application, we were able to drop it off at the office of our local MP (Member of Parliament) to be included in their Ottawa courier bag. I don’t think this sped up the process, but it did save us the postage fee.

We got it back a few short days ago, with the cutesy photo you see above. For those wondering about the passport timeline:

- 5/6/2009: Submitted passport application at MP’s office in Ontario
- 5/14/2009: Passport issued by Passport Canada
- 5/20/2009: Received passport in San Francisco (by courier!)

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