OTTAWA — Canadians who need their travel documents renewed before visiting far-off shores will soon be able to skip the line at the passport office, the immigration minister announced Wednesday.
Starting in the fall, Canadians with simple passport renewals will be able to apply online and upload the necessary documents and passport photo on a secure government website, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said.
Those applying for new passports, including children, will still need to go through the traditional application process with Service Canada. Her department recently got back on top of a large passport backlog after pandemic travel restrictions ended and the passport office was flooded with applications.
Production is expected to begin on the newly designed passport this summer. In the meantime, people will continue to receive the current version of the passport and can continue to use it until it expires. "Passport holders' personal information will now be laser engraved, instead of being printed with ink, which is going to make the data page more durable and resistant to tampering and counterfeiting," Fraser said.
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