CHILDGENERALPASSPORTAPPLICATION forCanadiansunder16yearsofage (inCanadaandintheUSA) GENERALINFORMATION ANDINSTRUCTIONS Aussi disponible en français Failure to complete all the required sections of this form will result in your application being rejected. Entitlement to a Canadian Passport Applying by Mail • Canadian passports are issued to Canadian citizens only. MAILED-IN APPLICATIONS ARE PROCESSED IN CANADA. • If applying for an individual passport for a child under 16 years of age, use this application form (PPTC 155) to apply. BY MAIL BY COURIER Passport Canada Passport Canada Foreign Affairs and Le 70 Crémazie Who May Apply for a Passport on Behalf of a Child? International Trade Canada 70 Crémazie Street Gatineau Canada K1A 0G3 Gatineau QC J8Y 3P2 • One of the parents; Canada • The custodial parent in cases of separation or divorce; or DO NOT mail or bring your application to a Canadian • The legal guardian. government office in the USA. However, passport applications and related forms are available from these offices. Requirements Checklist BOTH pages of the application form completed and signed Applying in Person within the last 12 months. For Canadians living in Canada: TWO (2) identical passport photos of the child (see “Photo • At a Passport Canada office Specifications”). • At a participating Canada Post office Application form and one of the photos certified by • At a participating Service Canada Centre your guarantor. For a list of all of our points of service, visit our Web site at Original proof of Canadian citizenship (no copies or www.passportcanada.gc.ca. notarized copies). For Canadians living in the USA: Any Canadian passport or travel document issued to the If you require a passport in an emergency, contact the child, or in which the name of the child appears. nearest Canadian government office. All documents that refer to custody or mobility of, or access This form can only be used to submit an application by mail to, the child. (see “Applying by Mail”) or in person at a Passport Canada The fee. office (in Canada). Additional documents or information may be requested in support of the application. Fee Periods of Validity for Passports Issued to Children For a child aged: • 3 to 15 years - CAN$37 • under 3 years - CAN$22 For a child aged: Note: - These fees are subject to change. • 3 to 15 years, the maximum period of validity is 5 years. - Only Canadian funds are accepted. • under 3 years, the maximum period of validity is 3 years. Important: Passport Services Fees Regulations require that Note: Children who have been issued a passport in their every person who requests a passport service must pay the first 12 months may be issued a one-time replacement passport, applicable passport service fee. This fee is non-refundable. free of charge, valid for the balance of the three-year validity Preferred method of payment period of the original passport. Full application requirements must be met. To ensure the photo is a current and true likeness • Debit (Interac) (In person only) of the child, it must be taken within one month of the date the • Credit card - (Complete section on application is submitted. application form.) Other acceptable methods of payment • Certified cheque or money order/international money order (postal or bank) payable in Canadian funds to the Receiver Processing Times General for Canada For information on current processing times, visit our Web site • Cash (In person only. Do not mail cash.) at www.passportcanada.gc.ca or contact us by phone (see Administrative fees and any applicable interest will be applied “Contact Us”, page 2). to all dishonoured payments. PPTC 155A (07-10) M02 Page 1 of 4 Contact Us General information is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Specific information is available during regular office hours. INFORMATION ON PASSPORTS AND FEES INFORMATION ON TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS Web site: www.passportcanada.gc.ca Web site: www.voyage.gc.ca Toll-free: 1 800 567-6868 Outside continental USA: (819) 997-8338 TTY (For persons who are deaf or hard of hearing) Toll-free: 1 866 255-7655 (7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST) To obtain the most recent version of this form, visit our Web site. Application forms are also available in Braille, on diskette or in large print for persons with a visual impairment. Passport Canada Office Locations (NOT MAILING ADDRESSES) DO NOT mail or use courier services to send your application form directly to a Passport Canada office in Canada listed below. However, passport applications and related forms are available from these offices or may be obtained on-line at www.passportcanada.gc.ca. CANADA ALBERTA NEW BRUNSWICK North York Laval Calgary Fredericton Suite 380, 3rd Floor Suite 500, 5th Floor Suite 254 Suite 430 Joseph Shepard Building 3 Place Laval Harry Hays Building Frederick Square 4900 Yonge Street Montréal 220-4th Avenue South East 77 Westmorland Street Ottawa West Tower, Suite 803 Calgary (South) (English only) NEWFOUNDLAND AND Level C, East Tower Complexe Guy-Favreau 14331 Macleod Trail SW LABRADOR C.D. Howe Building 200 René-Lévesque Boulevard West Edmonton St. John's (English only) 240 Sparks Street Pointe-Claire Fairview Pointe Claire Shopping Centre Suite 126 Suite 802 Scarborough (English only) 6815 Trans-Canada Highway Canada Place Building TD Place Suite 210 9700 Jasper Avenue 140 Water Street 200 Town Centre Court Québec St. Catharines Suite 200, 2nd Floor BRITISH COLUMBIA NOVA SCOTIA Richmond (English only) Suite 600 Place de la Cité, Tour Cominar Halifax 2640 Laurier Boulevard Suite 310 Landmark Building Suite 1508, 15th Floor 43 Church Street Saguenay 5611 Cooney Road Maritime Centre Surrey (English only) Thunder Bay Suite 408 1505 Barrington Street Immeuble Saint-Michel Suite 900 2nd Floor 3885 Harvey Boulevard 13401-108th Avenue ONTARIO 979 Alloy Drive Saint-Laurent Vancouver Brampton (English only) Toronto (English only) Suite 112 Suite 200 Suite 401 Suite 300 3300 Côte Vertu Boulevard Sinclair Centre 40 Gillingham Drive 74 Victoria Street 757 Hastings Street West Hamilton Whitby SASKATCHEWAN Victoria Plaza Level Whitby Mall Regina 5th Floor Standard Life Building 1615 Dundas Street East Suite 500 Scotiabank Building 120 King Street West Windsor 1870 Albert Street 747 Fort Street Kitchener Suite 503 Saskatoon Mezzanine Level CIBC Building Suite 405 MANITOBA 40 Weber Street East 100 Ouellette Avenue Winnipeg Federal Building London QUEBEC 101-22nd Street East Suite 400 Suite 201, 2nd Floor 433 Main Street Gatineau (Hull) 400 York Street Commercial Level 2 Mississauga (English only) Place du Centre Suite 116, 2nd Floor 200 Promenade du Portage All offices are wheelchair Central Parkway Mall accessible. 377 Burnhamthorpe Road East USA DO NOT mail or bring your application form to a Canadian government office in the USA listed below. However, passport applications and related forms are available from these offices or may be obtained on-line at www.passportcanada.gc.ca. ATLANTA DALLAS MIAMI SAN JUAN The Consulate General of Canada The Consulate General of Canada The Consulate General of Canada The Honorary Consulate of Canada 100 Colony Square Suite 1700 First Union Financial Center Hato Rey Center Suite 1700 750 North St. Paul Street Suite 1600 Suite 802 1175 Peachtree Street NE Dallas TX 200 South Biscayne Boulevard 268 Ponce de Leon Avenue Atlanta GA DENVER Miami FL San Juan PR BOSTON The Consulate General of Canada MINNEAPOLIS SEATTLE The Consulate General of Canada Suite 2600 The Consulate General of Canada The Consulate General of Canada Three Copley Place 1625 Broadway 9th Floor Suite 600 Suite 400 Denver CO 701 Fourth Avenue South 1501 Fourth Avenue Boston MA DETROIT Minneapolis MN Seattle WA BUFFALO The Consulate General of Canada NEW YORK WASHINGTON D.C. The Consulate General of Canada 600 Renaissance Center The Consulate General of Canada The Embassy of Canada HSBC Center Suite 1100 1251 Avenue of the Americas 501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Suite 3000 Detroit MI New York NY Washington DC Buffalo NY LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO The Consulate General of Canada The Consulate General of Canada The Consulate General of Canada 9th Floor 14th Floor Two Prudential Plaza 550 South Hope Street 580 California Street Suite 2400 Los Angeles CA San Francisco CA 180 North Stetson Avenue Chicago IL PPTC 155A (07-10) M02 Page 2 of 4 INSTRUCTIONS 1 Child's Personal Information NAME TO APPEAR IN PASSPORT Write the child's name as you want it to appear in the passport. If this name is different from the name on the child's documentary evidence of citizenship, child's legal change of name document (original document from issuing authority) may be required. Additional documents may be requested to verify the child's identity. SURNAME (LAST NAME) AT BIRTH/FORMER SURNAME (FORMER LAST NAME) Complete only if different from the surname (last name) to appear in the passport (for Passport Canada information only; will not appear in the passport). PLACE OF BIRTH The place of birth must be provided on the application form. If you do not wish the place of birth to appear in the passport, submit a written request. Be sure to contact the consulate or embassy of every country you plan to visit to ensure that the child will be admitted if the passport does not include the place of birth. SIGNATURE Children 11 years of age or over MUST sign their usual Inner limits Signature signature. The child’s signature in section 1 will appear Signature in the passport. Therefore, the signature MUST NOT exceed the inner limits of the signature box. Acceptable Unacceptable 2 Information on Applicant Both parents are requested to participate in obtaining passport services for their child and to sign the application form. The other parent may be contacted.