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Canada Immigration 

What are the benefits of a Canadian passport?

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Credit to Author: Asheesh Moosapeta| Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2023 20:53:21 +0000

Henley & Partners—a global immigration consultancy firm—has ranked the Canadian passport as the 7th most recognised in the world, putting it alongside passports of the United States, Poland, Greece, and Czechia. According to the report, a Canadian passport allows visa-free travel access to 183 countries, making it one of the foremost in the world. This […]

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Canada Immigration 

Canadian passport processing back to pre-pandemic service standards

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Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:08:57 +0000

Service Canada has reported that passport delivery has returned to pre-pandemic processing times. A recent news release by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) says that there are no more passport application backlogs, and that Service Canada is exceeding the delivery standard for most applications. This is despite a brief disruption caused by the Public […]

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Canada Immigration 

Canadians will soon be able to renew their passports online

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Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Tue, 30 May 2023 12:00:17 +0000

After unveiling a new design for its passports on May 10, the Government of Canada has now announced that Canadians eligible for simplified passport renewals will be able to complete this process online starting in the fall. In an announcement from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) the same day as the passport redesign reveal, […]

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Canada Immigration 

Immigration minister reveals Canada’s newly redesigned passports

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Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 13:56:50 +0000

Today, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser and Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould, have unveiled the new Canadian passports. Discover if You Are Eligible for Canadian Immigration The passport redesign has been in progress since 2013. The government says it is a regular process to prevent counterfeiting and to integrate more modern security […]

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Canada Immigration 

Canada to make it easier for Iranians on temporary visas to extend their stay

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Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:04:29 +0000

Effective March 1, 2023, the Government of Canada is offering new immigration measures to support Iranians. The Canadian government announced it will: Make it easier for those in Canada on a temporary work, study, or visitor visa to apply for an extension from inside Canada. Process applications from Iranians living in Canada on a priority […]

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Canada Immigration 

The benefits of getting a Canadian passport

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Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 17:00:41 +0000

Canada has tied for eighth place alongside Australia, Greece, Malta and the Czech Republic according to the most recent Global Passport Ranking report by Henley & Partners, a global immigration consultancy. The firm ranks passports on the number of other countries a citizen may enter without having to obtain any kind of visa. The report […]

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Inquirer News Philippines 

Man with ‘rude’ surname denied passport

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Credit to Author: rrcadio| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:22:14 +0000

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A man from the United Kingdom, is no longer able to fly out of his country due to his surname being deemed “too rude” to be on a passport.

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‘OFWs welcome no birth certificate ruling on passport renewal’

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Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 00:47:22 +0000

'OFWs welcome no birth certificate ruling on passport renewal'

MANILA, Philippines — The department order signed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. removing the birth certificate requirement for passport renewal is a “welcome relief” for migrant workers, a recruitment consultant and migration expert said Wednesday. “The department order signed by Sec. Locsin is a welcome relief for millions of migrant workers deployed to […]

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