Passport services at all Service Canada offices are suspended until further notice
If you need to travel urgently, you can get passport services if you
- have a serious illness
- must tend to the serious illness or death of someone you know
- will have financial problems from the loss of a job or business
- If you’ve made plans to travel that are at risk, this doesn’t count as a reason for urgent passport services.
- must travel for humanitarian reasons
- This must be supported by the organization you work with.
You must wait to submit your passport application if
- you don’t meet the criteria for urgent travel
- you’re experiencing symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing or a fever
- you’re in self-isolation
To get urgent passport services, fill out the e-form or call the Service Canada Passport Call Centre at 1-800-567-6868.
If you’re abroad and need urgent passport services, contact the nearest Canadian embassy or consulate.
Renew your passport – adults
To renew your passport, you must be a Canadian citizen and your previous passport must have been issued to you when you were 16 years of age or over.
Services and information
Find out if you can renew your passport
Eligibility requirements for passport renewals and how your current or previous passport affects whether you can renew
How to renew your passport
Application forms, what documents you need to submit and where to apply
Get your passport photo
Photo size, what can and cannot be worn in passport photos and who can take a passport photo
Pay your fees
Fees and payment information for new passports, expedited processing and administrative services
Pick up your passport
Where to collect the passport if you do not want it mailed to you and what to do when you receive it
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