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"Gabby" wrote:
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>On Jan 29, 2:30 pm, DevilsPGD wrote:
>> In message <45bcaf0c$0$1432$4c368...@roadrunner.com> sechumlib
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>> wrote:
>> >On 2007-01-28 00:03:27 -0500, DevilsPGD said:
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>> >> Is that all it takes to get an American passport?
>>
>> >> In Canada you need a fair chunk more, including the signature of a
>> >> doctor/dentist/lawyer/etc (A dozen or so professions included) who has
>> >> known you at least two years, plus a few references and other details.
>>
>> >Seems to me if Dave Smith were REALLY interested in making it easier to
>> >cross the US-Canada border, he (and other Canadians too) would campaign
>> >for easier acquisition and renewal of Canadian passports. There seems
>> >to be no reason to require something like "affidavits of seven bishops"
>> >to get a passport. Even now, with security concerns in the US as high
>> >as they are, it's still pretty easy to get a passport.FWIW, I agree completely as far as the Canadian passport issue goes. I
>> don't have a problem with them not being renewable, but I'd like to see
>> an existing, valid, unaltered, undamaged passport as sufficient to
>> obtain a new one.
>>
>> The application process really isn't all that bad as far as I'm
>> concerned, although I fail to see why they ask for names of people that
>> have known you longer then 'x' amount of time, since they are not
>> actually contacted.
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>Oh, yes they certainly are. I'm not saying that they are all
>contacted, each time, but our priest who signs passport applications
>for a lot of people is routinely called to verify that he actually
>knows them.
I suspect the guarantor is contacted more regularly then the rest.
The others definitely are not contacted in general, since I've been
listed on at least three (and given permission for a few more), neither
of my girlfriend's contacts were contacted, and mine haven't been yet
either (although my passport won't be available for pickup for a couple
days so there is still time)
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