A Passport Issue

[Bumper]

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.

How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a TV patch cable from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date?

For crying out loud, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date, you have on my social insurance card, on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30 years, my health insurance card, my driver's licence, on the last eight bloody passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, all those insufferable census forms, and those enumeration documents that are done at election times.

Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'd be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!

I apologize, Mr. Minister. I'm really ticked off this morning. Between you and me, I've had enough! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my freakin' address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthals working there?! Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for crying out loud. I just want to go and park my butt on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why would you care whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days?! If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now, because I have to go to the other end of the city and get another bloody copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day?? Nooooo, that would be too easy! You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some bozo to confirm that it's really me on the stupid picture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile?! Hey, you know why we can't smile? We're ticked off!



Signed - An Irate Citizen

[Tesla 573]

Originally Posted by Bumper

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.

How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a TV patch cable from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date?

For crying out loud, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date, you have on my social insurance card, on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30 years, my health insurance card, my driver's licence, on the last eight bloody passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, all those insufferable census forms, and those enumeration documents that are done at election times.

Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'd be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!

I apologize, Mr. Minister. I'm really ticked off this morning. Between you and me, I've had enough! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my freakin' address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthals working there?! Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for crying out loud. I just want to go and park my butt on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why would you care whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days?! If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now, because I have to go to the other end of the city and get another bloody copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day?? Nooooo, that would be too easy! You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some bozo to confirm that it's really me on the stupid picture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile?! Hey, you know why we can't smile? We're ticked off!



Signed - An Irate Citizen

I second that emotion!

[Beachnutt719]

Good one Bumper! It is so true.
BTW: Looks like we will be seeing you and Jackie in March after all (I got a new deck of cards)

[Bumper]

Originally Posted by Beachnutt719

BTW: Looks like we will be seeing you and Jackie in March after all (I got a new deck of cards)

That's good news, Karen. We'll look forward to seeing you, and praps we can do dinner with you and Jerry again.

[TimHorton]

What REALLY makes me angry is when I go to RENEW my passport and have to submit everything all over again that I submitted five years before.

HELLO--I have my old passport in my hand and nothing has changed except I look five years older.

The icing on the cake at my renewal FOUR years ago was that they would not accept my Quebec birth certificate that they accepted NINE years ago that was issued by the Quebec government.

So had to get a NEW birth certificate from the Quebec government

@#$%^& bureaucrats

[Bumper]

Originally Posted by TimHorton

What REALLY makes me angry is when I go to RENEW my passport and have to submit everything all over again that I submitted five years before.

HELLO--I have my old passport in my hand and nothing has changed except I look five years older.

The icing on the cake at my renewal FOUR years ago was that they would not accept my Quebec birth certificate that they accepted NINE years ago that was issued by the Quebec government.

So had to get a NEW birth certificate from the Quebec government

@#$%^& bureaucrats

Chill out, dude. Switch to the decaff.

Hey, everybody's brother-in-law has to have a job, and if they don't get on with the guvmint, who's gonna' hirem'?

[GloriaGloria]

Originally Posted by Bumper

Dear Mr. Prime Minister,

I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.

How is it that Radio Shack has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a TV patch cable from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date?


For crying out loud, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date, you have on my social insurance card, on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 30 years, my health insurance card, my driver's licence, on the last eight bloody passports I've had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, all those insufferable census forms, and those enumeration documents that are done at election times.

Would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Maryanne, my father's name is Robert and I'd be absolutely astounded if that ever changed between now and when I die!

I apologize, Mr. Minister. I'm really ticked off this morning. Between you and me, I've had enough! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my freakin' address. What is going on? You have a gang of Neanderthals working there?! Look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I don't want to dig up Yasser Arafat, for crying out loud. I just want to go and park my butt on a sandy beach. And would someone please tell me, why would you care whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days?! If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a chicken or a goat, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone!

Well, I have to go now, because I have to go to the other end of the city and get another bloody copy of my birth certificate, to the tune of $60! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a new passport the same day?? Nooooo, that would be too easy! You'd rather have us running all over the place like chickens with our heads cut off, then find some bozo to confirm that it's really me on the stupid picture - you know, the one where we're not allowed to smile?! Hey, you know why we can't smile? We're ticked off!



Signed - An Irate Citizen

Ja Ja thats easy!!!! I have to renew my passport too. But I am in PDC so I had to go to Cancun to Foto Guillermo because he is the only one that knows the new picture specs. Then I print 7 pages twice because I sign and the signature was a little out of the box OHHH and I need my citizen certificate my guarantor and my this and my that.....Sorry but to cool down I am going to apply for my mexican passport and take even my grandmas death certificate.

[Rainman]

Just curious how long does it take for you all to get one in Canada? It takes about 6 weeks and yes nothing is ever in the same place, but we are able do ours by mail but not sure if I would trust it or not. Ours are good for 10 years are yours only good for 5 years?

[Jesus]

In Mexico city you can get you passport in 2 (yes two days) or if you are in a hurry get an appointment and get it in one day, besides the pictures you should get physically, now they take another picture onsite because it gets digitalized along with your fingerprint and they blend both images to make it more difficult to make a fake one.
For renewals you don´t need to get all the papers again, just present you old passport, and a valid ID, go to the bank to pay and present the receipt at the passport office, neat!!!