Service Canada introduces expedited passport process as backlog eases
Service Canada has made a dent in the large volume of passport applications since restrictions have eased and it is now possible to try and get the process expedited.Canadian travellers saddled with uncertainty amid passport delays
Kingston and the Islands MP Mark Gerretsen said the federal agency has been able to make a dent in the high volume of passport applications this year and that they’re starting to get into a “more comfortable position.” “Typically, prior to the pandemic, the federal government would process about 2.3, 2.2 million passports a year. This year alone they’re project to process about four and a half million passports,” he said.Story continues below advertisement
Jamming up the gears in the passport application and renewal process was the large number of people who went to Service Canada immediately after pandemic restrictions were eased.“In particular in March and April this year there was about five or six hundred thousand passports that had been applied for,” added Gerretsen.