# My new passport arrived!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-passport-arrived/680146>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-passport-arrived/680146 "2014-01-30T18:34:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-passport-arrived/680146/41 "2014-02-03T01:03:30Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> The list of people who can be guarantor for a passport application has been expanded; no longer is it just doctors, lawyers, engineers, mayors, etc. Basically, it’s now any Canadian citizen who’s known you for more than two years and also has a passport.
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> However, the requirements for getting a _birth certificate_ continue to include the older rigorous guarantor requirement.

It looks like I don’t even require a guarantor signature on my application if my passport is still valid, or has been expired for less than one year.

Apparently I just need to list two references. Is this correct?

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-passport-arrived/680146/42 "2014-02-03T01:15:04Z")

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You’ll be doing the simplified renewal then? Because my old one expired more than two years ago, I had to do a complete application from scratch.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-passport-arrived/680146/43 "2014-02-03T01:42:54Z")

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Cool. I’m doing the 10 year thing and then another ten year thing. I may or may not require a third extension, but if I do, that will no doubt be my last. ☹

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**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-passport-arrived/680146/44 "2014-02-03T02:07:04Z")

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Yeah, my problem was that the old one had expired for too long, and being in the US (at the time) I had a limited number of Canadians who had known me long enough. I’m still a little annoyed at my mother for not having a Canadian passport!

This time, I’m doing the simplified renewal, but I also have a lot more Canadians who can vouch for me.

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