Sandeep wrote:
I got a passport for my newborn in oakville near QEW and Trafalgar.
That's the 117 Cross Ave one, which is a "passport receiving agent"... on their web page they can do everything a normal passport office can do... except...
They cannot do...
An Urgent or Express application.
An application where a passport that is still valid for more than one year is submitted with the new passport application.
A child's application if only one of the parents is participating.
Verbal or written evidence or documentation concerning a lost, stolen, inaccessible, damaged or found passport.
Any application where the applicant does not have a guarantor and is using a Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor (PPTC 132).
Any requests other than standard adult, child and renewal applications.
Application involving a change of name.
So if the oakville location is closer, and none of they above apply to you, go there.
fyi
http://www.ppt.gc.ca has all the definitive info on passport renewals.
I think you also can't pick up your new passports at the receiving agent, I think if you use a receiving agent it means your new passport will be mailed to you versus local pickup. Don't think that matters to most people though. I wanted the mailed option anyways, saves me another trip.