Capitulation
Aug. 28th, 2007 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisI've given up searching for my passport and green card.
I've ransacked the entire house at least twice, I've checked every pocket, every suitcase, every travel bag, every stack of papers, every file folder, every file cabinet and all the spaces in between. I found nothing.
Having given up hope of locating the documents, I'm now working on replacing them. I've just completed an e-filed application for replacement of my green card ($290 filing fee + $80 biometrics fee); hopefully, since it's just a replacement for a lost card, the processing will be relatively swift and I will be contacted soon by the appropriate office for an appointment to confirm my documentation and authorize a replacement.
The replacement of the passport will take much longer. Even if I submit a request for a replacement passport immediately, the scuttlebutt is that the turn-around time from gov't of Canada is four months as the US border rules have created an enormous demand for passports to travel across the border. To obtain a replacement passport, I'll have to go visit the local embassy for the forms, then get new photos and signatures by a guarantor. In short, it'll take at least a week for me to get my part of the process lined up.
On the good side, my planned travel is currently all US domestic so the passport isn't essential yet.
I've ransacked the entire house at least twice, I've checked every pocket, every suitcase, every travel bag, every stack of papers, every file folder, every file cabinet and all the spaces in between. I found nothing.
Having given up hope of locating the documents, I'm now working on replacing them. I've just completed an e-filed application for replacement of my green card ($290 filing fee + $80 biometrics fee); hopefully, since it's just a replacement for a lost card, the processing will be relatively swift and I will be contacted soon by the appropriate office for an appointment to confirm my documentation and authorize a replacement.
The replacement of the passport will take much longer. Even if I submit a request for a replacement passport immediately, the scuttlebutt is that the turn-around time from gov't of Canada is four months as the US border rules have created an enormous demand for passports to travel across the border. To obtain a replacement passport, I'll have to go visit the local embassy for the forms, then get new photos and signatures by a guarantor. In short, it'll take at least a week for me to get my part of the process lined up.
On the good side, my planned travel is currently all US domestic so the passport isn't essential yet.
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Date: 2007-08-29 02:23 pm (UTC)maybe if you were to grow your hair in a bit, and bleach it grey, they might believe you're a Canajun senior, and not need any passport. Easier than pretending to be aboriginal, I suspect.
in all seriousness, good luck with the bureacracy