Your family does not need to accompany your when you submit your daughters’ passport applications. If you submit your applications at Service Canada, the processing time is 20 business days not including mailing time. If you submit your application as a Passport Canada office, it is 10 business days.

Your niece did not lose her Canadian citizenship unless she renounced it officially. She needs to apply for a new passport by mail. See our complete guide for applying for a passport.

The rule against laminated birth certificates applies to birth certificates laminated by individuals, not the government. Certain provincial governments, such as Ontario, laminated birth certificates for years. If your birth certificate was laminated by the government of your province, you can use it to apply for a Canadian passport.

As long as your daughter is still a minor and you have custody you can renew her passport. Please note that if you renew her passport through Service Canada it will take 20 business days excluding mailing time.

As long as your passport has been expired for less than a year, and you submit your application in person, you do not need to provide any other identification with your passport application.

You need to complete the regular application, PPTC 153, but you also need to complete and submit the Declaration Concerning a lost, stolen, inaccessible, damaged or found Canadian travel document [PPTC 203]can be found here, which .

You can see if you can get an expedited photo ID card from Service Ontario, but it’s unlikely you will get the health card in that amount of time.

We have a complete guide to Canadian passport applications on this site.

You need to get a passport when your current passport expires.

Yes, you need to prove your name change by providing a copy of your marriage certificate.