Her trip is in limbo while waiting for more information on where and when the passport will arrive. The expedited passport could also be sent through the mail. “My husband would have to take a day off work and go four hours each way.” “Which would mean we would have to go to Brampton or Toronto and pick it up,” she said. “We encourage constituents who have not yet received their passport to reach out to the Passport Program or their MP office for assistance.įrustrated, Menchenton was told she had the option to provide proof of travel at which point the passport application would be pulled from its cue and sent to a Service Canada office for processing, completion and pickup. This included having the Sudbury Service Canada location designated as a 10-day passport processing office without proof of travel required. “My northern Ontario caucus colleagues and I have worked closely with Minister Gould to address the passport-issuing backlog in our region. ![]() Serré released this statement that said, in part: However, later in the day, Nickel Belt MP Marc G. Menchenton tried going to Nipissing-Timiskaming MP Anthony Rota’s office but said she was told the same thing by his staff.ĬTV News reached out to Rota for a response, but we were told he was not available. “It’s very frustrating for anyone who says they have to go away,” she said. With the Dominican trip coming up at the end of February, worry is starting to set in. We called and the answer we got it was that it was still in processing,” Menchenton said. 26, she said no new passport has arrived. Husband Dwayne applied for a new passport in mid-August and was told it would arrive Nov. A North Bay family is taking issue with statements from the federal government that the passport backlog has been “virtually eliminated.”īecky Menchenton said her family’s trip to the Dominican Republic next month is in limbo because they have not received her husband’s passport.
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