Expect ‘longer lineups’ for a passport now that PSAC strike is over
and Service Canada offices now that applications have reopened following the end of the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s strike for employees handling those services.said Tuesday that “particularly this week, Canadians can probably expect longer lineups because of the two weeks of applications that didn’t come in.”PSAC strike: Don’t submit passport applications unless urgent, minister sayson Tuesday that services have resumed following the end of the strike.
Only passport applications that met essential criteria on humanitarian grounds or emergency situations were processed during the strike, Social Development Canada said“Service Canada received approximately 27,900 applications during the disruption, which represents approximately 81 per cent fewer domestic passport applications than forecasted for this period.”
Gould said though that Canadians don’t need to go early in the morning to the passport office because applications will be triaged based on date of travel. The agency is expecting a number of applications to come in over the next couple of days from people who didn’t drop off their applications due to the strike, she said.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday that about 100,000 immigration cases were not processed during the strike.
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