加拿大passport擔保人問題

你攪亂咗喇, 其實你話嗰兩個 requirement 都係啱, 問題就係申請人其實响邊度住緊.

Canadian Living in Canada:



Hold a five-year Canadian passport that is valid* or has been expired for no more than one year, on the day you submit your application;
Have known you personally for at least two (2) years.
In the case of a child, have known you (parent or legal guardian) personally for at least two (2) years and have knowledge of the child;
Be a Canadian citizen 18 years of age or older;
Have been 16 years of age or older when he or she applied for his or her own passport;
Provide the requested information contained in his or her passport;
Be accessible to Passport Canada for verification;
Reside in Canada, in the United States or in any of the areas where submission of the "in Canada and in the USA" application form is authorized, e.g.: Bermuda. It is not necessary that the guarantor reside in the same country as the applicant. Canadian Living Abroad:

Have known you personally for at least two (2) years.
In the case of a child, the guarantor must have known the applicant (parent or legal guardian) personally for at least two (2) years and have knowledge of the child.
Live within the jurisdiction of the passport issuing office and be accessible for verification.
Be one of the following:

Dentist
Judge
Practising lawyer
Magistrate
Mayor
Medical doctor
Notary public
Police officer
Signing officer of a bank Be able to confirm your identity

Gary could be right

Simply saying

Actually, there are 2 category of reference/gurantor: They are people who DO know you, and people who DON'T know you....

1.) People who know you (Does not need to be relative) must be:



People who knows you with at least 2 year and,
People who are 18 or over and,
People who are Canadian Citizens and hold valid Canadian Passport
Notice that, that person may be interview and ask personal question of yours and the use of Canadian Passport as Identity accept passport that overdue for less than 1 year.

2.) People who DO NOT know you, they must be either:



Dentist or Doctor
Judge, magistrate or Police Officer
Mayor
Notary public
Practice Lawyer
Signing officer of the bank.Those people have their social status, and they do not need to know you to gurantor you for Canadian passport, they work as justice of the peace in common ground.

NOTICE::

PPTC 132 is only needed IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR GURANTOR for more than 2 years, NOT THE GURANTOR DO NOT KNOW YOU FOR MORE THAN 2 YEAR.

Read here:

http://geo.international.gc.ca/asia/hongkong/consulate/guarantor_requirements-en.aspx

This is the procedure for Canadian renewing Passport in Hong Kong.

In your case, a PPTC 132 may be required.