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Applying for a travel document

Guarantor

The guarantor must sign the application and be able to confirm your identity. In the case of a child, the guarantor must have known the applicant (parent or legal guardian) personally for at least six months and have knowledge of the child.

Duties of a guarantor

Your guarantor must perform the following tasks free of charge:

Certify the information on the application form by completing and signing the "Declaration of Guarantor" section.
Write on the back of one of your or your child's photos, "I certify this to be a true likeness of (either your name or your child's name)" and sign.
If applicable, sign and date the photocopy of your supplementary documentation.

Eligible guarantors

Your guarantor must:

Be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident living in Canada and be accessible to Passport Canada for verification.
Have known you personally for at least six months.
Be one of the following:

Chiropractor

Dentist

Geoscientist

Judge

Lawyer (member of a provincial bar association), notary in Quebec

Magistrate

Mayor

Medical doctor

Minister of religion authorized under provincial law to perform marriages

Notary public

Optometrist

Pharmacist

Police officer (municipal, provincial or RCMP)

Postmaster

Principal of a primary or secondary school

Professional accountant (APA, CA, CGA, CMA, PA, RPA)

Professional engineer (P.Eng., Eng. in Quebec)

Senior administrator in a community college (includes CEGEPs)

Senior administrator or teacher in a university

Veterinarian

Retired guarantors are not eligible unless the guarantor's name still appears on the listing provided to Passport Canada by the relevant association.

A relative may act as a guarantor for travel document purposes provided he or she meets the specified requirements.

Declaration in lieu of guarantor

If you have not known an eligible guarantor for at least six months, complete form PPTC 326 "Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor" available from any Passport Canada office.

The "Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor" form must be sworn to or declared before, and signed by, a person authorized by law to administer an oath or a solemn declaration. If completed outside Canada, a qualified official includes a Canadian or British diplomatic or consular representative, or a qualified local official.