To: Passport Canada					[DATE HERE]
Foreign Affairs and 
International Trade Canada
Gatineau QC K1A 0G3
CANADA


PROTEST FOR PASSPORT CANADA
AGAINST THE JOB LIST FOR THE GUARANTOR

I am a proudly Canadian citizen since 2001, a country which I continue to consider 
the best in the world for an immigrant! I applied twice for my Canadian passport, 
once in 2001 from Canada and second in 2010 from Spain, the country where I live now 
because of my job. In both cases I had minor problems finding a guarantor for my 
application because of its job restriction, so I contest this guarantor job list! 

This was the list of accepted jobs for the guarantor in 2002 (Canadians living in 
Canada - my case in 2002): dentist, medical doctor or chiropractor; judge, magistrate, 
police officer (municipal, provincial or RCMP); lawyer (member of a provincial bar 
association); mayor; minister of religion authorized under provincial law to perform 
marriages; notary public; optometrist; pharmacist; postmaster; principal of primary 
or secondary school; professional accountant (member of APA, CA, CGA, CMA or RPA); 
professional engineer (P. Eng., Eng. in Quebec); senior administrator in a community 
college (includes CEGEPs); senior administrator or teacher in a university; veterinarian. 

Now this is the list of accepted jobs for the guarantor in 2010 (for Canadians living 
abroad - my case in 2010): dentist, medical doctor; judge, magistrate, police officer; 
mayor; notary public; practicing lawyer, notary; signing officer in a bank. Quite 
short, as one can observe! 

First, I am happy to see that there are no more job restrictions for the guarantor 
of a Canadians living in Canada, so it has been recognized that something was wrong 
for the Canadians living in Canada, thank you! 

Second, I contested the job restrictions in 2002 and I contest them now for the 
Canadians living abroad. 

As one can see, the Government retired totally the list of jobs for the Canadians 
living in Canada, so it was definitely recognized that something was wrong and the 
law was revised as of Feb 1st 2010! Then, the list of allowed jobs for the guarantor 
apparently became smaller for the Canadians living abroad, which thus have more 
problems finding a “right” guarantor in order to obtain their Canadian passport! 
I continue to find this allowed job list a double offense, and let me explain why: 

First, according to “A Look to Canada” and also to Canada Charter of Rights, 
“Canadians are equal in rights”, one of these rights being “To apply for a Canadian 
passport”. Now we find that to apply for the passport outside Canada is more difficult 
than in Canada, a fact which diminishes the right to have a passport for the Canadians 
living abroad compared with those living in Canada! Yes, there are Canadians living 
abroad who do not happen to know any guarantor with a job in the list, and thus they 
have no right to get a passport! 
 
Second, I consider any job list an offense to the rest of the Canadians (potential 
guarantors) having another profession, some of us well educated and serving Canada 
both through our knowledge and our professions. For example I didn’t see computer 
programmers in that list (and we all know that Canada has been gaining a lot from 
these educated people), I didn’t see for example a priest of a church very well known 
by his parishioners and community, I didn’t see a plane pilot in charge of thousands 
of lives each day, I didn’t see in the list researchers, doctors in science, 
professors, athletes, and many other jobs which do not appear enough “trusted” by 
Passport Canada in its actual list, and there are tens of such possible examples… 

Given this, I respectfully ask again Passport Canada to revise its policy about the 
guarantor, eventually introduce the need for having two guarantors, but drop entirely 
the list of required jobs for the guarantor/s! 

Yours truly, 

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