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posted by [identity profile] canadian-worm.livejournal.com at 09:41am on 08/11/2004
The passport for us duals, when obtained through the British consulate, was CDN$120, and they wouldn't allow us to renew while in England for 22GBP. Is that going up too?

The CDN government is now requiring all duals to get another CDN ID card to go with the foreign passport (ie. non CDN) which costs another CDN$60, and it expires every 5 years.

Is this another tax grab? or are they really trying to discourage people from obtaining the proper travel documents? I think it'll cost them more in the long run, because queues will be longer getting through customs, and they'll need to hire more staff!
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 02:41pm on 08/11/2004
Thus doesn't seem to be a tax grab but instead reflects the fact that the system is genuinely expensive. Also, I think it will no longer be possible to obtain a UK passport at a foreign consulate (which might make things interesting for people who lose their passports while abroad). I don't think they're trying to discourage people from getting the documents, they just haven't thought through the consequences. In fact, if Blunkett's scheme goes all the way, *everyone* in the UK will have to pay for at least an ID card, whether they want a passport of not.

The costs of passports to everyone will go up substantially, so you'll be caught by this.

I don't understand why Canada would require people with dual citizenship to have an ID card as well as both Canadian and another passport. Seems overkill! Do they have a huge databasing infrastructure behind the ID system? This is the most sinister part of Blunkett's scheme, and the part that will be most expensive and most prone to failure.
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