Yummyk, current rules for Canadians living outside of Canada allow a relative with a Canadian passport to be a guarantor, even if living in the same premises as the applicant.
Your guarantor must:
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.
In the case of a child, in cases where provincial family services have placed a child for adoption with a family, until the adoption is final (probationary adoption), the Provincial Director of Family Services, the Director of the Family Services Agency or the Director of the Incorporated Institution (in Québec) may also sign as guarantor.
Family members and those residing at the same address as yourself may be your guarantor provided he or she meets the specified requirements.Please note however that if you are the parent or legal guardian applying for a passport for your child, you cannot act as guarantor.
Why is it in human nature that we seem to get along well until we cost some token money to a country and then everyone jumps up and down to remove privileges. It happens everywhere, not only in Canada, it happens here with immigrants receiving benefits. I think it is rather selfish and it is exploited by unscrupulous politicians. How can we know how Canadian those expatriates felt? Even that, how can one differentiate which Canadian deserves consular help and which not?
