Castlegar, BC – The anticipation is mounting with the date of a new Passport Canada office opening soon in Kelowna BC for residents of the southern BC interior.
“My staff has been in conversation with Passport Canada and, based on that conversation, has had confirmed that an issuing office will be opening in Kelowna in early March,” said Atamanenko.
“Finally southern interior residents will have a place to access Express pick up service for their passport applications,” he added.
“It is good to see the Conservative government sticking to their promise to open the facility in early March. My congratulations go to MP Ron Canaan (Kelowna – Lake Country) for his part in helping to make this happen.”
According to officials, and earlier news releases, the new Passport Canada office will not offer 24 hour urgent service, but can offer express service where applicants can apply in person and pick up their passport from 2 to 9 business days. Satellite passport offices work in conjunction with larger passport offices to offer the full range of passport services, except the urgent next-day service as satellite offices have no local printing capacity.
The new office will be located at 110-1835 Gordon Drive, Kelowna – also known as the Capri Centre. The office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
“My constituency office staff will continue to help constituents review their applications, and I will offer assistance in emergency situations. But after years of fighting for this, I am very happy that it will now be much easier for people to obtain a wider range of passport services closer to home,” said Atamanenko.
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