Canadian Passport Order

7 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), where an applicant applies for a passport in respect of a child,

• (a) the child that is under 16 years of age may be issued a passport if the applicant is

  • (i) the parent of the child,

  • (ii) where the parents of the child are divorced or separated, the custodial parent, or

  • (iii) the legal guardian of the child; or

• (b) despite paragraph 3(f), where the child is under three years of age, the passport shall expire no later than three years after the date on which it is issued, unless the passport is sooner revoked.

(2) No passport shall be issued to a child under 16 years of age where the parents of the child are divorced or separated and there is a court order made by a court of competent jurisdiction in Canada or a separation agreement the terms of which grant the non-custodial parent specific rights of access to the child, unless the application for the passport is accompanied by evidence that the issue of a passport to the child is not contrary to the terms of the court order or separation agreement.

(3) No passport shall be issued to a child under 16 years of age where there is a court order made by a court of competent jurisdiction in Canada in respect of the child the terms of which restrict the movement of that child to a judicial district specified in the order, unless the court order is revoked or is varied to permit the child to travel outside Canada.

(4) No passport shall be issued to a child under 16 years of age unless the applicant who applies for the issue of a passport to the child provides to Passport Canada the information and material required in the application for the passport and, if applicable, the further information referred to in section 8.