The cost of getting a five-year Canadian passport will jump to $120 in July from the current price of $87. Children's passports will cost $57, up from the current fee of $37. Without the fee increases, Passport Canada says it would not be able
to maintain current operations, introduce a 10-year e-Passport and keep
pace with technological advances. The agency is also going to start offering those 10-year passports this July, at a cost of $160. The e-Passport looks like a regular passport booklet, but contains an
electronic chip that holds all the personal information listed on the
second page of the document. The chip, which is already being used in dozens of other countries,
can be read by border authorities to confirm the passport is valid. Passport Canada acknowledges the increases may be too much of a
burden for seniors or low-income Canadians, and suggests they use
alternative documents, or decide not to travel.
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