I’m honestly beyond frustrated at this point.
I am an international student in Canada. I had my B1/B2 visa interview at the US Consulate in Toronto in January, got approved, and my passport was shipped via Canada Post on Jan 21. It was supposed to be ready for pickup Jan 23 in Ottawa. Instead, it’s been stuck as “in transit” in Ottawa for over two weeks.
I’ve contacted Canada Post multiple times, and every time I get the same useless answer: they can’t find it. Now they’re telling me to contact the US consulate to file a claim. So basically my passport is somewhere in their system and nobody knows where, and nobody takes responsibility.
I have a US trip next week and there’s no way I can get a new passport and visa in time if this thing is actually lost. Has anyone dealt with Canada Post losing a passport from the US consulate shipment? How long did it take to resolve?
Echoing others that you should think twice about visiting the US... with its current fascist presidency, anything unusual with documents is more likely to result in ample questioning and possible detention at the border.
If you are really trying to get into the US and then come back to Canada, you'll want to urgently reach out to the US consulate that the visa and passport are lost in the mail, so you would need a temporary entry permit/documents. Especially if you still have your Canada-issued student visa, visit your home country's consulate to see if they can issue a temporary passport. It would still be good to call Global Affairs Canada to ask given the documents lost and what you have, which documents you need to return to Canada. Then go to Service Canada to get those documents as quickly as possible. More likely than not you will have to delay that trip even if you managed to apply for every document necessary.