To apply for a new passport, applicants must send by post to the Embassy the following:
1.Passport Application Form, duly completed and signed by the applicant.
2. Photocopy of the Paraguayan Cedula de Identidad, both sides (preferable in color). Do not send the original.
3. Photocopy of the Paraguayan passport about to expire or expired (from the page with personal data and of the last renovation, if the case. Preferable in color). Do not send the original passport.
4. A recent photo size 5 x 7 cm, white background (Canadian passport type).
5. Signature card obtainable at the Embassy or download here: http://www.embassyofparaguay.ca/eng/downloads/SignatureCard.pdf
6. Minors (under 18 years old): applications must be signed by both parents. Otherwise, the signatory must justify custody of the minor or send Death Certificate of the deceased parent. If one of the parents is not in Canada, he/she must send a notarial authorization for the issuance of the Passport to the minor.
Please contact the Embassy by e-mail: embassy@embassyofparaguay.ca
(1) 613-567-1005.
Ministry of foreign affairs Paraguay
Address: Palm and May 14 "Benigno Lpez Palacio"
Telephone: (595-21) 493928, (595-21) 493902, (595-21) 445 536
Every Paraguayan citizen is entitled to apply for a new passport. All citizens abroad are entitled for a consular passport
$55.00 (fifty-five U.S. dollars)
Consular Passports are valid for a period of five years and are not renewable.
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Processing time: between 5-6 weeks
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Diplomatic missions and consular abroad may issue consular passports to residents natural Paraguayans abroad,
The Identification Department of the National Police is the institution responsible for issuing identity cards of people, so the diplomatic missions and consular offices are not authorized to include the married name in consular passports. The applicant is responsible for performing the appropriate steps before the Identification Department of the National Police in case you want to include in his name to married name. This management must be pre-application of consular passport in which the inclusion of married name is requested.
At the request of a compatriot, the defeated consular passports can be replaced by new consular passports issued by diplomatic missions or consular posts. In these cases, consular passports replaced shall be canceled. However, with prior request, the expired passport may be delivered to the applicant again, either because they have visas and / or residence of the receiving State (country of residence of the passport holder). In the case of destruction, cancellation, loss or theft of the passport should be reported immediately to the Passport and Consular Services, through Consular Information System (SIC).The cancellation takes place across a diagonal stripe on each blank page, by inserting the words "VOID".