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Passport Canada (previously known as the Passport Office) is an independent operating agency of the Government of Canada with bureaucratic oversight provided through the Citizenship and Immigration Canada portfolio.〔(Improving Passport Services for Canadians )〕 Passport Canada is responsible for issuing, revoking, withholding, and recovering Canadian passports, and it is the sole issuer of them (except for emergency and temporary passports that may be issued by a Canadian mission abroad). It operates under the auspices of the ''Canadian Passport Order'' which defines the agency. Due to the agency's status as a Special Operating Agency, Passport Canada is financed through the fees collected for issuing passports and other travel documents. It does not receive direct funding from the federal government. ==Canadian Passport Order== The ''Canadian Passport Order'' was passed in 1981, and has been amended several times. It is made under the authority of the Royal Prerogative. The Order establishes who is eligible for a Canadian passport, as well as the procedure and application process for obtaining one. The Order also establishes Passport Canada. Under the ''Canadian Passport Regulations'' that were previously in force, residents of Canada could obtain a passport by completing an application and sending it in by mail to the Department of External Affairs, without having to prove their Canadian citizenship. Under the ''Canadian Passport Order'', Passport Canada may revoke or refuse to issue a passport on grounds specified in the Order. A passport may not be refused or revoked on grounds not specified in the Order (see Rights to a passport). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Passport Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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