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Originally posted by smiley1

Is there an option to obtain LIVING certificate here in Toronto which can be submitted in India(requirement once a year for pension holders).

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http://www.cgitoronto.ca/docs/Form6b.pdf

No fee is charged for that.

http://www.cgitoronto.ca/eoi.php?id=life_certificate

Issued on the same day.

Fill it up & sign it and take your passport & ID's and go there.

Or the person who needs it should go there personally with the above.

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Originally posted by smiley1

Can it be done on Saturday?

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Nope. Unless its a very urgent issue & very genuine emergency, they won't entertain anyone on a Saturday.

Take your mom or dad there on a weekday, drop them off there & show them how to come back by public transit & you can go to work from there. Or pick them up later on your way back.

More often than not there will be a lineup there from at least 7.30 AM, so if you go there first you will be the first in line. They usually have a TOKEN system. Maybe things are faster now & lineup & agents & touts are no longer entertained.

Fill the form accurately, take original ID's, Passport, Canadian VISA etc with you of your parents & if photocopies are required take that also with you.

Take some food & drinks with you, while you are standing in line. Call them and ask them if there is a lineup or not. I have heard things have improved at CGI, since almost everything is outsourced to BLS , so CGI hardly does anything now.

So lineup in BLS Toronto, Brampton etc is probably bigger than at CGI Toronto.

Submission might be on 1 day in the morning and collection might be in the afternoon on the same day or a different day. Very rarely they just stamp/attest something and give it back over the counter immediately, even if its 2 minutes work.

So be prepared to wait till afternoon to collect the submitted documents or come some other day in the afternoon to collect the submitted documents.
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http://www.cgitoronto.ca/eoi.php?id=hours

The Consulate does not accept any applications directly, except for Emergency Visa, Emergency Passport (Tatkaal), and Attestations. These services are available at the Consulate as per following timings :

Submission/Queries: 9:30 am to 12:30 noon (Monday to Friday)
Collection: Morning/Evening (as informed at the time of submission).

The Consulate opens every Saturday from 1000 hrs to 1330 hrs to render GENUINE Emergency Consular Services

Please note that no submission/queries will be entertained beyond timings mentioned above