I have a really urgent matter I have to take care of but I don't have a passport. I need it right away. Does anyone know how I can get one?I've been on the website and it said $70 for next working day passport for emergency and compassionate reasons.How do they decide what is a compassionate reason?Thanks so much!!

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I would think the death of a family member or something like that.

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If you really must go urgently, then go first to the Immigration office personally.You need a passport application, which you can complete online, and the online work will facilitate the process as well.You need a guarantor, which is someone who has known you for at least two years. The government specifies what type of person may be a guarantor, such as doctor, lawyer, police officer, professional engineer etc. They are restrictive on this, so the person you want to have sign for you MUST have the qualifications they specify.You need to have two photographs taken by a professional photographer. This is unavoidable as they want you to pose and NOT smile, and the photo is printed on a stock in the size and format demanded by the Government. It has a place for your guarantor to sign.Complete the online application, in two copies, then print it and have your guarantor sign take the printed copies, AND the photos, then put everything into an envelope.You still need the original of your birth certificate and another piece of identification, such as passport, even if it expired, although there is a time limit of one year if it has expired.Take everything to the passport office. Introduce yourself at reception and state clearly that you have a very urgent need to travel abroad.They should assist you from there.

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