# Verification record — `ca/ircc/passport-renewal-simplified` v1.0.0 This file is the **source-review record** for this document version, per the [`manual-source-review-v1`](../../../../../practices/manual-source-review-v1.md) practice. It documents the provenance of the published fields and flow and states the current verification claim honestly. ## Current claim - **`status`:** `draft` - **`verification.method`:** `manual-source-review-v1` - **`verification.lastVerifiedAt`:** `2026-07-01` The document was **derived from** the official canada.ca renewal guidance and **cross-checked across independent secondary sources**, but the full field-by-field comparison the practice requires (confirming *every* published field, type, requiredness, and constraint against the live form — `manual-source-review-v1` → Procedure step 2) has **not** yet been completed and recorded. It therefore remains `draft`, not `verified`. Consumers SHOULD treat this as an accurate, source-grounded structural reference, not a load-bearing description of the live process. ## Source examined - **Document `(id, version)`:** `ca/ircc/passport-renewal-simplified` / `1.0.0` - **Spec version:** GovSchema `0.1.0` - **Authority:** Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Passport Program (IRCC) - **Primary source URL:** - **Official form id:** `PPTC 054` (Adult Simplified Renewal Passport Application) - **Retrieved / reviewed:** 2026-07-01 - **Reviewer:** GovSchema Engineering (initial authoring source-review) ## Access constraint (important, read before trusting this record) `canada.ca` returned `HTTP 403` to automated retrieval for **every** page fetched directly — the renewal guidance, the eligibility checklist (`renew-adult-passport/check-who-renew.html`), the required-documents page, the apply-by-mail page, and the `pptc054.pdf` form itself (same class of gotcha as `ie/dfa/passport-renewal-adult`'s `ireland.ie` block; unlike that case, no government-adjacent mirror domain was found that serves the same content unblocked). The PDF was retrieved once as a raw binary via a web-content tool, but its `stream`/`endstream` payloads did not extract with the standard zlib-decompress + parenthesized-string technique used for prior forms (see [[gov-form-pdf-extraction]] in engineering memory). The form appears to be an XFA LiveCycle PDF whose glyph/text data is not exposed as plain `Tj`/`TJ` operands this way. This document is therefore built from **web search result summaries and independent third-party transcriptions** (e.g. `servicecanadapassport.ca`), not a direct read of the primary source. Every eligibility and document-requirement claim below was corroborated by at least two independent secondary sources before being encoded; where sources disagreed, the majority/more-recent reading was taken and the conflict is noted. ## What was confirmed against secondary sources The **eligibility conditions** for Simplified Renewal (no guarantor, no references, no proof of citizenship) were corroborated across `servicecanadapassport.ca`, `citizenpass.ca`, and canada.ca web-search summaries: | Source condition | Field | |---|---| | Most recent passport issued at age 16 or older | `currentPassportIssuedAge16OrOlder` | | Most recent passport was a 5-year or 10-year adult passport | `currentPassportValidity` | | Passport still valid, or expired less than 1 year (up to 15 years for mail/in-person) | `currentPassportWithinExpiryWindow` | | Not reported lost/stolen, not damaged | `passportLostStolenOrDamaged` (must be `false`) | | Name, date of birth, place of birth, gender identifier unchanged | `personalDetailsUnchanged` | | Online channel requires a Canadian home/mailing address | `residentInCanada` | **Resolved source conflict — name changes.** `citizenpass.ca`'s summary initially implied a name-change document could be attached to a renewal. Two other sources (`servicecanadapassport.ca`'s field-by-field summary and the canada.ca web-search synthesis of the official eligibility page) state clearly that Simplified Renewal **cannot** be used at all if the name has changed. The applicant must instead file Form PPTC 153 (Adult General Passport Application). This document follows the majority/more-authoritative reading: `personalDetailsUnchanged` is a hard eligibility gate, and no `nameChangeDocument` field is modelled (unlike the US DS-82 and GB/IE passport renewal schemas, which do accept a name-change document inline). This divergence should be the first thing re-checked when direct canada.ca access becomes available. **Eligibility routing rule (not encoded structurally in v0.1).** If any eligibility condition fails, the applicant cannot use Simplified Renewal and must either apply in person, apply as a first-time applicant, or file Form PPTC 153. GovSchema v0.1's `steps` model is linear and cannot express this branch; the rule is recorded here and in each eligibility field's `description` instead, consistent with how `us/dos/passport-renewal-ds82` handles the same limitation pending [GSP-0004](../../../../../spec/proposals/0004-conditional-flow.md) (conditional flow). Required submission items confirmed and modelled as fields: completed PPTC 054 (implicit), most recent passport (`mostRecentPassport`), photo(s) (`photo`, one vs. two depending on `submissionChannel`), and payment (`paymentMethod`). Three submission channels (online, mail, in person) and their respective address and payment-method constraints were corroborated across sources and modelled as `submissionChannel`. ## What is NOT yet independently verified - The **applicant input fields** (`surname` … `mostRecentPassportExpiryDate`) reflect the form's known section structure (Section 1 — Personal Information, Section 2 — Previous Canadian Passport, plus Contact Information) as described in secondary transcriptions, but were not confirmed item-by-item against the primary PDF; the `sourceRef` annotations are indicative, not authoritative. - Whether a separate mailing address (distinct from the home address) is collected as discrete fields on the live form, versus how this document folds it into the single boolean `mailingAddressSameAsHome`, is unconfirmed. - Constraint patterns (postal code, phone, passport number) are reasonable encodings, not citations of a published validation rule from the source. - The precise boundary of `currentPassportWithinExpiryWindow` (whether renewal by mail/in-person is available up to the full 15-year window, versus only online renewal being restricted to the 1-year window) is taken from secondary sources and should be confirmed against the primary eligibility checklist. - **Fees and processing times** are deliberately not encoded as data (they change frequently, and one secondary source already showed a fee change effective 2026-03-31); the document points consumers to the live source instead. ## Path to a `verified` claim (next step) To advance this document to `status: verified`, a reviewer needs **direct** access to `canada.ca` (the 403 block encountered during authoring must be worked around, e.g. from an unrestricted network) to apply `manual-source-review-v1` (Procedure step 2 field-by-field comparison, step 3 flow comparison) against the primary eligibility checklist, required-documents page, and the PPTC 054 PDF itself; resolve the name-change discrepancy noted above; and record the outcome here before setting `status: verified` with a current `verification.lastVerifiedAt`/ `nextReviewBy`. This v1.0.0 record stays as the authoring provenance. ## Re-verification Per the practice's **Cadence**, `nextReviewBy` is set to **2027-01-01** (6 months): passport renewal is a fee/policy-sensitive process, and this record's above-average reliance on secondary sources argues for the shorter end of the cadence. Re-check the source on or before that date and on any `source.url` change.