Reminder from the Canadian Consulate

[Kathryn41 3,205]

For Canadians Outside Canada - Final Reminder/ À l'attention des Canadiens en dehors du Canada - dernière avis (La version française suit)

Dear Canadians,

Please consider this message your final notice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada that the deadline for Canadians to re-register into the new Registration of Canadians Abroad (ROCA) system was extended from June 1st, 2009 to September 30th, 2009.

If you registered prior to December 15th 2008, you must register in our new system at www.voyage.gc.ca/register in order to continue to receive safety and security updates. All registrations in the old system will no longer be valid as of October 1st, 2009.

If you have already registered in the new system, please disregard this notice.

Should you have any questions, please contact the nearest Canadian government office or the 24/7 Emergency Operations Centre in Ottawa at 613-996-8885.

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Cher/Chère citoyen(ne) canadien(ne),

Veuillez s'il vous plaît considérer ce message comme étant un avis final du ministère des Affaires étrangères et Commerce international Canada vous avisant que la date limite permettant aux Canadiens de s'inscrire dans le nouveau système (ROCA) avait été prolongée du 1er juin au 30 septembre 2009.

Si vous vous êtes inscrit(e) en ligne avant le 15 décembre 2008, vous devez vous réinscrire dans notre nouveau système via le www.voyage.gc.ca/inscription afin de continuer à recevoir des mises à jour de sécurité et de sûreté. Toutes les inscriptions dans l'ancien système ne seront plus valides à partir du 1er octobre 2009.

Si vous êtes déjà inscrit dans le nouveau système, veuillez s'il-vous-plaît ne pas tenir compte du présent avis.

Si vous avez des questions ou avez besoin d'assistance, veuillez contacter le bureau du gouvernement du Canada le plus près ou le Centre des opérations d'urgence 24h/24 au 613-996-8885.

Edited September 1, 2009 by Kathryn41

[beans 7]

Thank you that reminded me to register lol

[Hugglebuggles 60]

I've never even heard of this before... Maybe I should register? Seems like a smart thing to do.

[Sam and Ben 2]

I seem to recall seeing this at one point, and thought it was a good idea to register. Thanks for the reminder!

Hm, 'course, if I ever pull a bank job.. this may make it easier for them to find me...

[domegirl1978 1]

What is this for exactly? Can anyone explain? Thanks.

[JillA 2]

What is this for exactly? Can anyone explain? Thanks.

It's for Canadians living abroad, it's wise to register with your local consulate. In case of emergency, disaster, etc. they have a record of you living there. I registred when I got here.

[Carlawarla 1]

Thanks for the reminder. I tried to log in, and it said they didn't know me, so I just re-registered. However, after filing in some of the information, they wanted other information such as my travel dates. I did give them one travel date, but I'm thinking that this is something I should be updating every time I travel I guess. I'm sure I'm not going to remember to do that. I thought it was perhaps just the Connect2Canada database or something. Not so.

[SapphireDreams 71]

Thanks for the reminder. I tried to log in, and it said they didn't know me, so I just re-registered. However, after filing in some of the information, they wanted other information such as my travel dates. I did give them one travel date, but I'm thinking that this is something I should be updating every time I travel I guess. I'm sure I'm not going to remember to do that. I thought it was perhaps just the Connect2Canada database or something. Not so.

You can say you are staying long term. I took it has I am living here long term, so I put the date I entered into the US and left the end date open ended and checked off the box that says long term.

Dome - When my friend when to Costa Rica, her passport and all her money and credit cards was robbed from her... well she was able to get to the Canadian Consulate and since she had registered with them before she left on her trip, they were able to issue her a new temporary passport very quickly, give her money and help her find a hotel (she was supposed to leave the day it got stolen, but then couldn't because they needed a couple days to issue her passport).

[carslo 0]

Thanks for the info

Janet

[domegirl1978 1]

Thanks for the responses guys. Are there any downfalls to NOT registering or not registering right away?

[JillA 2]

Thanks for the responses guys. Are there any downfalls to NOT registering or not registering right away?

Well the downfalls of not registering just mean you're not on record as living/travelling abroad as a Canadian citizen, and if you needed assitance from the local consulate it could take longer to get help