August 21, 2021. Western Head, Nova Scotia. Passports.

My friend David needs a passport. He is a pleasant fellow and a skilled carpenter, but organization is not his strongest suite. And he procrastinates. In December he filled all the paperwork to apply for his passport and he took his picture. He was intending to hand carry the papers to Halifax to be sure his papers would not get stuck in the mails. But Nova Scotia got locked down again so he was unable to to get to Halifax. And then he forgot about it. I wanted the passport submitted before I left town. Wonderful Wendy found out that he could submit his passport to an office in Bridgewater which pleased him as he is not in love with going to Halifax. Also Wendy found that a person could contact the Bridegewater office and request an appointment to bring in the papers, where they will review the forms to be sure all is in order. The routine is for the office to contact you within 2 days and give you an appointment in 2 more days. So I registred him and gave them his phone number. On Monday morning they called him with an appointment. He was delighted. Wendy also told him that the pictures needed to be taken with 6 months, which meant he had to have another set of pictures, which he did. On Tuesday he brought the forms for my review and on Wednesday morning he appeared at the office where the lady reviewed him paperwork. He was told that his passport would be ready for him within 45 days. Now we will see if this is true. But at least his request for his passport has been submitted. It took both Wendy and me to help him along. But it is done. And David is pleased.