The Passport Canada Website: Canada

Canadian Passport Dept: A. Clearly you are concerned, so why not just get a new passport with your proper full name on it. The Passport Canada website does make clear that the name listed on your passport should match all of your other documentation. And those who have changed their names for one reason or another have to apply for a new passport. So I would suggest that you apply for a new passport in the name that corresponds to your other identity documentation. You can find out more about the passport application process at www.passport.gc.ca , according to The Star. A: I guess the simple answer is the bitter reality that not every nice person who wants to start a new life in Canada is going to make it. Indeed, given how competitive the application process is, a person who works as a waiter in a resort in Cuba and is not completely proficient in English probably doesn t have a very good chance of gaining admission to Canada as an independent immigrant in the skilled worker class, which is the main channel for entering Canada. That said, it might well be that your friend has an advanced university education and is proficient in English, but has just chosen to work as a waiter. In any event, the best place to start is for him to use a tool in the immigration department website to get a quick sense of how his application would be ranked under the point system used to weigh immigration applications. He can do that online at: www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/assess/index.asp and q. I follow your column and I am hoping you can advise me. About 10 years ago when I was renewing my Canadian passport I mentioned that my referee on the application, my bank manager, knows me by a name that is not my full, formal name. So I was told to put my passport in that name. Since I travel a lot I am concerned that if my passport was lost or stolen I cannot prove who I am as all my ID is in my formal name! Should I be concerned? Q. I have been visiting the same resort in Cuba every year for 12 years now and have gotten to know the staff quite well. One of the wait staff in the buffet dining room asked me how he could immigrate to Canada without having a phony marriage with a Canadian citizen. He has a partner and they have a 6-month-old and he was told the baby can t come to Canada until he is 18. Both are hard working and he has fairly good English but I don t think they have a lot of money. What are the normal channels or requirements for a Cuban to come to Canada to live? He doesn t want to go to the United States. Can you give me some answers that I can forward to him? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.