It does not really matter if your banker is a "profesional." Persons holding certain types of jobs in financial institutions are recognized as guarantors.
From the Passport Canada website page on Guarantors: /begin excerpt All applications must be signed by a guarantor. A guarantor is a person who can confirm your identity or that of your child.
Duties of a guarantor Your guarantor must perform the following tasks free of charge: 1. Certify the information on the application form by completing and signing the "Declaration of Guarantor" section. 2. Write on the back of one of your or your child's photos, "I certify this to be a true likeness of (your or your child's name)" and sign. 3. If applicable, sign and date the photocopy of your supplementary documentation.
Eligible guarantors for Canadian residents Your guarantor must: 1. Be a Canadian citizen residing in Canada and must be accessible to Passport Canada for verification. 2. Have known you personally for at least two years. 3. Be included in one of the following groups: Chiropractor; Judge, magistrate; Lawyer (member of a provincial bar association), notary in Quebec; Mayor; Medical doctor or dentist; Minister of religion authorized under provincial law to perform marriages; Notary public; Optometrist; Person occupying a senior administrative position in a community college (includes CEGEP); Pharmacist; Police officer (municipal, provincial or RCMP); Postmaster; Principal of a primary or secondary school; Professional accountant (member of APA, CA, CGA, CMA, PA, RPA); Professional engineer (P.Eng., Eng. in Quebec); Senior administrator or teacher in a university; Veterinarian *Retired guarantors are not eligible unless still registered in their professional association.*
Declaration in lieu of guarantor If you have not known an eligible guarantor for at least two years, complete form PPT 132 "Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor" available from any Passport Canada office.
The "Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor" form must be sworn or declared before, and signed by, a person authorized by law to administer an oath or solemn affirmation. /end excerpt
I think the system is set up to allow the majority of people to get a passport, even if they do not personally know an engineer.
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From the Passport Canada website page on Guarantors:
/begin excerpt
All applications must be signed by a guarantor. A guarantor is a person who can confirm your identity or that of your child.
Duties of a guarantor
Your guarantor must perform the following tasks free of charge:
1. Certify the information on the application form by completing and signing the "Declaration of Guarantor" section.
2. Write on the back of one of your or your child's photos, "I certify this to be a true likeness of (your or your child's name)" and sign.
3. If applicable, sign and date the photocopy of your supplementary documentation.
Eligible guarantors for Canadian residents
Your guarantor must:
1. Be a Canadian citizen residing in Canada and must be accessible to Passport Canada for verification.
2. Have known you personally for at least two years.
3. Be included in one of the following groups:
Chiropractor; Judge, magistrate; Lawyer (member of a provincial bar association), notary in Quebec; Mayor; Medical doctor or dentist; Minister of religion authorized under provincial law to perform marriages; Notary public; Optometrist; Person occupying a senior administrative position in a community college (includes CEGEP); Pharmacist; Police officer (municipal, provincial or RCMP); Postmaster; Principal of a primary or secondary school; Professional accountant (member of APA, CA, CGA, CMA, PA, RPA); Professional engineer (P.Eng., Eng. in Quebec); Senior administrator or teacher in a university; Veterinarian
*Retired guarantors are not eligible unless still registered in their professional association.*
Declaration in lieu of guarantor
If you have not known an eligible guarantor for at least two years, complete form PPT 132 "Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor" available from any Passport Canada office.
The "Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor" form must be sworn or declared before, and signed by, a person authorized by law to administer an oath or solemn affirmation.
/end excerpt
I think the system is set up to allow the majority of people to get a passport, even if they do not personally know an engineer.