Korean Birth Certificate?

[marta1234]

Hi all, I'm hoping some of you can help me with this as there are a lot of Korean applicants.

I'm sponsoring my husband who is Korean, and the new form says we need to include his birth certificate and one for each of his family members whether they are accompanying him to Canada or not.

The problem is... my husband insists that birth certificates don't exist in Korea, and that the document we got from the local government office is what Koreans consider a birth certificate. The document is called '기본증명서' in Korean.

Can anyone confirm this? Do all his family members need to include theirs, even if they aren't coming with him?

Thank you kindly in advance.

 

[canadianwoman]

'Family member' for CIC means the spouse or common-law or conjugal partner, and any dependent children. It does not include father, mother, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. So only your husband has to send in his birth certificate, as well as his dependent children, if any. This is also true of the medical exam and the police certificates: only he and any dependent children need to get these.
As for the birth certificate, I have read that the household registry is what is used as a 'birth certificate'. Perhaps others who have sponsored someone from South Korea can say whether what you have is the right thing.

 

[Minky.J]

Hi, I'm a PA from South Korea. We don't have a document exactly called "birth certificate" in South Korea.
I got 기본증명서(basic certificate) for my birth certificate since it has all the information that Canadian birth certificate has.
And on the translated form of my "기본증명서", the translator/notary public we used translated it to "basic certificate (birth certificate) ".

I just came across this page as I was searching for further information and thought this could help you.

http://overseas.mofat.go.kr/webmodule/htsboard/template/read/korboardread.jsp?typeID=15&boardid=4008&seqno=1139225&c=&t=&pagenum=1&tableName=TYPE_LEGATION&pc=&dc=&wc=&lu=&vu=&iu=&du=

This is a posting from a Korean embassy in Vancouver (sorry it's all in Korean), it says you should get 기본증명서(basic certificate) and 가족관계증명서 (certificate of family relation/family relation certificate) for your birth certificate.

IRCC requires you to submit 가족관계증명서 anyways, so 기본증명서 and 가족관계증명서 should be enough for the matter of a birth certificate.

Hope this helps.

 

[marta1234]

wow! thank you!!

 

[torontomommy]

Hi. Do these Korean birth certificate equivalent documents need to be translated to English by professional translation company or can I translate them myself?

 

[Minky.J]

Hi. Do these Korean birth certificate equivalent documents need to be translated to English by professional translation company or can I translate them myself?

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html#documents

I know it is long and sounds confusing sometimes, but reading the guide thoroughly really keeps you from making mistakes and gives you clearer ideas on how to prepare your application .
Good luck with your application!

 

[keesio]

My wife was born in South Korea at a time where there were no birth certificates. The document used at the time was a family census register, of which the head of the household was her father and she was added to it when born. For her application, we explained (in a letter) that she didn't have a birth certificate, but had this family census register instead. IRCC didn't seem to have an issue with it since no more questions were asked and she got her PR.

One note I should mention is that she immigrated to the US as a child and was not a Korean citizen anymore when I sponsored her. So the situation is a bit different.