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[Fantasmu]

They sent back my wife's permanent residency application with the following items highlighted:

• Birth certificates or baptismal certificates for yourself (principal applicant - my wife)
• Provide your marriage certificate/registration

The birth certificate was highlighted because my wife was born in Brazil and her original birth certificate is in Portuguese. The hospital provided a translation, which we also copied and sent along, but the letter they sent back with the application said that "any documents that are not in English or French, you must attach: a certified copy of the original document and a certified translation." How would we go about getting that translated "officially"? Is it enough to go to a notary and get the original translated certified as a true copy?

 

[Kotishii92]

They sent back my wife's permanent residency application with the following items highlighted:

• Birth certificates or baptismal certificates for yourself (principal applicant - my wife)
• Provide your marriage certificate/registration

The birth certificate was highlighted because my wife was born in Brazil and her original birth certificate is in Portuguese. The hospital provided a translation, which we also copied and sent along, but the letter they sent back with the application said that "any documents that are not in English or French, you must attach: a certified copy of the original document and a certified translation." How would we go about getting that translated "officially"? Is it enough to go to a notary and get the original translated certified as a true copy?

Hey,

Yes you have to get a notarized translation... Not just a translation, so the notary is authenticating kind of the documents.

Good luck

 

[Fantasmu]

Where could I get the document translated?

 

[SRafiq]

Where could I get the document translated?

Look for translation services in your area. They will provide a official translation.

 

[Fantasmu]

Ok, I found a service in Windsor. They told me to make sure I have the right kind of translation for where I'm sending it to - would a professional translation with an affidavit work for Immigration?

 

[TANMEX]

Ok, I found a service in Windsor. They told me to make sure I have the right kind of translation for where I'm sending it to - would a professional translation with an affidavit work for Immigration?

I did all my translations though this agency http://taontario.ca/ and Immigration accepted all of them .

you can email them a copy of your document and they will do it for you .

good luck

 

[lukeaidan97]

As long as all translations of documents are certified by a notary or Commissioner of Oaths you should be fine. Definitely get them certified.

 

[mizzcheviouz]

I used taontario.ca to translate my husband's birth and our marriage certificate. If you let them know you need it for immigration Canada they will do the certification for you. You email them your document, pay online once you are given a quote and either you can go pick it up, or they will email it to you.

Hope this helps!

 

[Fantasmu]

Thank you all for your responses!

I got both the original and the translation notarized. The notary, along with her seal, attached a sheet of paper that basically says "this is an official translation of the original birth certificate."

Is that enough, or should I get a new translation of the birth certificate and get that certified?

 

[Sous02]

Thank you all for your responses!

I got both the original and the translation notarized. The notary, along with her seal, attached a sheet of paper that basically says "this is an official translation of the original birth certificate."

Is that enough, or should I get a new translation of the birth certificate and get that certified?

This is very important.
1. you make a copy of the original birth certificate. A notary authorizes it as a true copy of the original. The notary has to see the original and the copy.
2. You then take that authorized copy to a certified translator. The translation is then certified.

On occasion there are translators that are also notary agents but not always. this is what confuses people.