Birth certificate with no name

[abhijeetwadhwa]

Hello everyone,

I am applying for my son's citizenship. He is a minor and we need to include his birth certificate with the application. Instruction further indicate that birth certificate must indicate his name.

Instructions

• Photocopy of birth certificate or adoption order
  The document must show:
  • the minor’s name;
  • date of birth;
  • place of birth;
  • the names of the parents or adoptive parents.

We have his birth certificate but it does not have his name. Can we submit his birth certificate with a notarized affidavit? or what is the way forward for this?

Thanks.

 

[hawk39]

I think it's very odd that the birth certificate does not have the name of the person it is supposed to certify as being born . You can try the notarized affidavit, but if that should fail, IRCC will probably require a DNA test.

 

[abhijeetwadhwa]

In India (my home country), I believe, it is very common to have a birth certificate with name specified as "baby of {mother's name}". We generally do *not* use birth certificate for any thing in India.

I am surprised by your interpretation of the rules and conclusion that IRCC may ask for DNA test.

I understand that with the application is that a permanent resident is requesting citizenship based on a long enough stay in Canada. Why would give him Permanent Resident status if you have questions about his birth? or why would let him cross the port of entry if there are any doubts about validity of the relationship with the parents?

I am genuinely curious (and I honestly do not mean any disrespect) to understand your reason to conclude that we need to prove birth of a child with citizenship application.

 

[justanotherguy28]

We have his birth certificate but it does not have his name. Can we submit his birth certificate with a notarized affidavit? or what is the way forward for this?

Vital records services in most countries will allow for error correction. There has to be a way for you to request a correction asking for the name to be added - from the same authorities that issued your document or equivalent in the jurisdiction your son was born. You should be good to go after that.

DNA test sounds like bullkaka.

 

[hawk39]

In India (my home country), I believe, it is very common to have a birth certificate with name specified as "baby of {mother's name}". We generally do *not* use birth certificate for any thing in India.

I am surprised by your interpretation of the rules and conclusion that IRCC may ask for DNA test.

I understand that with the application is that a permanent resident is requesting citizenship based on a long enough stay in Canada. Why would give him Permanent Resident status if you have questions about his birth? or why would let him cross the port of entry if there are any doubts about validity of the relationship with the parents?

I am genuinely curious (and I honestly do not mean any disrespect) to understand your reason to conclude that we need to prove birth of a child with citizenship application.

I apologize. I was assuming that your were applying for his citizenship while he was still overseas, not that he was already a PR in Canada. I would think that whatever documents you used to apply for his PR would be sufficient for his citizenship.

On the subject of DNA testing, it is something that IRCC could request if the provided documents are insufficient to prove parent-child relationship: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/standard-requirements/dna-testing.html