Can my Registered Notary Friend Notarize my Application Documents?

[lulubeans9]

Hi all!

I have a close friend who is a registered Notary Public. Would it be a conflict of interest, and possibly detrimental to our application if she were to notorize documents for our Family Class Spousal PR application? She will also be providing a testament to the genuine nature of our relationship and is one of the witnesses on our marriage certificate.

Thanks for your help

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi all!

I have a close friend who is a registered Notary Public. Would it be a conflict of interest, and possibly detrimental to our application if she were to notorize documents for our Family Class Spousal PR application? She will also be providing a testament to the genuine nature of our relationship and is one of the witnesses on our marriage certificate.

Thanks for your help

DId you read the checklist?, I think that for other than translated documents you will find that you don't need notarized copies, either originals or photocopies.

 

[Avadava]

According to: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3999Etoc.asp#3999E3

Certified true copies

To have a photocopy of a document certified, an authorized person must compare the original document to the photocopy and must print the following on the photocopy:

“I certify that this is a true copy of the original document”,
the name of the original document,
the date of the certification,
his or her name,
his or her official position or title, and
his or her signature.
Who can certify copies?

Persons authorized to certify copies include the following:

In Canada:

a commissioner of oaths (authority to certify varies by province and territory)
a notary public
a justice of the peace
Outside Canada:

a judge
a magistrate
a notary public
an officer of a court of justice
a commissioner authorized to administer oaths in the country in which the person is living
Family members may not certify copies of your documents.


I certificated as true copies all the photocopies that we sent. Some documents were required in original, but some only photocopies. I can't remember if it was required or not, but we probably did it just to make sure we don't get the application returned to us.

 

[Rob_TO]

I certificated as true copies all the photocopies that we sent. Some documents were required in original, but some only photocopies. I can't remember if it was required or not, but we probably did it just to make sure we don't get the application returned to us.

That is not usually required. Unless the guide specifically says so, any copies of documents can simply be regular photocopies with no certification/notarization required. This would be true for copies of things like passports, marriage certificate, cards/letters for relationship proof etc.... assuming everything is already in english/french.

The only times that people regularly need to get notarizations done are:
- when the copy is a document not in english/french that will be translated.
- for common-law apps some guides require 2 statutory letters of support

 

[truesmile]

Agreed. We sent "originals" and "photocopies" ONLY. We had NOTHING "notarized".

 

[TooCareless1]

why not???????????????????????????????????

CIC dont know who is your friend

 

[Avadava]

The only times that people regularly need to get notarizations done are:
- when the copy is a document not in english/french that will be translated.

Yes, we had lots of those actually. I couldn't remember why we notarized the copies, but now I do. We had to send true copies of all the translated papers (marriage certificate, my birth certificate, my permit of stay - since I live somewhere else other than my birth country)

I knew I wasn't crazy and I notarized those copies for a reason.