Government-Certified true copies

[canadiantica15]

Per my common-law partner's country guidelines (Costa Rica), it states official documents issued by his country must be government certified true copies (copies certified as authentic by the issuing governmental authority, signed and sealed).

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
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

If we are using a Notary Public, is it okay if their seal is in Spanish?

 

[neuroCanadian]

three years later... and no one still knows the answer... fml

i'm literally crying trying to figure this out