Just photocopies or certified true copies!!!

[prashanthmanae]

Hello all,

I am planning to submit my PR application shortly..i was just concerned about one piece of info :

for education, work experience, civil status documents and other documents that we are suppose to send photo copies (not originals) , do these need to be certified true copies by a notary with the particular message in it as per IMM5609

is it mandatory to have it certified with the text printed on it , please advice. thanks

 

[yahoo7]

Hello all,

I am planning to submit my PR application shortly..i was just concerned about one piece of info :

for education, work experience, civil status documents and other documents that we are suppose to send photo copies (not originals) , do these need to be certified true copies by a notary with the particular message in it as per IMM5609

is it mandatory to have it certified with the text printed on it , please advice. thanks

not required.just photocopies are enough.

 

[whymeee]

Photocopies, as long as original documents are in English.

 

[iam_toby]

I will have to get some documents, e.g. doc of a name change translated. In that case,
do I submit copies of the doc in the original language and the translated version? Or translated only?
Does one of those copies have to be certified?
The translation service I use always attaches a copy of the original document with the translated verison,
plus a stamp stating that the content of the two documents is the same.

 

[nitz]

See check list IMM5610E

Other then PCC and IELTS nothing original goes only photo copies.

 

[iam_toby]

Yes, saw that. But I'm not sure about translated documents. Because in the How To-Guide it says
that translated documents have to submitted accompanied by certified copies.

 

[jes_ON]

For any translated document, you need:

1. ORIGINAL - of the English/French translation
2. Certified copy - of the original language document
(3. Translator's affidavit (by definition, notarized).

Item 3 can be omitted if the translation is done by a certified translator who is a member of a Canadian/Provincial translators association - you can find certified translators on the association websites (e.g. Ontario Translators and Interpretors Association, ATIO, http://www.atio.on.ca - just google "PROVINCE NAME" and "Translator's association" and you'll find it...)

 

[iam_toby]

So in my case I have a document showing a name change in German language. I have to include
it in my CEC application so I get that one translated and submit it together with a certified copy
of the original document in German?

 

[Regina]

Any document not in English or French should be translated and translation certified. (make a certified cope of 'foreign" document, get a translation of it and certify that translation-- a certified copy and translation will be sawn together), then MAKE A COPY of that translation and send to CIC or VO. You do not need to send the original certified translation!

 

[jes_ON]

then MAKE A COPY of that translation and send to CIC or VO. You do not need to send the original certified translation!

From the document checklist -
"if your documents are not in English or French, send a notarized (certified) translation with a copy of the original one."

A photocopy of notarized document is not the same thing as a notarized document. I don't really know how strict CIC is with this, do you really want to risk it?

 

[Cruiser55]

For any translated document, you need:

1. ORIGINAL - of the English/French translation
2. Certified copy - of the original language document
(3. Translator's affidavit (by definition, notarized).

Item 3 can be omitted if the translation is done by a certified translator who is a member of a Canadian/Provincial translators association - you can find certified translators on the association websites (e.g. Ontario Translators and Interpretors Association, ATIO, http://www.atio.on.ca - just google "PROVINCE NAME" and "Translator's association" and you'll find it...)

Jes_on is 100% right! And not just for PR purposes, for any documents to be translated for official purposes, these steps need to be followed.

 

[Regina]

"if your documents are not in English or French, send a notarized (certified) translation with a copy of the original one."

Please provide a link. Because here, for example, where they say "A COPY" in the "Format" column you may send "a Xerox copy of certified copy": http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5610E.pdf

 

[jes_ON]

Please provide a link. Because here, for example, where they say "A COPY" in the "Format" column you may send "a Xerox copy of certified copy": http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5610E.pdf

Third paragraph from the top of the document checklist.

As for the "Format" column, that assumes the documents are in English/French.