Legal change of name

[astasi]

Hi,

I am in a dilemma here. Sometime in 1997 I changed the way my first name is spelled and had followed the legal procedure for the name change in my home country.

All my documents prior to 1997 like high school certificates/ marriage certificate/ date of birth certificate of my daughter bear the previous spelling of my first name.

I am unable to locate the newspaper advertisements and the original or a copy of the affidavit for name change. I have in my possession an expired passport with the old first name along with the current passport with the changed first name.

I will appreciate if someone could help me with the documents I need to send along with my PR application in absence of these documents (newspaper advertisements & affidavit for change of name).

Thanks in advance.

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi,

I am in a dilemma here. Sometime in 1997 I changed the way my first name is spelled and had followed the legal procedure for the name change in my home country.

All my documents prior to 1997 like high school certificates/ marriage certificate/ date of birth certificate of my daughter bear the previous spelling of my first name.

I am unable to locate the newspaper advertisements and the original or a copy of the affidavit for name change. I have in my possession an expired passport with the old first name along with the current passport with the changed first name.

I will appreciate if someone could help me with the documents I need to send along with my PR application in absence of these documents (newspaper advertisements & affidavit for change of name).

Thanks in advance.

1. You are going to have to find legal proof of the name change. Otherwise CIC is probably not going to accept your explanation.

 

[astasi]

Hi PMM,

Thank you for the reply. To be specific I didn't change my first name all together just the way it is spelled as from "HARRY" with two R to "HARY" with one R.

Thanks.

 

[deba]

Hi astasi,

Even I am having the same problem with my name. My birth certificate has a different name as that of my passport or any other official document (difference of 1 character!!). Infact, I never used my birth certificate name anywhere.

Please share your approach or steps taken. Did you apply for affidavit? If yes, is it from your home country or from Canada? Can you please share the template, if possible?

 

[deba]

Any update/ suggestions?

 

[astasi]

Hi Deba,

Hi astasi,

Even I am having the same problem with my name. My birth certificate has a different name as that of my passport or any other official document (difference of 1 character!!). Infact, I never used my birth certificate name anywhere.

Please share your approach or steps taken. Did you apply for affidavit? If yes, is it from your home country or from Canada? Can you please share the template, if possible?

I have decided to send an affidavit in support of the name change when I send my application to CIC and when entering the information on IMM 0008 I have checked on the YES in response to the question "Have you ever used any other name" and mentioned the old name with the different spelling.

I had called the CIC helpline and the agent had also advised to submit a letter/affidavit in support of the name change and the inability to submit legal change of name documents.

I still have to see a lawyer for the affidavit and I don't have a template to share with you for now.