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@ekundapsy, I have explained this earlier. I have a marriage certificate from the catholic church and it is the legal one. As long as the church is registered to conduct marriage legally you will be issued an authentic marriage certificate. As I said earlier this certificate is same as that given at the registry. Of course some churches issue their own marriage certificate which is not recognized by the law. Nikkai certificate is given after islamic marriage and it is recognised by the law.ekundapsy said:Hello, all.....
I'm a complete novice in matters of marriage certificates and their authenticity......but I will like to draw your attention to the statement that dcrest made concerning notarization.....
I will beg to differ on your statement, dcrest..... Notarization does not assure authenticity. It just tells whoever is receiving it, that it is a CERTIFIED TRUE COPY of the original that was seen by the officer who notarized. There is no way in the world, that my university degree certificates could be said to be original just by being notarized. The receiving officer can only be sure if the notarized copies are forwarded to the awarding institution to be authenticated. They will then look into their records of awards, and also compare the notarized copy with their own baseline originals. If they are not satisfied, or if the copy is not clear, they will then request for the original copy, to check inbuilt securities.
Now, that said, I think the real issues here are "Does CIC accept marriage certificates from Catholic church?", "Has anyone been rejected because of marriage certificate?", "Does anyone know anyone who has?"
Everyone who submitted marriage certificates from churches or mosques should answer, pls.......
On the issue of notarization of documents, you are right on point. It just shows that the copy is a true of the original document.
Finally, the CIC will accept marriage certificate from the catholic church if it is the authentic one and you will know by following the steps I explained earlier. I dont know if cic will reject based marriage certificate and I don't know of anyone that got rejected based on that. But logically, if one is claiming marriage under the act with a fake marriage certificate, the person may be rejected. My humble opinion though.