dcrest said:
Hi,
I plead to differ with your submission. All applications I had made to embassies for visa had always included my Nikkah (Islamic marriage) certificate as an evidence of my marriage status. And none has ever be turned down.
More so, for fsw application you will need to notaries all copies of documents you are putting in. This (notarization) by itself is a prove that whatever certificate that had passed through it is legally tenable within your country.
Others can contribute pls.
Dcrest
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.......