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No notarised copies of English documents?

haznac

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I am sorry if I am being paranoid and repetitive, but I just need to shake off this shred of doubt:

I am post-ITA and about to submit documents to CIC. Could someone please confirm that I don't need to scan notarized copies of documents such as passport or marriage certificate which are both in English/French and in my country's native language? I am asking because both in FSW 2014 and in OINP application, they asked for notarized copies regardless of whether the document was in English/French or not.

Thanks for giving me some peace of mind.
 

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haznac said:
I am sorry if I am being paranoid and repetitive, but I just need to shake off this shred of doubt:

I am post-ITA and about to submit documents to CIC. Could someone please confirm that I don't need to scan notarized copies of documents such as passport or marriage certificate which are both in English/French and in my country's native language? I am asking because both in FSW 2014 and in OINP application, they asked for notarized copies regardless of whether the document was in English/French or not.

Thanks for giving me some peace of mind.
If you are providing the translation, only in that case you have to get it notarized.
However, If your document is already in English + Your native language then just the scan of originals will suffice
 

nickarter84

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haznac said:
The same goes for reference letters written in English, right?

Exactly, if its already in English then don't worry.
Otherwise get it translated and notarized.
 

CADparity

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haznac said:
I am sorry if I am being paranoid and repetitive, but I just need to shake off this shred of doubt:

I am post-ITA and about to submit documents to CIC. Could someone please confirm that I don't need to scan notarized copies of documents such as passport or marriage certificate which are both in English/French and in my country's native language? I am asking because both in FSW 2014 and in OINP application, they asked for notarized copies regardless of whether the document was in English/French or not.

Thanks for giving me some peace of mind.
If you're uploading scans of original documents, I don't see why you would need to make a notarized copy and then scan that copy when you can scan the original. Notarized copies are requested when you can't send the original physically - usually that's the case when you send a certified true copy to be translated.
 

CADparity

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haznac said:
The same goes for reference letters written in English, right?
If you are scanning the original letter, then you don't need to provide a notarized true copy. Some people have the signature on the reference letter notarized, though - but that's a completely different thing from notarizing a certified true copy.