Separation certificate

[Tonyrussian23]

Hello,
I am a 47 Italian applicant who is about to be sponsored by my Canadian fiancé. I just received my separation certificate from Italy by the judge, related to my previous marriage.
Am I compelled to translate the whole document (17 pages) in order to be on the safe side? Or can I submit only the first and last page of it to the Immigration Canada Office? Thanks

 

[bigredmoose]

Hello,
I am a 47 Italian applicant who is about to be sponsored by my Canadian fiancé. I just received my separation certificate from Italy by the judge, related to my previous marriage.
Am I compelled to translate the whole document (17 pages) in order to be on the safe side? Or can I submit only the first and last page of it to the Immigration Canada Office? Thanks

If it's not a divorce certificate, why do you need to include it at all?

 

[tink23]

Hello,
I am a 47 Italian applicant who is about to be sponsored by my Canadian fiancé. I just received my separation certificate from Italy by the judge, related to my previous marriage.
Am I compelled to translate the whole document (17 pages) in order to be on the safe side? Or can I submit only the first and last page of it to the Immigration Canada Office? Thanks

Are u applying as common law? If not, then u will have to wait until your divorce comes through and apply as married. There is no Fiance status in Canada. You must be either married or common law.

As for the separation certificate, and if you're common law, I'm not sure... Someone should be by shortly who has experience with such a matter.

 

[Christoph100]

Hello,
I am a 47 Italian applicant who is about to be sponsored by my Canadian fiancé. I just received my separation certificate from Italy by the judge, related to my previous marriage.
Am I compelled to translate the whole document (17 pages) in order to be on the safe side? Or can I submit only the first and last page of it to the Immigration Canada Office? Thanks

Providing the previous marriage was Common Law... Not registered as a full marriage. The page showing when the separation became official and signed by you and your previous spouse and witness would be the page you would require. Photo copy the original and then have that page translated and best to have the translated page certified as a "True Copy".

If the marriage was a full registered type marriage with marriage certificate the others are correct you will have to wait until your divorce certificate is issued before you can proceed with an application for PR.

Chris.

 

[Christoph100]

Hello,
I am a 47 Italian applicant who is about to be sponsored by my Canadian fiancé.

Are you living in Canada or Italay as common law now with your fiance? Living together for a durations of 12months with out being apart? If not as stated above by previous members you will have to wait until your married or after 12mnths of living together consecutively to hit the requirement for a Common Law application.

Chris

 

[blink1ate2]

Are u applying as common law? If not, then u will have to wait until your divorce comes through and apply as married. There is no Fiance status in Canada. You must be either married or common law.

As for the separation certificate, and if you're common law, I'm not sure... Someone should be by shortly who has experience with such a matter.

You cannot legally be married again if your divorce has not be finalized (OP should be common law). But you CAN be legally separated. There isn't a rule that the applicant has to be legally divorced to be in a common law relationship....

It does say on the check list:

If you had previous marriages or common law relationships, photocopy of the following documents:
Proof that you are separated (Income tax forms, legal documents) if you are separated

I personally would have the whole document translated to be safe since it is a legal document.

 

[tink23]

You cannot legally be married again if your divorce has not be finalized (OP should be common law). But you CAN be legally separated. There isn't a rule that the applicant has to be legally divorced to be in a common law relationship....

It does say on the check list:

If you had previous marriages or common law relationships, photocopy of the following documents:
Proof that you are separated (Income tax forms, legal documents) if you are separated

I personally would have the whole document translated to be safe since it is a legal document.

Yes, I understand that
OP has not stated that they're common law, Only that they are engaged, which is why I ask. If they are only just engaged and not common law they can't apply for sponsorship until the spouse is actually divorced. Legal separation is not good enough to apply if they are simply engaged, not yet married, or not yet common law.