I've been nominated by British Columbia (Provincial Nominee Program) and my next steps are using the received papers to request a Permanent resident (by mail, takes 16 months) and a temporary resident visa (through web).
on IMM5690E, it's written "Do not submit originals unless otherwise stated as documents submitted will not be returned".
So, I made copies. What's not clear is if I need to authenticate all those copies or it's enough to just use a printer, create copies and mail them.
It's important because since I'll be presenting 35 documents and authenticating each document costs 16€, it ends up being quite a big cost.
Not to mention, my government doesn't authenticate some of the documents because they can be re-issued. There is a problem though, those documents have a translation attached, which means if I send the original I will need to undergo the translation-validation-affidavit process, which is even more costly.
Are there any chance CIC is fine with simple copies?
on IMM5690E, it's written "Do not submit originals unless otherwise stated as documents submitted will not be returned".
So, I made copies. What's not clear is if I need to authenticate all those copies or it's enough to just use a printer, create copies and mail them.
It's important because since I'll be presenting 35 documents and authenticating each document costs 16€, it ends up being quite a big cost.
Not to mention, my government doesn't authenticate some of the documents because they can be re-issued. There is a problem though, those documents have a translation attached, which means if I send the original I will need to undergo the translation-validation-affidavit process, which is even more costly.
Are there any chance CIC is fine with simple copies?