natodincan said:
I can't believe I screwed up!
We sent in our app to CIC in December, it was open in March and I was approved to sponsor my husband. My husband just received an email requesting a "valid marriage/certificate". Prior to sending in our package, I carefully reviewed the documentation requested and I sent a copy of the "long form marriage certificate" in my package. To be clear, I took the marriage certificate that they sent me, photocopied it and sent it in my package. The CIC agent I just spoke with said we did everything right and to resend with a letter of explanation.
I spoke to someone at the registrar's office where the certificate is issued and she explained that a lot of people do not recognize the long form marriage certificate and that could be why they are requesting a "valid" certificate.
I'm just going to order a file size one and send it registered mail.
Anyone else send a long form and have an issue?
Purely anecdotal, but I think I sent in a copy of the long-form marriage certificate too, and it was fine. Hmmm... although, I have never heard that phrase before (long form).
This is a sample version of the Marriage Certificate I sent in from BC. it was the exact one they mailed us after our marriage. It was a full page.
http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/images/bigmar.gif
It's possible that CIC actually lost the Marriage Certificate, they have quite the habit of losing or misplacing files, forms, and dox.