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What wedding certificate do I need to sponsor my wife?

chris_z77

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Hello,

I am a Canadian Permanent resident since last year. I got engaged back in Lebanon before I came to Canada.
My wife and I are thinking of getting married really soon to speed up the sponsorship application.
We want to have a civil wedding in Cyprus since civil weddings are not yet held in Lebanon.
Now In the lebanese law I should register my civil wedding to be registered as husband and wife in Lebanon and obtain a Lebanese wedding certificate

When I apply the sponsorship application to my wife, do I have to present the Lebanese wedding certification? or I can present the certification issued by Cyprus? If I can present the certification issued by Cyprus I will bypass the whole wedding registration in Lebanon because it's a real burden! And especially that we are planing to have a religious ceremony in Lebanon after my Wife gets her visa to Canada.

Please note that me and my wife both holds the Lebanese citizenship.
 

PMM

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chris_z77 said:
Hello,

I am a Canadian Permanent resident since last year. I got engaged back in Lebanon before I came to Canada.
My wife and I are thinking of getting married really soon to speed up the sponsorship application.
We want to have a civil wedding in Cyprus since civil weddings are not yet held in Lebanon.
Now In the lebanese law I should register my civil wedding to be registered as husband and wife in Lebanon and obtain a Lebanese wedding certificate

When I apply the sponsorship application to my wife, do I have to present the Lebanese wedding certification? or I can present the certification issued by Cyprus? If I can present the certification issued by Cyprus I will bypass the whole wedding registration in Lebanon because it's a real burden! And especially that we are planing to have a religious ceremony in Lebanon after my Wife gets her visa to Canada.

Please note that me and my wife both holds the Lebanese citizenship.
As long as the marriage is legal in Cyprus, it will be recognized by CIC.