canadian birth certificate or passport: copy has to be notarized as well?

[waikiki]

Can I just send a NOT notarized copy of my canadian birth certificate? Did anyone do that? I know they say all copies must be notarized,but does that also refer to a canadian passport or birth certificate, since they could still check in their system, that I am indeed canadian, even if the copy is not notarized?

Edit: I just read in the guidelines, that only translated documents must be certified, all other documents is English can be normal copies.

[hopetoland]

hi, my husband is the canadian and he just sent a copy of his birth certificate not beeing notarized, i think just the documents that are not in english or french have to be notarized.

bye

[wilson]

It is not necessary to notarize copy of  passport or birth certificate.

[waikiki]

Thanks everyone.

[LongTimeComing]

we did not notarize my husbands birth certificate. we just had it translated, and sent in the official translation and a copy of the birth certificate.
still PPR!