Naturalization document vs birth certificate

[diddagirl]

My common law spouse was born in South Korea, and then adopted by an American family (so his only citizenship is American)

As far as sending in birth certificates for our spousal application- he doesnt have a birth certificate- but rather a naturalization paper.

I am really not familiar myself with overseas adoption and naturalization papers, so I am hoping some of you may know if a naturalization document can replace him sending in a birth cert? Are they esentially the same thing as far as the CIC is concerned?

[Swede]

My common law spouse was born in South Korea, and then adopted by an American family (so his only citizenship is American)

As far as sending in birth certificates for our spousal application- he doesnt have a birth certificate- but rather a naturalization paper.

I am really not familiar myself with overseas adoption and naturalization papers, so I am hoping some of you may know if a naturalization document can replace him sending in a birth cert? Are they esentially the same thing as far as the CIC is concerned?

I can't see why naturalisation papers should not be acceptable in lieu of a birth certificate. I won't be able to supply one for my application since my country of origin does not issue birth certificates at all, so I'm sure they're used to having people giving them alternative papers.

Just call the CIC hotline, whydontcha... :)

[diddagirl]

Thanks for your reply Swede, I am also thinking is should be ok.
As bad as it sounds, I hate to call the CIC call centre for everything because you can get a different answer from every agent and I have a hard time trusting what they say (especially since they are not the ones actually processing applications)...