Supporting Documents

[Canadaussie]

Hey there,

My wife and I are close to gathering all our forms, documents, etc. to send to Mississauga. She is Australian and we are doing an outland application. My questions are:

- Even though it's not specified to include it, is it suggested that a high school diploma be included with other documents if one's education is a question on the application? Or does it not really matter at all?

- My wife has changed her name twice. Once from her father's last name to her mother's last name... and then from her mother's last name to my last name. Should any birth certificates and/or change of name certificates be included?

- My wife has spent the last few years mostly unemployed while she helps take care of her younger siblings. How much of a factor is past/current employment in spousal sponsorships for the applicant coming to Canada? (I know income is not a factor for the sponsor, only that we cannot have declared bankruptcy or are on government assistance.)

Thank you for any info.

[Tini]

Birth certificate is a requirement anyway, so you have to submit it.  Marriage certificate as well.  And to be on the save side just include the name change cert.  If your docs are all in English that's pretty convenient, I got to get this stuff translated into English from German :( 

[josinyc]

So, when our documentation in an another language and we have to translate it into English, do we send both in our language and English or just the English one?

Thank you.

[Leon]

Send both

[ghiaskhan]

All documents sent to CIC must be in origional language accompanied by the translation in English/French,

[Tini]

Also they have to be certified and in some cases even notarized.

[ghiaskhan]

Yes it makes it more acceptable

[canthai]

Birth certificate is a requirement anyway, so you have to submit it.

I don't know if this is true.  CIC states in the immigrant's checklist IMM3906 Appendix A...

6. IDENTITY AND CIVIL STATUS DOCUMENTS
Provide birth certificates, baptismal certificates or other official document confirming relationship
(including all pages of Household Registries, if applicable) for you and each of your family members.

By reading this, it seems there is no specific mention that the immigrant MUST submit their birth certificate if they have other documents confirming their identity.  Would a copy of the household registry, ID card and passport be enough to prove the applicant's identity to CIC?

Anyone want to help shed some light on my brain since I may need to track down a BC of my wife?  :)

canthai

[canthai]

I found out today, from the Embassy in Bangkok and confirmed by Singapore, that if the applicant is unable to obtain their birth certificate that other additional identity documents and an explanation as to why a B.C. was not found, is sufficient.  This may not be for all regional offices.  Also, some food for thought, I was also told that it may be more difficult for the applicant to obtain their Canadian citizenship later on if the do not have their B.C.

canthai

[ghiaskhan]

If you have read an official document of CIC, do believe it. If its a hearsay confim it from CIC. Good luck