Suppoting Documents for sponsorship for spouse****

[Tina85]

hello everyone,
In regards to the "supporting documents" such as Marriage certificate etc they ask for a photocopy, now if the documents were translated then certified, and i photocopy that and send it off to CIC does tht photocopy need tobe notarized again!?!?!I am so confused because foro the region specfic details for middle east applicants from Lebanon for example all photocopies must be notarized... I m scared to send trhem the original translatin etc considerng others have lost their application in mail..........Please give me some insight!!!

[brighton_travel]

hello everyone,
In regards to the "supporting documents" such as Marriage certificate etc they ask for a photocopy, now if the documents were translated then certified, and i photocopy that and send it off to CIC does tht photocopy need tobe notarized again!?!?!I am so confused because foro the region specfic details for middle east applicants from Lebanon for example all photocopies must be notarized... I m scared to send trhem the original translatin etc considerng others have lost their application in mail..........Please give me some insight!!!

you should keep the originals (marriage cert + translation/cetified).
>> Send Notarized Photocopies ie done by a lawyer or notary.

also, when you are Notarizing your documents...."do few more" ...it would be useful in the future.

[Tina85]

So even though the tranlated copy was a "certified" copy of the original I need to Further photocopy that and notarize it again?!? sorry i am confused pleasehelp...thedocuments i have are all True copies of originals but then i will have to photocopy those ad certify them again??