translation of documents

[805805]

Applying for parents sponsorship and require translation of both birth and marriage certificate. Any recommendations for this service? If they are a certified translator, do I still need an affidavit or is that enough?

 

[haddad287]

If you are translating your foreign marriage certificate and birth document you need to make sure you that it's an official translator from your home country, once translated you need to get the translation verified, then take it to the Ministry of External Affairs and authenticate it for the document to be used in Canada.

If you are doing the translation here in Canada (for non-legal foreign documents like whatsapp conversations or Canadian-provide documents from am embassy here). I would get it translated by the official translators that are affiliated with the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC). You do not need an affidavit if you are doing it from Canada.

For example in Ontario (for me), I used ATIO. But if you are in other provinces, each province has their own

ATINS (New Brunswick)
CTINB (New Brunswick)
OTTIAQ (Quebec)
ATIM (Manitoba)
ATIS (Saskatchewan)
ATIA (Alberta)
STIBC (British Columbia)

Once translated by a canadian translater, you need to get it noirized, and then authenticated from your embassy or consulate to your home country.

Please note, if it's a foreign document, it must be translated + verified + authenticated from your home country to be used in Canada before you use your documents in spousal application. A police check and Directorate of Civil Affairs document would be helpful too.

 

[armoured]

If you are translating your foreign marriage certificate and birth document you need to make sure you that it's an official translator from your home country, once translated you need to get the translation verified, then take it to the Ministry of External Affairs and authenticate it for the document to be used in Canada.
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Once translated by a canadian translater, you need to get it noirized, and then authenticated from your embassy or consulate to your home country.

Please note, if it's a foreign document, it must be translated + verified + authenticated from your home country to be used in Canada before you use your documents in spousal application. A police check and Directorate of Civil Affairs document would be helpful too.

This information is incorrect - ignore this person, has no idea what they're talking about. Authentication is NOT a required step for all countries (indeed I'd say most).

It MAY be required for some countries - but far from all.