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ericeric

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Apr 16, 2019
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Just one quick question. On the forms where you have to put City/Town at birthplace. But my wife was born in a village in Henan. On her passport, it also doesn't say the city of birth. It just says Henan, China. So, on the form what should I put? Just Henan?? But Henan is not a city. Henan is a province

Thanks!
 
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k.h.p.

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Put all the information you have on the form including the village. In your letter of explanation include a sentence that covers this. CIC will see the passport and the notarial letter regarding birth you've obtained and it will be fine..
 
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ericeric

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k.h.p. said:
Put all the information you have on the form including the village. In your letter of explanation include a sentence that covers this. CIC will see the passport and the notarial letter regarding birth you've obtained and it will be fine..
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Thanks. Understood.

I think I messed up BIG BIG time now. All my documents such as (bank statements, Wechat logs, Rental agreements, and Medical reports) were all translated by a company in China. Will CIC accept my documents?? because I was reading the guide and it says :

Translators who are certified in Canada don’t need to supply an affidavit. A certified translator will provide both a certified translation and certified copies of the original documents.

An affidavit is a document on which the translator has sworn, in the presence of a person authorized to administer oaths in the country where the translator is living, that the contents of their translation are a true translation and representation of the contents of the original document.


I am so lost and don't know what to do now. Sigh......
 
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ericeric

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k.h.p. said:
Did the translation company in China give an affidavit stamped by a notary public regarding their translations?
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k.h.p. said:
Did the translation company in China give an affidavit stamped by a notary public regarding their translations?
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I'm not sure and I don't really understand. What do you mean by affidavit stamped by a notary public?
My documents have two stamps . One stamp is a company stamp and the other one is a stamp with " certified translation" on it. Two red stamps.
 
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ericeric

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k.h.p. said:
Then they're possibly okay.
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Are you sure............I'm actually really upset and worry at the same time... I spent a lot of money for them to translate to English. ( Over 80 pages) because a lot of my documents were in Chinese.
What do you mean by affidavit stamped by a notary public? Can you please explain this in an easier way? Sorry, my English is not that great. My translated document only has two stamps on them. But each document they translated also provided their company name address, translator,date,phonenumber and two stamps.
 
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k.h.p.

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Canada expects that a letter from the translation company will be stamped by a 公证人, to say that it is a genuine translation. However, I do not know if the "certified translation" stamp is enough. Perhaps someone else can advise - it may actually be enough.
 
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imfullofhope

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May 8, 2019
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Hi!
I just have a question about rental agreements. If they are already in English with Chinese stamps from real estate company which provide the service, do we need to notarize those rental agreements or CIC will accept it.
Thanks in advance
 
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k.h.p.

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imfullofhope said:
Hi!
I just have a question about rental agreements. If they are already in English with Chinese stamps from real estate company which provide the service, do we need to notarize those rental agreements or CIC will accept it.
Thanks in advance
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For what kind of application?

If they are already in English you do not need to translate them.
 
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imfullofhope

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k.h.p. said:
For what kind of application?

If they are already in English you do not need to translate them.
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Thanks for the response. We are preparing documents for Family sponsorship inland. I was asking if it’s necessary to notarize it. If not, then it'll be great so I can move on to solve other documents. :)
 
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