2 Simple Questions before sending

[lenardparnold]

Hi. My wife is Thai and I am a Canadian from birth. I am applying to sponsor her and she is applying for permanent residence.

One is about the travel documents and identity/civil documents required for my wife in her application for residence.

It says to reference the Immigrants guide but can't find the info anywhere is many of the guides I've found.

I have copies of her Thai identification documents from before she changed her last name to mine, and from after where she changed her last name to mine. I also have copies of our marriage certificate and 2 other documents regarding our marriage that came with it the day we got married. All these documents have been translated. Will these be enough for the Identity and Civil status documents that the Document Checklist mentions? (note we have never been married before to anyone and require no proof of a divorce)

And about the Travel Documents and Passports. All I will be sending is her passport. Is this enough? I can't think of anything else. When it says "Travel documents AND passports" it assumes there is some other document that I am un-aware of.

And the last thing. At the end of the Sponsored spouse Questionnaire there is an option for an Interpreter to sign as well. I am her representative and we filled out the Use of a Representative form, and I also filled out the forms for her application. We worked on it together but I was the one who wrote it out for. Does this make me a interpreter and therefore do I need to sign the Interpreter Declaration?

Thanks so much, and I'm hoping to finally send in the completed application tomorrow!

-Lenny

 

[mimi23]

i think not sure ,u can either send pasport or travel document but just send both u have nothing to loose and for marriage send them all to avvoid stupid delays

 

[rjessome]

Hi. My wife is Thai and I am a Canadian from birth. I am applying to sponsor her and she is applying for permanent residence.

One is about the travel documents and identity/civil documents required for my wife in her application for residence.

It says to reference the Immigrants guide but can't find the info anywhere is many of the guides I've found.

I have copies of her Thai identification documents from before she changed her last name to mine, and from after where she changed her last name to mine. I also have copies of our marriage certificate and 2 other documents regarding our marriage that came with it the day we got married. All these documents have been translated. Will these be enough for the Identity and Civil status documents that the Document Checklist mentions? (note we have never been married before to anyone and require no proof of a divorce)

And about the Travel Documents and Passports. All I will be sending is her passport. Is this enough? I can't think of anything else. When it says "Travel documents AND passports" it assumes there is some other document that I am un-aware of.

And the last thing. At the end of the Sponsored spouse Questionnaire there is an option for an Interpreter to sign as well. I am her representative and we filled out the Use of a Representative form, and I also filled out the forms for her application. We worked on it together but I was the one who wrote it out for. Does this make me a interpreter and therefore do I need to sign the Interpreter Declaration?

Thanks so much, and I'm hoping to finally send in the completed application tomorrow!

-Lenny

They mean passport and birth certificate. Passport is enough. That is her travel document. Stateless people or refugees often don't have passports and can be issued travel documents from their consulates/embassies. The birth certificate is her identity documents. Some countries have national ID cards. Include a copy of that as well if she has one.

 

[thaihubbie]

Hi Lenardparnold,
My husband is Thai and we are about to send in our application too. I had our Thai Marriage Certificate, his Thai Birth Certificate, his Military Exemption Certificate, his Tambon Ban-House Registry(blue book) and his ID card all translated by certified agency in Bangkok that took them all to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs to officially notarize.
I'm in the same situation as yours in that I filled in the entire application so I am going to put my name down as the interpreter on the Sponsored Spouse Questionnaire.