Do foreign marriages have to be registered before sponsorship can take place?

[fandv]

Hi guys,

At the end of this year I am getting married in my future wife's country (Indonesia), and after the wedding we will submit a sponsorship application (so that she can get her Canadian PR), and while the application is being processed, I plan to stay there so that I could be by her side. (I'm a Canadian citizen by the way).

My question is: is it sufficient to include, in the sponsorship application package, a translated marriage certificate that's been legalised by a sworn translator?

If the above is sufficient, then great. But if not, how do I go about registering the marriage without having to fly all the way back to Canada after the wedding? Perhaps I just need to go to the Canadian embassy in Indonesia, and let them take care of the matter?

Thanks!

 

[NBaker]

Reading information at this link may help you learn if your marriage meets the criteria to be recognized in Canada. You should not need to have it registered here:

http://www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4001020