ITA: Translation of passport Stamps

[ih01]

Hello,

Apologies if this has already been covered, I did some searching of the forums but could not find a definitive answer.

I am wondering if it is required to provide translations of entry/exit stamps on my passport that are not in English or French. I have seen conflicting information on this and the documentaion on the IRCC website is not clear.

Can anyone confirm from experience if the entry/exit stamps on a passport need to be translated?

I have stamps in my passport in Russian, Ukranian, Turkish, Spanish, Chinese and probably others... So I would probably get a new passport before going through the hassle of getting all of stamps translated and the translations certified.

I appreciate any help that can be provided.

 

[ih01]

anyone able to help?

 

[dr.josemrod]

In my understanding passports don't need to be translated, not even the biographical page.

In our case, our bio page has info in spanish and english (Nombre/Name).

Does the bio page on your passport have both languages? Your native one and english or french?

 

[ContactFront]

No need. You only need to submit the bio page

 

[hamgha]

of course not

 

[dr.josemrod]

No need. You only need to submit the bio page

Not true.

You must submit the bio page + all pages with visas, markings or stamps. They will validate these against your travel history.

 

[ih01]

Thanks all, I have a UK passport so bio page is in English and I will proceed with submitting the passport without stamps translated.

The main source of confusion was this website: https://www.justforcanada.com/8-your-document-checklist-tips-and-advice.html , which states:

"You have to upload a clear and readable copy of the bio page of your passport or your travel document. You should scan every page that has a marking, visa, or stamp. No need to upload blank pages. Stamps that are not in English or French must be translated."​

 

[dr.josemrod]

Thanks all, I have a UK passport so bio page is in English and I will proceed with submitting the passport without stamps translated.

The main source of confusion was this website: https://www.justforcanada.com/8-your-document-checklist-tips-and-advice.html , which states:

"You have to upload a clear and readable copy of the bio page of your passport or your travel document. You should scan every page that has a marking, visa, or stamp. No need to upload blank pages. Stamps that are not in English or French must be translated."​

Not an official source. We do translation here in the DR and stamps are just translated as "stamp image on red ink", so I don't think it would proceed to do so!

Anyways, we didn't and got ppr.