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Subject: Supporting Documents
  Hi everyone, I´m sponsoring my UK spouse for Permanent Residency.We have a few questions about supporting documents:

1) Regarding civil status and identity documents, does my spouse need to provide a copy of his birth certificate? Or will a copy of his passport suffice?

2) The immigration guides do not specify what kind of copies are accepted. Will regular photocopies be acceptable? Or should all legal documents be notarized copies?

3)I´m not clear on what "certified translations" mean exactly. Would anyone care to explain what the CIC means by this?

Thank you so much to anyone who can help! It will be very much appreciated.

Best Regards,

sandwish

[24-09-2010,09:26]
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sandwish
(in reply to: Supporting Documents)
Hi Sandwish,

1) You have to provide the Birth Certificate if they ask.

2) Regular photo copies would be acceptable but it will always better if you can arrange for true copy from the designated professional like doctors or pharmacist or teacher.

3) Certified Translation means document must be translated by reliable source and then Notary has to sign it. or Notary has to translate it and sign it.

Hope this helps.

Best luck,
Nisha

[24-09-2010,11:05]
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Nisha
Dear Nisha (in reply to: Supporting Documents)
Hi Nisha,

1) Ahah, I had (yet) another look at the document:

"The IDENTITY AND CIVIL STATUS DOCUMENTS
Provide national identity cards, birth certificates, baptismal certificates or other official document
confirming relationship for you and each of your family members."

Initially I was confused because one part of his application referred only to spouses and children as family. Seeing as I´m his spouse and neither of us have kids, I didn´t understand why we´d need his birth certificate. But of course document IMM 5406E asks for Additional Family Information INCLUDING parents and siblings. So that would be the relationship the birth cert. has to prove. I swear I´ve read the darned thing a dozen times over and just now do I get it! Your comment got me to look at it with fresh eyes. Thanks a bunch!

2) Sorry, I wasn´t clear about this question. I was referring to a copy of the birth certificate. They specifically request not to send the originals, so we must send a photocopy.

But I don´t know if we should send a notarized copy, or just a regular photocopy?

Sorry to harp on this point, the certificate is with my mother-in-law now and it would be a lot easier on her if she can just fax us a copy rather than have to get it notarized and couriered to us! Silly me forgot to mention it when having to get the UK police clearance couriered over and now at the last minute realized we have to get it!

3) Great, thanks! I am never completely sure what the difference between "notarized" and "certified" and "court certified" is. That really clears things up!

Best,
sandwish

[24-09-2010,17:47]
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sandwish
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