Hello, can any one please help. I am currently (trying) to complete the skilled worker immigration forms. I am looking at the CIC websites but cannot find any info on what documents need to be notarised, which ones can be photocopied etc. Is any one able to give me the link to the correct area. Thanks

You should find the info in here ... somewhere in Appendix A ..

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/E37023.pdf


I don't know if you have downloaded this already, but it is quite useful too

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/EG7.pdf

You don't mean notarised, you mean certified. Notarised means that the notary guarantees that the document is true; certified means that the copy is a true copy of the original.

K.

You may be correct, however I used the word notarised as that is the word used on the forms, which is acceptable or more importantly which would be rejected by the CIC notarised or certified. Any people out there notarised or not notarised had any problems with CIC over this issue
Thanks

OK. I'll give some better advice. Take this thread across to the immigration forum and get told "read the FAQ" for asking a question that crops up every few weeks by people who posted in the wrong forum and didn't read the FAQ.

K.

Appendix A specifically tells you what should be Notarised as opposed to Certified.

Hi

I remember stressing about this too. I got all my documents certified. Notarising costs a fortune whereas cetifying is much cheaper.

Angie

But how can a third party such as a solictor notarise that a 20 year old employment contract is true>

He can't.

K.

Hi Cinch - didn't notarise a thing and we got our visas in February. This question is asked a lot (and seems to cause some confusion). Consensus is that if you are applying from the UK then you don't need to get your documents notarised. However some like to do a "belt and braces" job .... I think it's your personal choice really

Good luck with the form filling .... J

I am reporting the contents of Appendix A ... nothing more.

We specifically asked this question of one of the CHC people at Sandown. She said that as we're applying from the UK, having copies certified was not required.

We had already sent in our application and had heard this from others. But at the time we'd hedged our bets and had our degree certificates certified by our bank manager. She of course managed to get ink on the originals. We just photocopied everything else. (Now wish we hadn't bothered with the degree certificates).

Jen

I think Craftybanshee might have a word to say about the info obtained from Sandown 'experts' ..

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366585

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