Date of Birth Anomaly
Jul 3rd 2002 | 7:07 pm
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Date of Birth Anomaly
This is to clear a doubt through you.
Iam an unmarried, male Indian national, born in India, holding an Indian Passport, now doing higher studies in USA. I now have got an opportunity to obtain permanent resident status in Canada. But I have a problem cited as follows:
Since it is not (or at least was not) mandatory in India to have a Birth Certificate at the time of enrolment in elementary/primary school when I enrolled nearly 20 years ago, my parents gave a wrong date of birth in the school records. This was to avoid loss of a year and has been a practice here among many parents and school authorities. School authorities never insisted on producing the birth certificate at the time of enrolment.
So, as time passed by, I graduated from the school, obtained my school leaving certificate, then later on as I grew to adulthood, I obtained my driver’s licence, and later the Indian Passport and a student visa (F-1) to the US. All these documents bear my date of birth as was given in the school records and not my real date of birth.
Now, when I apply for permanent residence in Canada, what document may I submit to prove my date of birth? Is it enough if I show documents such as School Leaving Certificate, Driver’s Licence and Indian Passport? The only documents that I could readily use to convince and establish my date of birth would be my School Leaving Certificate, Driver's Licence and Passport (the latter two were issued based on the date of birth recorded in the School Leaving Certificate.) I heard that the Canadian Embassy / Consulate would want to see the Birth Certificate of the applicant while applying or processing the application for permanent residence. In my case, I cannot submit my birth certificate as it would cause problems as explained above. The dates in the birth certificate and the passport would be different. In order to apply for Permanent Residence and eventually to Canadian Citizenship, what shall I do? Please advise.
Iam an unmarried, male Indian national, born in India, holding an Indian Passport, now doing higher studies in USA. I now have got an opportunity to obtain permanent resident status in Canada. But I have a problem cited as follows:
Since it is not (or at least was not) mandatory in India to have a Birth Certificate at the time of enrolment in elementary/primary school when I enrolled nearly 20 years ago, my parents gave a wrong date of birth in the school records. This was to avoid loss of a year and has been a practice here among many parents and school authorities. School authorities never insisted on producing the birth certificate at the time of enrolment.
So, as time passed by, I graduated from the school, obtained my school leaving certificate, then later on as I grew to adulthood, I obtained my driver’s licence, and later the Indian Passport and a student visa (F-1) to the US. All these documents bear my date of birth as was given in the school records and not my real date of birth.
Now, when I apply for permanent residence in Canada, what document may I submit to prove my date of birth? Is it enough if I show documents such as School Leaving Certificate, Driver’s Licence and Indian Passport? The only documents that I could readily use to convince and establish my date of birth would be my School Leaving Certificate, Driver's Licence and Passport (the latter two were issued based on the date of birth recorded in the School Leaving Certificate.) I heard that the Canadian Embassy / Consulate would want to see the Birth Certificate of the applicant while applying or processing the application for permanent residence. In my case, I cannot submit my birth certificate as it would cause problems as explained above. The dates in the birth certificate and the passport would be different. In order to apply for Permanent Residence and eventually to Canadian Citizenship, what shall I do? Please advise.
Jul 4th 2002 | 10:20 am
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Re: Date of Birth Anomaly
When you apply for PR or any other benefit under the IRPA there is a requirment to
tell the truth and to sign a declaration to that effect. I do not think that any
further explanatuion is required, do you!
Jim Metcalfe , Consultant and former visa officer
"doubter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This is to clear a doubt through you.
>
> Iam an unmarried, male Indian national, born in India, holding an Indian Passport,
> now doing higher studies in USA. I now have got an opportunity to obtain permanent
> resident status in Canada. But I have a problem cited as follows:
>
> Since it is not (or at least was not) mandatory in India to have a Birth
> Certificate at the time of enrolment in elementary/primary school when I enrolled
> nearly 20 years ago, my parents gave a wrong date of birth in the school records.
> This was to avoid loss of a year and has been a practice here among many parents
> and school authorities. School authorities never insisted on producing the birth
> certificate at the time of enrolment. So, as time passed by, I graduated from the
> school, obtained my school leaving certificate, then later on as I grew to
> adulthood, I obtained my driver's licence, and later the Indian Passport and a
> student visa (F-1) to the US. All these documents bear my date of birth as was
> given in the school records and not my real date of birth. Now, when I apply for
> permanent residence in Canada, what document may I submit to prove my date of
> birth? Is it enough if I show documents such as School Leaving Certificate,
> Driver's Licence and Indian Passport? The only documents that I could readily use
> to convince and establish my date of birth would be my School Leaving Certificate,
> Driver's Licence and Passport (the latter two were issued based on the date of
> birth recorded in the School Leaving Certificate.) I heard that the Canadian
> Embassy / Consulate would want to see the Birth Certificate of the applicant while
> applying or processing the application for permanent residence. In my case, I
> cannot submit my birth certificate as it would cause problems as explained above.
> The dates in the birth certificate and the passport would be different. In order to
> apply for Permanent Residence and eventually to Canadian Citizenship, what shall I
> do? Please advise.
>
>
>
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
tell the truth and to sign a declaration to that effect. I do not think that any
further explanatuion is required, do you!
Jim Metcalfe , Consultant and former visa officer
"doubter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This is to clear a doubt through you.
>
> Iam an unmarried, male Indian national, born in India, holding an Indian Passport,
> now doing higher studies in USA. I now have got an opportunity to obtain permanent
> resident status in Canada. But I have a problem cited as follows:
>
> Since it is not (or at least was not) mandatory in India to have a Birth
> Certificate at the time of enrolment in elementary/primary school when I enrolled
> nearly 20 years ago, my parents gave a wrong date of birth in the school records.
> This was to avoid loss of a year and has been a practice here among many parents
> and school authorities. School authorities never insisted on producing the birth
> certificate at the time of enrolment. So, as time passed by, I graduated from the
> school, obtained my school leaving certificate, then later on as I grew to
> adulthood, I obtained my driver's licence, and later the Indian Passport and a
> student visa (F-1) to the US. All these documents bear my date of birth as was
> given in the school records and not my real date of birth. Now, when I apply for
> permanent residence in Canada, what document may I submit to prove my date of
> birth? Is it enough if I show documents such as School Leaving Certificate,
> Driver's Licence and Indian Passport? The only documents that I could readily use
> to convince and establish my date of birth would be my School Leaving Certificate,
> Driver's Licence and Passport (the latter two were issued based on the date of
> birth recorded in the School Leaving Certificate.) I heard that the Canadian
> Embassy / Consulate would want to see the Birth Certificate of the applicant while
> applying or processing the application for permanent residence. In my case, I
> cannot submit my birth certificate as it would cause problems as explained above.
> The dates in the birth certificate and the passport would be different. In order to
> apply for Permanent Residence and eventually to Canadian Citizenship, what shall I
> do? Please advise.
>
>
>
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
