Global Affairs of Canada ( former DFAIT) JLAC Division Requirements
Nov
26
2015
English
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They will not authenticate any religious documents even if they are notarized.
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They will not authenticate documents that have a foreign language in the text (even if it is a side-by-side bilingual text) unless the translation is certified by Canadian translator and notarized by Canadian notary public or commissioner for oaths.
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The notary's name, signature, seal and commission details must be conspicuous (i.e., rejection is possible if a notary public forgets to put his/her name next to signature and seal).
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Some original documents issued by provincial agencies can be authenticated without the need for notarization with very few exceptions.
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They prefer that notarization is done more or less recently - we have had cases when the documents were notarized ages ago.
Unlike the US Department of State in Washington, DC, the staff at Global Affairs of Canada (GAC) is often just a couple of persons handling the whole paper load. Thus, in our opinion it is always best to outsource the authentication task to companies such as Canada Legalization Services© rather than send the documents directly to the GAC and then trying to get in touch with someone there to find out the status of the processing request.
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