Certified Copies-Instructions to Applicants

Follow these steps to include certified photocopies of your identification with your application to the Office or Reconsideration:

• Take originals of two valid pieces of government-issued identification that support your identity along with your application to an official who is authorized to certify your documents as true copies.
• Attach the certified photocopies to your application. Please do not send us your original documents.

Acceptable Identification

The following are examples of government-issued identification that are accepted with your application to the Office of Reconsideration:

• Driver's license
• Birth certificate
• Provincial/Territorial Government Identification Cards (GIC)
• Citizenship card
• Permanent Resident card
• Passport
• Immigration documents issued to foreign nationals (Work Permit, Study Permit, Visitor Record, Temporary Resident Permit, Refugee Approved Status)
• Record of Landing Form / Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292)

Acceptable Certifying Officials

Certification by one of the following is acceptable provided that the person is a registered member of his or her professional association at the time the certification is done:

• Judge, magistrate
• Justice of the peace
• Lawyer (member of a provincial bar association)
• Notary (in Quebec)
• Mayor
• Notary public
• Police officer (municipal, provincial or RCMP)
• Commissioner of oaths-provided that they have an official government agency appointment and a seal or stamp