Legal Name Changed Advice - PR renewal due to Inland App

[pedropil]

Just arrived home from Vital Statistics and based on their Guide for getting married it clearly stated that once you get married or after your marriage ceremony you can choose to: " assume your spouse's surname and retain your present surname as middle name"

The legal change of name document/Proof of name change in the CIC website are the following:

SECTION 3 of STEP 1.

3. One (1) secondary identity document
A copy of one of the following:

• your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688) or
• your valid provincial driver’s license, or
• your valid provincial photo-identity card, or
• your valid student card issued from a provincially accredited college or university


Im going to send now the updated copy of my Driver's license, Health Card and SIN information plus the copy of legal change of name instruction from Vital Statistics and CIC.

Thank you CNDPR2014

 

[CDNPR2014]

Just because you can choose to change your name, it doesn't mean it automatically changes. a person still has to get it LEGALLY changed. CIC requires specific documentation for this, so although what you are reading may seem "correct", obviously CIC has issue with what you submitted for " legal documentation as proof of name change"

If your present name is different from the name printed on your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688), you must submit supporting legal documentation as proof of your name change in addition to supporting identity documents as requested in section 3 of Step 1.


Supporting legal documentation may include:

a copy of a legal change of name document, court order, adoption order issued by a civil authority in a province or territory of Canada, or a marriage certificate, divorce decree, registration, declaration of union, revocation of declaration or annulment of union issued by a civil authority in a province or territory of Canada, showing your new name, unless you have been married in and are currently a resident of Quebec;

if you are a permanent resident who changed their name outside of Canada, provide a foreign passport or other national authoritative document that has been amended to reflect the new name, and an official document linking the old and new names.

If the change of name was already approved in a previous permanent resident card application, include a photocopy of your last permanent resident card.
Important information: If you have had a legal name change, you must include a copy of your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688) with this application.



SECTION 3 of STEP 1.

3. One (1) secondary identity document
A copy of one of the following:

• your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688) or
• your valid provincial driver’s license, or
• your valid provincial photo-identity card, or
• your valid student card issued from a provincially accredited college or university

the driver's license is a SECONDARY document , it is NOT the "supporting legal documentation of a legal name change" . consider the 2 requirements as 2 separate columns. you need 1 document from column a (highlighted in red) and 1 document from column b (highlighted in blue). Clearly, CIC is not accepting the marriage certificate as a supporting legal document of a legal name change (column a).

You posted "this is exactly stated on our marriage certificate. Sxxxxxx, Mxxxx Lxxxxxx Bxxxxxxx.". if that's the case, then it makes sense why they are rejecting the marriage certificate as a "supporting legal documentation of legal name change" CIC states in the instructions the marriage certificate must have the NEW name on it for it to be accepted, which it doesn't sound like it does.

i think you are misinterpreting what they are looking for and are assuming the fact they list "marriage certificate" as an option, then it must be accepted. this is not true, if you look closely enough at what they are looking for and what they will accept in a marriage certificate. as it stands right now, what you are submitting does not provide "supporting legal documentation of legal name change."

if your marriage certificate doesn't match what they are looking for in column a, then you need to submit another document from COLUMN A as proof of legal name change (a driver's license is not acceptable for column a) you must provide something from column a (highlighted in red) that matches EXACTLY what they are looking for, ie: her passport.

obviously you can go around and around trying to prove cic is wrong and keep resubmitting the same thing hoping for a different result. Bottom line is, it really doesn't matter what you read from vital statisics, online, or any other agency. What matters is what CIC says, and they are saying what you have sent is not good enough for column a, and from what you have been writing, it is apparent the marriage certificate is not valid for this use. so it may be best to consider another option than the marriage certificate (ie: passport). good luck!

 

[pedropil]

Just because you can choose to change your name, it doesn't mean it automatically changes. a person still has to get it LEGALLY changed. CIC requires specific documentation for this, so although what you are reading may seem "correct", obviously CIC has issue with what you submitted for " legal documentation as proof of name change"

If your present name is different from the name printed on your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688), you must submit supporting legal documentation as proof of your name change in addition to supporting identity documents as requested in section 3 of Step 1.


Supporting legal documentation may include:

a copy of a legal change of name document, court order, adoption order issued by a civil authority in a province or territory of Canada, or a marriage certificate, divorce decree, registration, declaration of union, revocation of declaration or annulment of union issued by a civil authority in a province or territory of Canada, showing your new name, unless you have been married in and are currently a resident of Quebec;

if you are a permanent resident who changed their name outside of Canada, provide a foreign passport or other national authoritative document that has been amended to reflect the new name, and an official document linking the old and new names.

If the change of name was already approved in a previous permanent resident card application, include a photocopy of your last permanent resident card.
Important information: If you have had a legal name change, you must include a copy of your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688) with this application.



SECTION 3 of STEP 1.

3. One (1) secondary identity document
A copy of one of the following:

• your Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688) or
• your valid provincial driver’s license, or
• your valid provincial photo-identity card, or
• your valid student card issued from a provincially accredited college or university

the driver's license is a SECONDARY document , it is NOT the "supporting legal documentation of a legal name change" . consider the 2 requirements as 2 separate columns. you need 1 document from column a (highlighted in red) and 1 document from column b (highlighted in blue). Clearly, CIC is not accepting the marriage certificate as a supporting legal document of a legal name change (column a). if your marriage certificate doesn't match what they are looking for in column a, then you need to submit another document from COLUMN A as proof of legal name change. you need to submit something more substantial than a driver's license to prove what her new name is as it is not a document listed in column a. you must provide something from column a (highlighted in red) that matches EXACTLY what they are looking for.

A marriage certificate doesn't seem to be enough for this purpose as it is a SECONDARY document (column b), and you still didn't confirm that the marriage certificate has her name EXACTLY as she wants it changed to, you only confirmed that it was issued in Canada.

obviously you can go around and around trying to prove cic is wrong and keep resubmitting the same thing hoping for a different result. Bottom line is, it really doesn't matter what you read from vital statisics, online, or any other agency. What matters is what CIC says, and they are saying what you have sent is not good enough for column a, so it may be best to consider another option than the marriage certificate (ie: passport). good luck!

thank you for the advice CDNPR2014. I get your point. But this is what the instruction stating, I just follow it and besides the CIC accepted my wife's new surname after marriage. Our only problem is her middle name to add up and i have a proof on that which included on my reply to them. I'll just wait and see. Thanks again.

 

[pedropil]

Same case with me the link below, but the only difference is that the MB province and Social Insurance accepted my changed name after marriage.

Waiting for CIC response.

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/changing-my-middle-name-because-of-marriage-philippines-t268864.0.html

 

[truesmile]

it sounds like she wants her previous last name to replace her old middle name, correct? Usually, when people change their name for marriage, they drop the previous last name and have to legally change their name to what they want it to. using a marriage certificate to change a name generally only allows a person to drop their maiden last name and add the married last name. it doesn't allow people to shuffle the maiden last name to a middle name. a previous last name can't just become a person's middle name without legally changing it. so she has to change her LEGAL name to reflect what she wants it to be. does that make sense?

No it does not make sense, that is not true at all. It's in the Filipino culture (as ONE example) for the surname at birth to become the new middle name. My wife had NO difficulties in doing this, both for her passport (updated and issued by a Consulate here in Canada) AND her Canadian drivers' license.

 

[pedropil]

No it does not make sense, that is not true at all. It's in the Filipino culture (as ONE example) for the surname at birth to become the new middle name. My wife had NO difficulties in doing this, both for her passport (updated and issued by a Consulate here in Canada) AND her Canadian drivers' license.

Both philippine consulate and MB provincial government, totally no problem with that. I just so happen that CIC is asking legal name changed as requirement of renewing the PR card.