Missing Marriage certificate for Parents in PR application

[CanadaSeeker2022]

Regarding Parents/Grand Parents PR application 2022, if father & mother who are being sponsored don't have marriage certificate, will Husband's name on wife's passport as spouse be sufficient?
Or its better to create a affidavit from local notary in India and attach that too? Please suggest.
If affidavit is required what should be the format of it can someone please share?

Thanks a lot in advance!!

 

[CanadaSeeker2022]

Hello Can anyone please suggest?

 

[armoured]

Hello Can anyone please suggest?

Look: if they have been living together presumably for decades and have children, they can apply as common law. Won't be an issue on that basis.

If they can't provide any official form of marriage registration or certificate, personally I'd have them apply as common law and include whatever background information and explain: eg they were married by traditional rites in XXXX and there was no effective civil registry at that time, but they are considered married by custom as evidenced by passport name. [Or whatever the situatoin was at the time / now, just tell the truth.]

Note: I do NOT know Indian law but this seems to come up here from time to time. If there is some standardized procedure to eg register a previous cusomtary marriage or whatever, it would be better if they do that. But my main message is that since they'd clearly qualify under IRCC common law relationship definition (I assume), it should work out.

 

[CanadaSeeker2022]

Thankyou for your reply as per my findings many people suggested that names on passport can be used towards proof of marriage certificate with an explanation letter.

Can anyone who has done this for their Indian parents suggest please?