Hello everyone,
I am a Canadian citizen living in Toronto, and I am planning to marry my fiancee in Agadir, Morocco. I had some questions about the documents that are required for a Canadian in order to be married in Agadir. I will provide a list of what I think I require and if someone can please give me any feedback that would be very helpful.
Documents required from Canada:
a) Original Passport & Photocopies (does the passport photocopy need to be notarized?)
b) Birth Certificate:
- I was originally born in Pakistan, so I have a very old Urdu version of my birth certificate from the 1990s.
- Can i translate this birth certificate to English and notarize it? will that be accepted?
c) Police Record
- from my understanding, I have read that prior to 2024 and the Hague Apostille Convention, people had to send either the RCMP criminal record check or the Toronto Police Service criminal record check (notarized) to Global Affairs Canada for authentication. But now that the Apostille Convention is in effect, will Moroccan courts accept a notarized RCMP or Toronto Police Service criminal record check that is authenticated by an Apostille in Toronto such as Ontario Documents Services (ODS) on 222 Jarvis Street?
d) Work Certificate and income pay stubs (do these have to be notarized?)
e) Certificate of Celibacy/Single Status Certificate (I believe this can be issued at the Canadian Embassy in Rabat. Can someone confirm this please?)
f) Islam certificate
- I was born muslim, so do I still need this certificate? can someone tell me if I can just make this in Morocco if I do need it?
g) Capacite de Mariage (issued by Canadian Embassy)
h) Attestation de Nationalite (issued by Canadian Embassy)
i) 4 recent photos
j) Medical certificate (issued in Morocco)
k) Certificate of Police Record (issued by Ministry of Justice in Morocco)
I think the main thing I really want to know is about the birth certificate and criminal record check if they will accept the apostille version for police record. This has been so stressful and I am going in September to Morocco. Any help would be greatly appreciated.