Hi all,

I am trying to sponsor my parents to immigrate to Canada. The problem is
that on my birth certificate, it says my father's name is Xxx, but on his
passport, it says his name is Yyy. The reason for this is that the passport
shows his Indonesian name and the birth certificate shows his Chinese/English
name, and they are not translated to/from each other either. He has no legal
documents stating that is name really is Xxx.

So, how can I prove that he really is my father (proof of relationship)?
Will this be a problem? If so, can it be solved by simply including an
explanation in the sponsorship application and/or my parents' immigration
application?

Thanks for any replies!

If everything else fails, you may want to try DNA paternity testing.



Regards,



Alfaris



Originally posted by Nobody
Hi all,

I am trying to sponsor my parents to immigrate to Canada. The problem is
that on my birth certificate, it says my father's name is Xxx, but on his
passport, it says his name is Yyy. The reason for this is that the passport
shows his Indonesian name and the birth certificate shows his Chinese/English
name, and they are not translated to/from each other either. He has no legal
documents stating that is name really is Xxx.

So, how can I prove that he really is my father (proof of relationship)?
Will this be a problem? If so, can it be solved by simply including an
explanation in the sponsorship application and/or my parents' immigration
application?


Thanks for any replies!


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If the application is being processed in Singapore i am certain they will
understand the problem if you explain it to them. Does the same problem
exist for your mother.

Jim metcalfe .




"Nobody" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:vobelhthkgse88@corp.supernews.com... Hi all, I am trying to sponsor my parents to immigrate to Canada. The problem is that on my birth certificate, it says my father's name is Xxx, but on his passport, it says his name is Yyy. The reason for this is that the
passport shows his Indonesian name and the birth certificate shows his
Chinese/English name, and they are not translated to/from each other either. He has no
legal documents stating that is name really is Xxx. So, how can I prove that he really is my father (proof of relationship)? Will this be a problem? If so, can it be solved by simply including an explanation in the sponsorship application and/or my parents' immigration application? Thanks for any replies!

James Metcalfe <pkjmet@echo-on.net> wrote: If the application is being processed in Singapore i am certain they will understand the problem if you explain it to them. Does the same problem exist for your mother.

Thanks for the replies, Alfaris and Jim.

Jim, the problem is only for my father, not my mother. Yes, I assume the
application will be processed in Singapore and I am glad to hear that you
believe that they will understand the situation. Hope it will work out
okay. Thanks.