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obinhwan · Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 23

Hi all,
I'm a newbie here on Dave's, this is my first post, but I've been lurking for a couple of months now. I'm currently in Toronto Ont. Canada in the middle of my 4 week CELTA course, and I'm getting ready to make my way to DF, hopefully on the weekend of June 7th. I've run into some confusion though about legalizing (since there's no such thing as apostilling in Canada) the documents I'll be needing to land a job, get an apartment, apply for an fm3, etc. I've searched high and low, and haven't been able to find out if getting the documents legalized by the Official Documents Service of the Ontario Government is good enough for my purposes in Mex, or if I'll have to get it done at the

Authentication and Service of Documents Section (JLAC) of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.

If somebody has some previous experience with this, any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Very Happy

Thank you

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danielita · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 281 Location: SLP

Unfortunately you need to have the docs sent to the Dept of foreign affairs. Then you need to head over to the Mexican consulate to have them legalized. THe Official Documents Service of the Ontario Government won't work.

I just got this done back in February/March and Foreign Affairs takes about 15 working days for it to be processed (I called and checked) and then consulate takes 24hours.

If you haven't finished your CELTA, I'll make the assumption that you haven't received your CELTA certificate (which will also need to be legalized). You might want to think about changing your departure date or having a friend/family member do this for you while you are in Mexico and then courier the docs down to you.

notamiss · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 8:57 pm Post subject:

hlamb · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 431 Location: Canada

My cousin in Ottawa did it for me three years ago and got it done in two days.

obinhwan · Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 23

Thanks for the info guys, and for the speedy replies. Time is definitely of the essence, so I guess I'm heading up to Ottawa after I'm done my CELTA course. Thanks for the heads up on legalizing the CELTA Cert also. That one probably would've slipped my mind completely. Thanks again everybody. Gotta love Dave's.

Regards,

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obinhwan · Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 23

Hmm... something just popped into my mind... do I HAVE to get these things legalized in Canada... or would Detroit be ok? I'm taking the CELTA in Toronto, but I live down in Windsor right across the border. The wouldn't be able to apostille my Canadian birth certificate and CELTA certificate over there would they? Thanks again.

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leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

danielita · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 281 Location: SLP

What Leslie is trying to say is "NO"

You need to get documents legalized (or apostillized) in the country of issue.

Besides, the Big O is lovely in June, make sure you stop by the truck across from the parliament buildings for some poutine...mmmm I miss that truck...

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leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

obinhwan · Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 23

Ooooo translations. I completely forgot about that. So of the documents that must be legalized (CELTA cert, degree, transripts maybe) which need to be translated into Spanish? I'm a bit confused now about the legalizing and notorizing. So I would want to authenticate first, then get a notorized copy, then translated it, then legalize the translated copy with the mexican consulate? I thought i would have to get the original legalized. This is far more complicated than I originally thought hehe. Thanks for all the help by the way.

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samizinha · Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Vacalandia

Don't go all the way to Ottawa! Go to the Mexican Consulate in Toronto-
http://www.consulmex.com/eng/
I did this to legalize my documents- they got things done quickly and efficiently.
Cheers, Sami.

danielita · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 281 Location: SLP