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by kiwiwife » Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:22 pm
Hi,
I applied there recently, and I had to have the following notarized:
1. My birth certificate
2. My husband's birth certificate
3. Our marriage certificate
Everything else was photocopied, including my passport, and that was it.
The lawyer that I went to for this had some really useful advice. One of which was to include a cover letter with the application, and specify, in order what is included.
I bought some document sleeves and separated the documents out into these, with each set of bills/documents being contained within an individual one, then put these into a binder in order.
She also made sure we'd photocopied every single page of my passport (it actually wasn't clear in the application - I thought they just wanted the relevant stamps).
I submitted as much documentation as possible (it was like a project in itself getting the documents together, and then photocopied).
I'd also recommend that someone else reads through the application notes and form once it is completed just in case you forget something (they can be very picky from what I heard!)