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06.08.2015, 12:56
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| | Certificate of Marital Status (Certificat de Status Civil)
Hello everyone. It's my first-ever post here, although I've been reading the forum for useful tips for a few years. I've searched for previous posts along these lines, and while there are a few, none really has a definitive answer.
I'm leaving Switzerland after 5 years living in Leysin, canton Vaud. I'm Canadian, and I'm returning to Canada. In order to close my deuxieme and troisieme piliers and get back the many thousands of francs I've put in over the years, my provider, the Fondation BCV, wants a piece of paper that I can't really provide: a Certificat de Status Civil, an official piece of paper showing that I am single. I've talked to government civil servants in Canada, and they say that there is no such document in Canada. The best I can do is to provide the results of a search of the marriage registry in one province (Ontario) (one of ten provinces!) for a given 5-year period that shows that I didn't get married in Ontario in that 5-year period, which is not the same thing as showing I'm single.
I contacted a notary public in Aigle, the nearest town, asking what I could do and she said that I could either just point to the line on my attestation de depart or I could write up a statement myself and sign it in her presence, but she said that would have pretty dubious legal standing. I am about to phone the Canadian embassy to see if they have any suggestions, but it's all a bit Kafkaesque.
Any and all advice, particularly from Canadians, would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance
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06.08.2015, 13:14
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| | Re: Certificate of Marital Status (Certificat de Status Civil)
I had to get one of these, which also don't exist in the UK. The British Embassy were able to provide me with one (for a fee) - I just had to go there and promise them that I wasn't married, and then they printed me out the official form...
So to summarise - get on with that call to the Candian Embassy and see what they can do for you.
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06.08.2015, 13:53
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06.08.2015, 14:09
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| | Re: Certificate of Marital Status (Certificat de Status Civil) | Quote: | |  | | | Hello everyone. It's my first-ever post here, although I've been reading the forum for useful tips for a few years. I've searched for previous posts along these lines, and while there are a few, none really has a definitive answer.
I'm leaving Switzerland after 5 years living in Leysin, canton Vaud. I'm Canadian, and I'm returning to Canada. In order to close my deuxieme and troisieme piliers and get back the many thousands of francs I've put in over the years, my provider, the Fondation BCV, wants a piece of paper that I can't really provide: a Certificat de Status Civil, an official piece of paper showing that I am single. I've talked to government civil servants in Canada, and they say that there is no such document in Canada. The best I can do is to provide the results of a search of the marriage registry in one province (Ontario) (one of ten provinces!) for a given 5-year period that shows that I didn't get married in Ontario in that 5-year period, which is not the same thing as showing I'm single.
I contacted a notary public in Aigle, the nearest town, asking what I could do and she said that I could either just point to the line on my attestation de depart or I could write up a statement myself and sign it in her presence, but she said that would have pretty dubious legal standing. I am about to phone the Canadian embassy to see if they have any suggestions, but it's all a bit Kafkaesque.
Any and all advice, particularly from Canadians, would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance | | | | | Your leaving certificate will show your Status, Pictet in Geneva accepted this but required one for the 6 months after I had left CH, that was easily obtainable to my huge surprise from the register of births & marriages in the country of my new residence. The Local British Consulate were unable to help.
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16.02.2019, 10:53
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| | Re: Certificate of Marital Status (Certificat de Status Civil)
This is really interesting issue that I am dealing with now. I am a Turkish citizen and it is written on my national ID that I am single. Would a translation work?
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16.02.2019, 13:56
| | Re: Certificate of Marital Status (Certificat de Status Civil) | Quote: | |  | | | This is really interesting issue that I am dealing with now. I am a Turkish citizen and it is written on my national ID that I am single. Would a translation work? | | | | | What do you want to achieve?
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16.02.2019, 14:12
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| | Re: Certificate of Marital Status (Certificat de Status Civil) | Quote: | |  | | | I had to get one of these, which also don't exist in the UK. The British Embassy were able to provide me with one (for a fee) - I just had to go there and promise them that I wasn't married, and then they printed me out the official form...
So to summarise - get on with that call to the Candian Embassy and see what they can do for you. | | | | | The British embassy no longer provides this service and we were told to go to a notary when we needed one for my son’s naturalisation request.
He had a letter stating that he was single which he signed in the presence of the notary and which the notary then countersigned.
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16.02.2019, 15:18
| | Re: Certificate of Marital Status (Certificat de Status Civil) | Quote: | |  | | | The British embassy no longer provides this service and we were told to go to a notary when we needed one for my son’s naturalisation request.
He had a letter stating that he was single which he signed in the presence of the notary and which the notary then countersigned. | | | | | Curious how this will go if he wants to get married in Switzerland. I hope very well.
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16.02.2019, 16:52
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| | Re: Certificate of Marital Status (Certificat de Status Civil) | Quote: |  | | | Curious how this will go if he wants to get married in Switzerland. I hope very well. | | | | | I was told upon enquiring at one town hall that this (the certification needed for a foreigner to marry in CH) has to be obtained in/from the home country, even if you've been here for 30 years.
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16.02.2021, 23:42
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Is there a specific format or template I need for an affidavit to say that I am single. Seems like the easiest option to do this is through the Notary. Even though the notary usually only witnesses your signature and not the content of your document! | Quote: | |  | | | The British embassy no longer provides this service and we were told to go to a notary when we needed one for my son’s naturalisation request.
He had a letter stating that he was single which he signed in the presence of the notary and which the notary then countersigned. | | | | | | This user would like to thank DeeBee for this useful post: | |
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