NickTheGrip Posted January 2, 2011 Member ID: 177 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 145 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1669 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 281 Achievement Points: 10581 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2023 Birthday: 05/08/1961 Posted January 2, 2011 Well I would like to go on record as saying "Thank you Canada" for refusing to be a signatory of the Hague Convention on Private International Law. This means that, in order to complete my divorce, I first have to prove legally that I was ever married (I was married in Canada) Because they didn't sign on, the Canadian Government does not issue "Apostilles" so I have to travel all the way to Toronto to get my marriage license "authorized", then "legalized". The authorization is at some Government records office in the queen's park area and then I have to get the legalization done at the Mexican Consulate in Toronto and then the US Consulate. Jeez this sucks!!! So it seems I have a couple of days to come in Toronto...Thanks a bunch guys Awards
StormCrow Posted January 2, 2011 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 74 Topic Count: 266 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2701 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 5075 Achievement Points: 46666 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 37 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Windows Posted January 2, 2011 hey, Chile is in TO and im a half hour from TO and i think there are a few other XI around the area, make a party of it LOL Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted January 2, 2011 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15027 Content Per Day: 2.62 Reputation: 8043 Achievement Points: 92206 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted January 2, 2011 Sorry to hear of the hassle Nick.. But are u sure? Canada is a member and has been for zillion years. Dont you have a marriage certificate? Why cant this be done via mail? Pete http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conference_on_Private_International_Law Awards
Unchileno Posted January 2, 2011 Member ID: 101 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 110 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 8139 Content Per Day: 1.42 Reputation: 6768 Achievement Points: 61591 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 21 Birthday: 01/23/1974 Device: iPhone Posted January 2, 2011 Lets party damit...Hey nick Im up in T.O.if there anything I could do for you let me know bro..also the wife is Mexican..so maybe I could help you in that department too.. In any case Scarecrow is right...A few of us around here..it could the XI convention Canadian style..EH!..lol P.S...I got the good shit just in case.. Awards
NickTheGrip Posted January 2, 2011 Member ID: 177 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 16 Topic Count: 145 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1669 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 281 Achievement Points: 10581 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 27, 2023 Birthday: 05/08/1961 Author Posted January 2, 2011 Ok Pete This is the deal. I have a marriage license from Ontario which has the raised stamp on it. That used to be good enough but now the document has to be certified with an "apostille" which I guess is French for certification. Its a whole other document that is attached to it that certifies the other document is real. Its all bullshit really - just another excuse to scratch more money out of us poor working stiffs. Canada signed the treaty but they did not sign up to the part that the apostille falls under. Mexico did, the US did and even the UK did, but for some reason Canada did not so every document has to be authenticated and such. I have a couple of choices. 1. Use a "service" like RedSeal. This will cost around $450 CDN. This will all be done in the mail and take around 10-15 days 2. Take my chances with mailing it to the Office of Documents Services in TO, then getting it back, then mailing it to the Mexican and US consulates in turn. The whole process would cost around $100 CDN but take around 3 months. 3. Take a trip up to TO, do everything in a couple of days and it still costs $100 CDN, but then there is the gas, hotel etc So any way I am a little screwed, but I have to do this otherwise all the months of preparation for this separation will have been wasted. BTW, thanks for the "good shit" offer. It's been while since I partook of the "good shit" Let's see what happens. I will keep the CA contingent posted here. Awards
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