Your primary ID must include your name, photo, date of birth, and signature.
Your secondary ID can be any ID from the list below.
- Driver’s licence or learner’s licence
- British Columbia identification card (BCID)
- Government-issued identification card
- Nationality card or National identification card
- BC Services Card
- Passport
- NEXUS or Global Entry Card
- Canadian birth certificate
- International government-issued birth certificate
- Canadian citizenship card/certificate
- Permanent resident card
- Canadian Record of Landing/Canadian immigration identification record
- Marriage certificate
- Change of name certificate
- Naturalization certificate
- Canadian firearms license
- United States government-issued employment card
- Government-issued citizenship certificate
- Official Canadian refugee documents
Personal Health Number, Social Insurance number, Social Security cards, credit cards and bank cards are NOT acceptable IDs.
You must have copies of your primary and secondary ID notarized in person by either a lawyer or a notary public.
Sample of a lawyer notarization can be found here
Sample of a notary public notarization can be found here
