Template · Affidavit
One-and-the-same-person affidavit
Used when records show your name differently (after marriage, a spelling change, or across foreign documents).
Illustrative sceneAFFIDAVIT OF ONE AND THE SAME PERSON I, [current full legal name], of the City of [city], in the Province of Ontario, MAKE OATH AND SAY (or SOLEMNLY AFFIRM) THAT: 1. I am the person named in the documents described below. 2. The name “[Name A]” and the name “[Name B]” refer to one and the same person, namely me. 3. The difference arises because [reason — e.g. marriage, spelling variation in a foreign record, translation]. 4. The documents affected are [list documents], and I make this affidavit to confirm my identity across them. SWORN (or AFFIRMED) before me at the City of [city], in the Province of Ontario, this [day] day of [month], [year]. ____________________________ ____________________ Signature of deponent Signature of commissioner ____________________________ A Commissioner for Taking Affidavits in and for Ontario
Don't sign it yet. Bring the completed, unsigned document to your session — the commissioner watches you sign.
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