Simpcw Membership

Simpcw Membership processes applications for Certificate of Indian Status (CIS). When applying for a Status Card, you are required to provide 2 pieces of the following I.D. (one piece of primary I.D. or two pieces of secondary I.D., one of which must have a digitized photo, or one piece of secondary I.D. with a Guarantor’s form):

CATEGORY 1
Primary I.D.

CATEGORY 2
Secondary I.D.

CATEGORY 3
Other I.D.

  • Valid Canadian Passport
  • New Plastic CIS issued after April 2002

  • Certificate of Birth
  • Marriage or Divorce Certificate
  • Provincial Health Card
  • Provincial I.D. Card
  • Driver’s License
  • Employee I.D. with digitized photo
  • Student I.D. with digitized photo
  • Firearms license
  • Old CIS card
  • Guarantor’s form


* ABSOLUTELY NO PHOTOCOPIED I.D. OR SIN CARDS ACCEPTED (or certified photocopies).
* I.D. must be intact and must not be expired.
* Membership Clerk must receive the original Guarantor’s form with signature (not a faxed version) & client’s picture must be signed by Guarantor.

 

As of September 7, 2010, there will be a $50.00 fee for processing applications for Certificate of Indian Status for NON-SIMPCW members.

 

Population of the Simpcw First Nation, as follows:

On-reserve (Simpcw) - 219
On-reserve (other) - 26
Off-reserve - 406
TOTAL POPULATION - 651

 

For information regarding membership services, please contact:

Louisa Celesta, Membership Clerk
Tel: (250) 672-9995
Fax (250) 672-5858
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Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m