Anna,
no they did not specify. The request was actually for him to submit a photocopy of all the civil documents submitted with our application.
I submitted an original birth cert. with our application. I guess they cannot make their own photocopy
Now let's see if they get technical with us. As each certificate has a unique document number the photocopy we sent is not a copy of "the" birth certificate we submitted (which I have just in case) but is a photocopy of "a" birth certificate....same info different docuement number.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/E33061.PDF
The guide for Port-au-Prince does not specify which version of the birth certificate to send. It just indicates the extract from the archive.