certificates validation question
 

Hi
I'm about to embark on the TRAs and gathering the info I need,does person who you get to validate certificates sign each and everyone? with thier names and dates?

jvmistry

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Yes, also get them to attach a cover letter with their name, date, contact details, position etc

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thanks for the reply

He is a policeman will this do or does it have to be a JP type person?

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Unsure, it's a bit of a grey area. This is from the TRA website.

Certifying officers include:

Justices of the Peace (JP)
Commissioners for Affidavits
Solicitors and/or Lawyers
Notary Public Officials
Prominent Citizens


I have a friend who is a solicitor for Bradford Council, so I had him sign ours.

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As the TRA is pretty similar to the ACS.. I asked the ACS, and I was told 'somebody who can legally certify documents in your country'.

So exactly what the definition of legal, certify and documents is pretty grey. I took it that if somebody can authorize for a passport application, that would be sufficient.

I got a solicitor friend to do mine. I got her to write 'I certify this is a true copy' and then signed it. I would expect that a policeman would be acceptable. If he can rustle up some kind of an offical stamp, that would be 'extra helpful'.

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I have just gained my provisional residency visa whilst living in Australia and all my documents had to be certified individually. We have a JP friend who did the honours.

Have fun collecting all your "evidence".

Good luck. VeraBB :)

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I would normally get a dcotor or nurse to sign for my passport documents but i was told they couldn't for the immigration documents, so we had a magistrate to do ours...i would check it out first before you get them signed

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Ok Thanks to all the people who replied.

i may ring them up just to make sure.

As it won't cost anything through my internet phone!!!

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Note that I was talking about cerifying the TRA/ACS copies rather than the Immigration docs..DIMIA are certainly more stingent.

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Hi ,
sent off my TRA 2wks ago . Just got letter back to say its in the queue to be processed. I got my local solicitor to cert mine. Charged me £5 a document.Just keeping fingers crossed everything else I have fiied out is
correct.

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My agent said that a police officer could not certify my documents, we had ours done by a local solicitor who charged me £40 for 50 documents.

Stacey

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:scared: :scared: :eek: Was quoted fiver a document by solicitor at one end of the high street and ended up going to the other end of the high street and paying a tenner for 48 documents

Robbing bastards