nikki dreaming

Hi

We are in the process of completing our paperwork for NS PNP application.

After reading through the guides as far as documentation etc it seems that NS require certified copies of All supporting Documents and If application was going direct to London CHC they would not require certifying.

Anyhow, as application has to go to to NS first it looks like I will need to get everything certified, which brings me to my ?

I thought I read somewhere a list of acceptable people that can certify"tue copies". Can anybody confirm where this list maybe, or if I have completely misread and it has to be a solicitor??

Many Thanks in advance for any advice.

KAT16

Hi Nikki

My OH applied for Alberta PNP and had to supply certified copies of his certificates. We went to a solicitor and paid £100 for about 30 certificates. The solicitor told him it would usually cost £10 per cert but he agreed the price before he took them in. I think you can only do it through a notary!

Hope this helps

Karen

destinationnovascotia

I needed certified copies for our SW PR application. I shopped around for solicitors to do this and the first couple were asking £10 to £15 per item (I had over 30 documents to be certified).

After half an hour of the phone I found a local solicitor who had a quiet afternoon and he said if I bought them down that day he would do the lot for a tenner. I was in the car before he put the phone down.

If definitely pays to shop around.

roxye3

I did my NSNP 6 months ago and was accepted. I did not have to get anythign certified with them. How strange? You sure about that?

nikki dreaming

Hi,

Just checked the Application guide and it states twice that all supporting docs must be certified a true copies, guess you were lucky, or maybe they have recently updated their guide??, don't want to take any chances so will shop around to get a good deal!

Many Thanks for all your replies

nikki dreaming

Just called local solicitor, they wanted £2.50 per document, this doesn't seem bad in comparison to your replies except you DNS, you got a great deal, we will have about 50 docs I think!!!!

Will try and see if someone happy to do a fixed price for the lot!?

seanyg

Hi there,

We're applying through the Manitoba PNP and I asked the same question to the immigration officer who invited us to apply. I told her my mum (who is a retired lawyer so can't do it herself) has a neighbour who is a solicitor and the immigration officer said this would be fine.

This was great news because it means it won't cost us a penny!

Maybe you should ring / email the immigration officer in Nova Scotia who will be handling your application, and ask them...? I can't imagine it's just Manitoba who allow this, so if I was told a friend who's a solicitor can do it then surely you can too? (obviously I don't know if you know any solicitors, so if you don't then it's all academic anyway!).

Hope that helps,

Anita

nikki dreaming

Hi, Thanks for the info,

I was actually about to post an update on this, I called NS Immigration yesterday and they have confirmed that it does not have to be a lawyer that certifies, it could be a doctor, minister, professional of some capacity, so this has definitly saved me some ££!!

Cheers

lynpy

Just wondered what the actual words are that need to be written as I'm thinking that it may be better if my French Notaire wrote them in English???

Is it something like
'I believe that this is a true copy of the original'??

Will that do?
Cheers
Lynpy

nikki dreaming

hi Lynpy,

I think it should read " I certify that this is a true copy of the original"

Good luck!!, hoping to get ours off to NS this weekend

lokpokhrel11

I got help from my college. The International student office in my college certified the copies.