Daymon

Dear All,

Can anyone tell me or direct me to whom or what bodies in the UK can certify
copies of original documents.

I wish to make an application for assessment relative to the Sydney Accord
to the Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust).

I have already obtained a letter of attestation from the Engineering Council
UK that my qualification meet and exceed the Sydney Accord, however I need
to send copies of my qualifications and other documents which apparently
need to be certified copies.

Any help or assistance would be much appreciated.

regards

Daymon Thornton

wongstonn

Go to a solicitor's practice with the originals. They'll photocopy the original, stamp it and sign it. I chose a high street practice sunny Croydon and it cost me GBP5.00 per copy.

Dean Chapman

I paid £15 for approx 10 certified copies.
Ring around your local solicitors, their charges vary enormously.
Dean.

"wongstonn" <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    > Go to a solicitor's practice with the originals. They'll photocopy the
    > original, stamp it and sign it. I chose a high street practice sunny
    > Croydon and it cost me GBP5.00 per copy.
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    > wongston
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bondipom

60 GBP for over 100 copies and 2 stat decs. I did the photocopying myself (saved money)

l_jg

we paid £20 for about 50 copies - well worth shopping around though as I was also quoted £7.50 per signature :scared:

Daymon

Dear All

Many thanks for your help and assistance, I've started to ring around my
local solicitors.

Regards

Daymon



"Daymon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Dear All,
    > Can anyone tell me or direct me to whom or what bodies in the UK can
certify
    > copies of original documents.
    > I wish to make an application for assessment relative to the Sydney Accord
    > to the Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust).
    > I have already obtained a letter of attestation from the Engineering
Council
    > UK that my qualification meet and exceed the Sydney Accord, however I need
    > to send copies of my qualifications and other documents which apparently
    > need to be certified copies.
    > Any help or assistance would be much appreciated.
    > regards
    > Daymon Thornton

Daymon

Dear All,

Just got back from my local Solicitors.

Had 2 copies of my Engineering certificates and transcripts, along with an
attestation letter from the Engineering Council UK certified.

However the Solicitors did not have a company stamp, I don't thing this will
be a problem as the IEAust do not state that an official stamp is mandatory.
I will however be including an official letterhead though.

Took 15 minutes, and cost £15, for 8 pieces of paper.

Obviously I might want to consider Law instead of Engineering as a paying
career, LOL LOL.

Thanks once again for everyone's assistance.

Here we go then, let the Skilled Migration Application begin !!!!

Daymon





"Daymon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Dear All,
    > Can anyone tell me or direct me to whom or what bodies in the UK can
certify
    > copies of original documents.
    > I wish to make an application for assessment relative to the Sydney Accord
    > to the Institution of Engineers, Australia (IEAust).
    > I have already obtained a letter of attestation from the Engineering
Council
    > UK that my qualification meet and exceed the Sydney Accord, however I need
    > to send copies of my qualifications and other documents which apparently
    > need to be certified copies.
    > Any help or assistance would be much appreciated.
    > regards
    > Daymon Thornton

Majj

In some countries, providing certified copies is considered a public duty. The solicitor I use is SOuth African and he was quite suprised to find that solictiors actually make money out of it. SO what he does if charge a flat fiver which then goes to charity.

SO I ended up getting everything certifed twice and paid him a fiver for it. It was the best deal I have had for ages. Mind you I did help him a bit by putting the stamp on while he signed. Took us about 40 mintues.

chris hogan

Luckily enough our solicitor is a friend so a good bottle of scotch was enough.His wife is also our doctor she to has helped.We had to promise them they could come to us when they visit/retire to Aus.Not a problem both fantastic people.One thing though my consultant insisted the stamp said certified copy,not just office address,hope this helps in some small way.