Originally Posted by sormesher

hi,
i am in the process of submitting a spouse visa. i contacted the contact centre as i had read on here somewhere that you need to certify the personal statements and i had thought it was only birth, marriage certificates and passports which needed doing and there response was "Personal statements by the applicant and sponsor do not need to be certified". so on the basis of that i havent got any of my other items certified. the check list doesnt mention any other certifed documents.
hope this helps
sarah

Originally Posted by Rainydaze

Hi JblokeUK

I just got mine certified earlier in the week by a local justice of the peace. There was no charge and the JP came out to our house in the evening to sign them for us, he was a great guy.

In our case, I contacted the local courts service and they gave me a list of JPs living in my locality whom we could contact.

I do know that someone else here on Expats advised me that their JP tried to charge them, but they went directly to the magistrates court I think. Maybe it depends on if you're getting them signed at the court or outside hours.

But anyway, I don't think a JP is allowed to charge for this service. At the most there might be some basic admin costs.

So it might we worth checking out this option where you live. Good luck!

Originally Posted by slackbloke

Sorry I may have confused things, I meant all certifiable documents need to be certified if it is a paper application. The same is not true for an online application. So, the previous poster's reference to 'income related documents' will need to be certified (unless he is send the originals).