teejay66

Please can anyone clarify if a policeman can certify documents.

Cheers Tracey

SonicBird

I don't think so... you can usually take them to the your local mags court and they do em for a small fee... much cheaper than solicitors/lawyers!

Hope that helps
Sonic

glennandkate

Hi Tracey,
The below is from a FAQ sheet issued by Australia House, London

Who Can Certify Copies of my Documents?

For the UK and the Republic of Ireland your documents can be certified by a notary public, commissioner for oaths, police officer, bank manager or
solicitor.


So yes a Police Officer can sign.

Regards
Katie

Jane and Russ Middleton

WE GOT OURS DONE AT A SOLICITORS, THEY HAVE A STAMP AND MUST SIGN !! ALSO GET A BUSINESS CARD AS YOU MUST BE ABLE TO SHOW THEY CAN CONTACT THAT PERSON IF THEY SO WISH.
WE FORGOT TO GET 2 COPIES OF EVERYTHING FOR MAIN APPLICATION, AND HAVE THEM ALL CERTIFIED SO HAD TO GO BACK SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL YOUR STUFF TOGETHER TO SAVE YOURSELF ANOTHER TRIP ( UNLIKE US !!)
WE RANG ROUND ALL LOCAL SOLICITORS TO GET THE BEST PRICE, A FEW PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED GOING TO A MAGISTRATES COURT, HOWEVER YOU HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT TILL THEY HAVE A SPACE.
JANE XXX

northerner

Not sure where that came from glennandkate - I had a look and it didn't mention a police officer...

http://www.australia.org.uk/VTI/HTML/cert.html

Was that on an old document or something???

Graham

glennandkate

Hi Graham,
See the attached link. I found it a few weeks ago on another forum. Its September 2005.

http://www.*************/forum/viewto...courier+po+box

Katie

moneypenny20

Sorry but they have their info wrong.

Copied from AHC site just now:

certifying documents

"For the purposes of an Australia visa or citizenship application the following people can certify documents and witness statutory declarations in the UK and Republic of Ireland:
UK
Solicitor
Magistrate
Notary Public
Justice of the Peace
Officer of the court appointed by a Judge to take affidavits"

glennandkate

yeh -just read it. It all very confusing. I have just been looking at some old threads on here - some only two months old and the info is all over the place. I've even seen vets and midwifes mentioned.
I think maybe the best bet is to go for what it says in black and white on the Aus House website and ignore advice on sites like these...

moneypenny20

How happy would people be to get a refusal because they had used a vet to certify!!

northerner

Hmmm. Shame that, my brother's a police officer - could have been quite useful as we've got to get all our documents certified in the next couple of weeks!!

Think we will go down the magistrates court route...

Graham

amanda76

with you on this one moneypen!

midwives cannot certify documents!!!

i am a midwife and we cannot do it!

goodluck everyone
mand

http://www.australia.org.uk/VTI/HTML/cert.html

jonjon

Tracy these 2 links will give you everything you need to know about uk & Oz certification

regards

jon


http://scaleplus.law.gov.au/html/pa.../0/PR000080.htm

http://britishexpats.com/forum/show...d=1#post2981502

teejay66

Thanks for the info guys I guess the best thing is to go to a solicitor and play safe.

cheers

Tracey

moneypenny20

Neither of those links worked.

Unfortunately too many outside sites hold the wrong info. For peace of mind always use DIMIA or AHC. All the info is there and is more likely to be correct.

Alison1967

Graham

We went to a local solicitor
1st visit - £10 for Skill Assessment documents
2nd visit - (with hubby had to get his birth cert/passport docs certified)
Visa Docs and NurseBoardSA FORM countersigning £20
Thought that was cheap as there was loads of documents included.

Alison