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DFAT will not accept documents that have been laminated. Trying to take the laminate off a document almost always ends up tearing ink off the document. It is much better to order a new document. DFAT will not accept documents that have large tears in the document. In particular if a document has a tear…

Each state has a Police Check process and there are other companies that facilitate the obtaining of Police Checks. These police checks often require a notary to verify the Police Check. Police Checks from the AFP do not need to be notarised before they are apostilled. The website describing the police check process and pricing…

I’ve had very reputable notaries tell me that two notaries can notarize the same document. I ask DFAT again today 2020/08/19 and the answer is no, you cannot have two notaries notarise a single document. This makes life harder for multi-signatory documents where the parties cannot be in the same room at the same time.…

The gold standard for notarised documents is to have a notarial certificate on the front and to have every page signed. If your document has only been stamped by the notary on every page then the document will need to have numbered pages to be bound by DFAT. If the pages are not numbered and…

HSC Process HSC in NSW was the Board of Studies and is now NESA. There are two ways to get an apostille on an HSC document. The first way is to get a copy of the original document notarised by a public notary. The second way is to get the department to stamp a copy…

Documents from the Department of Immigration and Training have different methods of being verified. Confirmation of Enrolment CoE can only be verfied by calling up the institution that issued the CoE. The CoE should have contact details to call the institution. An Immi Grant can be verified by going to https://online.immi.gov.au/evo/firstParty?actionType=queryThe Immi Grant will have…

In late 2019 the requirement for getting an apostille or authentication on a a divorce order changed. Previously a colour print out of the divorce order showing a signature and stamp was sufficient. The new requirements are more onerous. Two sets of documents are required 1. The colour print out of the divorce order containing…

The general rule for apostilles and authentications is that government documents can be directly apostilled without needing notarisation. Every non-government document requires notarisation before getting an apostille or authentication. I keep a running list of government documents that need to be notarised at https://apostillestamp.com.au/what-government-documents-need-to-be-notarised-before-getting-apostilled/ Typical non-government documents I see that require notarisation are Powers of…

Typically a notary will need to verify documents by sending an email to the educational institution and waiting for a positive confirmation. This can be time consuming and is complex to orchestrate. New services such as myequals.edu.au allow instant checking of qualifications issued since 1990 for many of Australia’s leading higher education bodies. A list…

Documents going to China after they have been authenticated often need to be legalized at the Chinese Consulate. Lodging a form at the Chinese Consulate requires a form to be filled out and the original person who requested the authentication needs to sign the form. Copies of ID such as a passport need to be…