Reopening for face-to-face appointments from 11 October 2021
We’re pleased to announce that in accordance with easing restrictions across Sydney, our office will reopen to take face-to-face appointments with people who are fully vaccinated or who have a medical exemption from Monday, 11 October 2021. Like many other businesses, we’ve been closed to the public for face-to-face appointments due to the restrictions and […]
Cancellation of appointments until further notice
Due to the recent announcement of restrictions and stay-at-home orders by the NSW Government, we’ve cancelled all notary public appointments until further notice. Although we’re unable to offer face-to-face appointments for services like witnessing or verifying identification, we can still provide remote services that don’t require clients to physically be present in our office. For […]
Malaysia – AirAsia X Proof of Debt
Claiming a refund from AirAsia X? AirAsia X is currently in the process of restructuring its debt. As part of the debt restructuring, AirAsia X has invited its passengers (and other creditors) to submit Proof of Debt forms – potentially with a view to receiving a refund. If you are an eligible passenger who may […]
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) – Splnomocnenie
As a leading provider of notary public services in Sydney, one of our most common requests is to witness and notarise the power of attorney for use in different countries all over the world. In most cases, we recommend that our clients arrange for the power of attorney to be prepared by a lawyer in […]
Iran – Request Issue of Iranian Passport (فرم درخواست صدور گذرنامه برای هوسز و فزسذ)
Looking to issue or re-issue an Iranian passport (فرم درخواست صدور گذرنامه برای هوسز و فزسذ)? Some of these forms and documents can be signed in front of a notary public so that you don’t have to travel to Canberra. Need more information? Have a look at some of these important links to documents from […]
Pandemic Processes with Foreign Offices, Consulates and Embassies
What is ‘legalisation’? Depending on the intended destination country, some documents must be legalised by the foreign office of the intended destination country before those documents will be accepted in that country. Generally, there are 3 steps to the legalisation process in Australia (and in other countries too). Notarisation. Your documents are notarised by a […]
India – Additional documents that need to be notarised
Have you noticed that VFS has updated many of their checklists? If not, you had better visit their website and download their current checklists, especially if you are in the middle of submitting applications, otherwise, you may find out the hard way that your applications will be rejected or returned. In the past many documents […]
You’re not going to help me get an apostille?
As a leading provider of notary public services, we assist many clients with notarising their documents for use overseas. We also help clients with obtaining an apostille or authentication from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) – depending on the intended destination country. In the past, we have also helped clients with legalising […]
The Philippines – You now need an Apostille
Before 14 May 2019 (over a year ago), documents from Australia going to the Philippines had to be notarised, authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and then legalised by the Philippines Consulate before they would be recognised in the Philippines. It was a lengthy and expensive process. The Philippines became a […]
Can’t find a Justice of the Peace right now?
One of the big challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, largely because of the subsequent quarantine/isolation and travel restrictions, is that people just can’t find a justice of the peace when they need one to witness or certify their documents. Even though notary public services are usually intended for documents that are going to be […]