Posts regarding the apostille and requirements for legalisation of documents.
Appointing an attorney (vollmachtnehmer) in Germany with a power of attorney (vollmacht) Dealing with your legal matters in Germany while you’re in Australia can be troublesome and a hassle. There are several options other than travelling to Germany to deal with your legal matters yourself, and one of those options is to appoint someone someone […]
Dealing with Deceased Estates overseas It is challenging enough dealing with the passing of a loved one, whether they are a family member or a friend. If you have been appointed as an executor, or you expect to be an administrator of the estate, then you have the added burden of dealing with the legalities […]
Does the legalisation process for China also apply to Macau? If our clients send documents to China, they must have their documents notarised by a notary public, authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and then legalised by the Chinese Consulate. This legalisation process for documents intended for China sometimes causes some […]
Sending your testamur, qualifications and academic records overseas We regularly assist overseas students who have studied in Australia, or Australian students who have graduated from high school, colleges or universities, by notarising their testamur, qualifications and their academic records for use overseas. You may need this service if you studied in Australia but you are […]
Verifying your identity for overseas use As a busy legal practice with clients overseas, one of our biggest challenges is ensuring that our clients sign (and we can prove that they have signed) legal documents in a way that will be valid in Australia. Generally, we will direct our clients to verify their identity by […]
What do you need to do when you are sending documents to Hong Kong? Many of our clients send documents from Australia to Hong Kong. Sometimes those clients also receive different advice regarding the formal requirements for documents that have been notarised in Australia. In this article, we try to clear the confusion and provide […]
Notarising documents for Taiwan Occasionally we have clients who send documents to Taiwan. But after we have notarised those documents, some clients are not sure whether those those documents need to be authenticated or legalised (which is normally the case when documents are sent overseas from Australia). In this article, we provide some clarification around what […]
Naslednička Izjava – Relinquishing your ownership or entitlement in family estates Over the years, we have been asked to witness statements relinquishing ownership or entitlement in family states, and it seems to be increasingly more common for families and their properties in Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia. This article focuses on the naslednička izjava or hereditary statement […]
Getting married overseas If you are intending to marry overseas (ie, outside of Australia) the officials in that country may ask you for a Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage. But what is it? A Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage is a document issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to […]
Sending birth records to the Ukraine If you are sending legal documents from Australia to the Ukraine, you need to have those documents stamped with an apostille. An apostille (Апостиль) is a certificate from the Department of Foreign Trade and Affairs confirming that the document is either: an original government document; or a document that […]
Notary public services and apostille for Australian Education Qualifications used in Korea As an experienced notary public, we provide notary public services to Korean overseas students. We often verify and notarise their educational qualifications and academic records, and we obtain an apostille (아포스티유) from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on their behalf. […]
Notary public services for Medical Certificates to other countries As an experienced notary public, we are often approached by clients wanting to notarise their medical certificates for use in countries around the Middle East. While each case can differ, sometimes the notarised documents are sent directly to the intended destination country and other times, our […]