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 […]
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 […]
Notarisation, authentication and legalisation of medication when travelling As a leading provider of notary public services in Sydney, we often assist people who are taking prescription medicine or drugs when they travel overseas. Planning in advance avoids any complications later on, and therefore we encourage you to read on if this applies to you. Different […]
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 […]
Power of Attorney (委托书) in China If you live in Australia, but have business or property dealings in China, unless you are planning to travel to China to do things yourself, you may need to think about appointing someone in China to act on your behalf. Appointing someone to act on your behalf requires you […]
A personal message from Ern Phang, notary public For all of my clients in Australia and around the world, to my regular readers and first time visitors, I wish you all Merry Christmas 2012 and Happy New Year 2013. My office is currently closed for the holiday season and I have suspended all notary public […]
Qualifying to practice medicine in other countries Over the years, we have assisted many doctors in qualifying to practice medicine in Australia as well as overseas. Foreign doctors who had overseas qualifications and wanted to practice medicine in Australia had to submit their qualifications and credentials for assessment in the United States, and even with […]
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 […]
Verifying your Indian Drivers Licence Edit: The information in this article is out of date. In January 2015, VFS introduced an important change to the Indian Drivers Licence Verification process. Click here to see our updated flowchart for more information. If the name on your Indian Drivers Licence is different from your current valid passport, […]
Parramatta notary public supporting the Iranian community. Consenting to Iranian passport and providing permission to travel Does your family in Iran need to travel? For women and children under 18 years, the law in Iran requires consent from their husband or father. In Australia, the Iranian Embassy in Canberra (سفارت جمهوری اسلامی ايران کان) […]
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 […]
Notary public services allowing further studying in Lebanon Whenever we have clients who want to relocate to Lebanon or send their children to study in Lebanon, as an experienced notary public we are asked to notarise and authenticate their children’s student records. We understand that this is generally a requirement for enrolling into schools in […]