Travelling overseas with medicine Travelling overseas with medicine can be full of complications depending on the countries that you intend on visiting. Do not expect that other countries will have the same laws and regulations regarding medicines or drugs that we enjoy in Australia. There have been many reports of Australians travelling abroad who have […]
Bahrain does not have a diplomatic presence in Australia Like Australia, Bahrain is a signatory to the Apostille Convention. This means that any documents from Australia sent to Bahrain must be stamped with an apostille from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Without the apostille, those document may be rejected. As a leading […]
Over the years, we have had many clients who have asked us to help them with stamping their documents with an apostille so that they can use them in Greece. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the authority responsible for issuing the apostille in Australia. Whether you can go to DFAT directly […]
Registering the birth of your child in the Ukraine If you are originally from the Ukraine but you have had a child in Australia, you may want to register your child’s birth or otherwise inform the government in the Ukraine of their birth. Normally, the primary evidence of someone’s birth (and related information such as […]
Notary certificate and Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) On 1 September 2015, the Australian Government stopped issuing visa labels for Australian visas in favour of issuing electronic visas. All visa records are now stored in a central database which enables online checking of visa details by visa holders, registered Australian organisations and airline staff. The online checking of visa […]
Do we assist clients with notarising their documents to support their application to migrate to Canada? Yes, we do. Do we notarise documents that were not issued in Australia so that they can be used in Canada? No, we do not. As a leading provider of notary public services in Sydney, we are frequently asked to notarise […]
As a leading provider of notary public services in Sydney, we regularly assist people who have property, business or legal matters in Croatia. If you live in Sydney but you need to sign documents for Croatia, then it is likely you will need to have your signature witnessed by a notary public and your documents […]
Verifying Australian Educational Documents As a leading provider of notary public services in Sydney, we are regularly approached to notarise documents issued by educational institutions (ie, qualifications, degrees, certificates, transcripts, reports and other educational documents). Many clients must be able to prove that they are properly qualified or have the educational prerequisite for employment or further […]
Did you know that it is now possible to verify your apostille online? Many countries around the world will recognise an apostille (see our previous article on the subject). This means that your documents should be stamped with an apostille if you are in Australia and you are sending them to any of those other […]
Sending human remains to other countries Sometimes, when people die in Australia their family choose to send their body or ashes overseas. This may because the person was only temporarily staying in Australia (ie, on holiday), originally came from another country (ie, migrated to Australia), this was the person’s wish (ie, in the will) or a […]
To need or not need a notary – that is the question! It’s interesting to listen to the different enquiries that we receive every day. Some people never knew what a notary public was until they researched it on Google and found us, while others immediately think of seeing a notary public for all kinds […]
If you are sending your documents to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), you must follow a very specific process in relation to notarisation, authentication and legalisation – especially if those documents are signed in or originate from Australia. In this article, we discuss some of the issues that our clients face, and how we help our […]