DFAT
Authenticating and Legalising copies of your Australian Passport
Ern Phang / Apostille, Authentication, Notary Public, Phang Legal /
Sending copies of your Australian passport overseas may sometimes mean your passport has to be authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and legalised by the foreign office of the intended destination country. Why would I need to send evidence of my Australian passport overseas? Your Australian Passport is: Proof of your […]
Bahrain – Company Documents and Apostille
Ern Phang / Apostille, Bahrain, Notary Public, Phang Legal /
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 […]
Verification and notarisation of Employment Records
Ern Phang / Apostille, Authentication, Law Firms, Lawyer, Legalisation, Notary Public, Phang Legal /
Do you need to prove that you have a job in Australia? As a leading provider of notary public services in Sydney, clients often ask us to help them to prove that they have a job in Australia. We can help by verifying their employment records and notarising them. Employment records may include documents such […]
Greece – Apostille for Notarised Documents
Ern Phang / Apostille, Greece, Lawyer, Notary Public, Phang Legal /
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 […]
Ukraine – Birth Certificates and Apostille
Ern Phang / Apostille, Notary Public, Phang Legal, Ukraine /
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 […]
Lebanon – Notarising and Legalising Education Documents
Ern Phang / Authentication, Lebanon, Legalisation, Notary Public, Phang Legal /
If you have school-aged children and you are intending to relocate from Australia to Lebanon, you will probably need to consider enrolling your children into a school in Lebanon. However, before you can do this you will need to have your children’s education documents notarised, authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) […]
Welcome 2018. Changes to DFAT Apostille and Authentication Fees.
Ern Phang / Apostille, Authentication, Notary Public /
DFAT Fee changes From 1 January 2018, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have increased the fees for the apostille and authentication of documents. Previously all documents that were stamped with an apostille or authenticated by DFAT were $80 each. The new pricing applies to all documents lodged after 1 January 2018. Authentication […]
Mauritius – Legal Documents and Apostille
Ern Phang / Apostille, Mauritius, Notary Public, Phang Legal /
Sending Legal Documents to Mauritius Having been once controlled by both the French and the British, the laws in Mauritius inherit a little from the French Civil Code and from the British Common Law (similar to what we have in Australia). If you live in Australia and you need to sign legal documents for Mauritius, […]
Iraq – Notarisation and Legalisation
Ern Phang / Authentication, Iraq, Legalisation, Notary Public, Phang Legal /
We have many clients who need our help to send documents to Iraq. Often, it relates to some sort of authorisation or power of attorney for someone to do something on their behalf in Iraq. It could relate to property or business transactions, but in general, it is for a financial purpose that would otherwise […]
South Africa – Apostille and Property Transactions
Ern Phang / Apostille, Notary Public, Phang Legal, South Africa /
Looking at buying or selling property in South Africa? It is likely that you will need the services of a notary public because documents, such as legal documents used in property transactions, signed in Australia but used in South Africa generally need to be notarised and sometimes also stamped with an apostille. Why notarise? Signing […]
Authenticating Immigration Documents at DFAT
Ern Phang / Apostille, Authentication, Notary Public, Phang Legal /
DFAT will authenticate some immigration documents We previously wrote about notarising VEVO documents as evidence of residency in Australia as recorded by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection. If you need to prove that you are entitled to live, work and remain in Australia, especially if they are not an Australian citizen or dual […]