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) […]
Photographic identification documents and your personal information You must be able to properly and satisfactorily identify yourself when you come to our office for notary public services. This means you must bring photographic identification documents such as a passport or an Australian drivers licence to your appointment. Foreign documents without supporting local or international identification […]
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 […]
Legal dealings in countries where English is not the legal language can be challenging, especially if you need to sign documents that are not in English or if you need to provide them with documents that are not in their legal language. What do you do? Translating documents The simple answer is translate. You can […]
The major part of our notary public services is about notarising documents, however it is not the only part. In addition to notarising your documents, we can also help you with the following other services depending on your specific requirements: We can arrange for an apostille or authentication through the Department of Foreign Affairs and […]
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 […]
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 […]
Notary Public for property transactions in New Zealand We have previously written about the process for authorising Electronic Transactions for New Zealand property. We still provide this service on a regular basis. We also often receive referrals from law firms in New Zealand to help witness their clients sign this form, to verify their clients’ New Zealand passport, and […]
Proving that your company and business exists in Australia Many Australian companies and businesses ask us to help them prove that their company and business exists in Australia. We provide the necessary documents, notarise them and arrange for them to be authenticated and legalised, or stamped with an apostille as required by the intended destination country. […]
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 […]