Appointing an attorney in Georgia Dealing with your property, business and personal matters in Georgia while you are living in Australia can be troublesome and a hassle. There are several options other than making arrangements to travel to Georgia to deal with your legal matters yourself. One option is to appoint someone under a Power […]
Appointing an attorney in the Netherlands with a Volmacht Dealing with your legal matters in the Netherlands while you’re in Australia can be troublesome and a hassle. There are several options other than travelling to the Netherlands to deal with your legal matters yourself, and one of those options is to appoint someone in the […]
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 […]
Notary Public or lawyers assisting with Queensland mortgage documents An issue that’s been coming up more and more recently has been the question around signing and witnessing Queensland mortgage documents in New South Wales. If you live in New South Wales but you have property dealings in Queensland, which include signing and witnessing Queensland mortgage […]
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, […]
If you are signing documents for property or business transactions in the United States of America, you need to make sure that you satisfy the specific legal requirements for America relating to that specific state or county. Generally, this will mean that you need to have the documents notarised by a notary public. Notaries and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Which countries will accept an apostille? In many cases, notarising your document is only the beginning. The ultimate goal is for your document to be accepted in the intended destination country. To achieve this goal you may have been asked to have your document legalised – maybe with an apostille or even ‘according to the Hague Convention’. […]