beandownunder Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 'Certified copies' have been authorised (or stamped) as being true copies of originals, by a person or agency recognised by the law of the country in which you live. sorry for being thick, but does this mean I can ask a police officer to sign our documents - he's my cousin, does it matter if you are related? thanks in advance, J x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 not supposed to be related, even by marriage. We got a teacher friend to sign ours. Is it skills assessment or visa application you need them for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jase_dean Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 You can't be related. I got a local solicitor to do mine she only charged me £5 took 2 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beandownunder Posted October 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 not supposed to be related, even by marriage. We got a teacher friend to sign ours. Is it skills assessment or visa application you need them for? thanks. it's for visa application, toms boss (accountant) signed for skills assessment but she took forever, think I will be asking her again but well in advance! cheers, J x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 You could color scan the documents and send them in digital format. That would cost you no money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 we didnt get them countersigned for uploading to visa application, just colour scanned everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 There is a list of who can sign documents - we used a solicitor, others have used JP's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Our local JP certified the documents free of charge (bonus) and did them there & then for us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beandownunder Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 'Certified copies' have been authorised (or stamped) as being true copies of originals, by a person or agency recognised by the law of the country in which you live. can anyone clarify if it can be any professional who certifies copies or does it have to be a lawyer? Thanks, J x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beandownunder Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 There is a list of who can sign documents - we used a solicitor, others have used JP's i can't find the list Ali, just the above quote which is quite unclear :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beandownunder Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 do you think a retired solicitor would be ok?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beandownunder Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 we didnt get them countersigned for uploading to visa application, just colour scanned everything. i have colour copied them then will be scanning them in, do you think that would do Nikki? I don't want to fail at this hurdle but want it to be in asap!! J x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou8670 Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 i have colour copied them then will be scanning them in, do you think that would do Nikki? I don't want to fail at this hurdle but want it to be in asap!!J x We did colour copies and they accepted them. If they won't they'll ask you to provide certified ones rather then just reject your application. Lou x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 If they are in colour they should be ok, like Lou said, they will ask if they need anything else. When we sent our docs to TRA in Oz they were copies which were signed by a teacher and they were accepted. As the visa application is all online colour scans are all you need. X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshowdeb Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 'Certified copies' have been authorised (or stamped) as being true copies of originals, by a person or agency recognised by the law of the country in which you live. can anyone clarify if it can be any professional who certifies copies or does it have to be a lawyer? Thanks, J x For copies certified in Australia then there's a finite list of professions, but it's not so clear for the UK. We had most of ours done by a family friend who's a financial advisor. We also had some done by a friend who's a teacher and some by a colleague at work who's a Pharmacist. I guess if they would be accepted on a passport or driving licence application here in the UK then that would be fine, as they're recognised in UK law. None of ours were done by a lawyer and it was never questioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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