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CERTIFICATION – FOR TRUE COPIES OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS
A certified copy means a document that has been certified as a true copy of an original document by one of the following persons.
The following individuals are eligible to certify copies of ID documents in Australia:
- Legal practitioner (including lawyers, judges, magistrates, registrar of a court)
- Medical practitioner
- Pharmacist
- Justice of the Peace
- Commissioner of Declarations
- Commissioner of Affidavits
- Notary Public
- Police officer
- Member of a professional accounting body
- Australian Consular Official
- An authorised representative of a financial institution
For overseas customers, certification is acceptable from the above individuals as equivalent within the certifiers’ country of residence.
The certifying officer must:
- Stamp or write on the copy: “This is a true copy of the original documents sighted by me.”
- Sign and print their name, and affix an official stamp where applicable.
- State their profession or occupation group.
- Write on the copy the date certified.