First of all, you'll need to ask a professional from the following list to certify your documents:
- Lawyer
- Chartered Accountant
- Serving Police or Customs Officer
- Notary Public
- Members of Judiciary
- Senior Civil Servant
- Actuary
- An Embassy, Consulate or High Commissioner of the country of issue of the document
- Director, Officer or Manager of a regulated financial services business
Next, ask your chosen certifier to write this on the document that they are certifying:
For documents that contain a photo:
I [full name of certifier] confirm that this is an accurate copy of the original and the photo is a true likeness of the person concerned.
For documents that don't contain a photo:
I [full name of certifier] confirm that this is an accurate copy of the original.
Each document must also include:
- certifier's signature and full name in BLOCK CAPITALS
- certifier's occupation, company, professional address and phone number
- certifier's official company/instituional stamp must be clearly impressed if they have one
- certifier's professional registration number if they have one
- date of certification
Please remember your documents must:
- be in English or a certified translation to English
- certification and translation must be completed by the same person
- date of certification must be within the last three months