Registered migration agents now can certify copies of documents and identity declaration
The Australian Department of Home Affairs has today the 28 May 2021 added registered migration agents to the list of occupations that can certify copies of documents and identity declarations. Like many other people of occupations, a registered migration can do the following:
Certify copies
- Make a copy of the original document.
- Take the original document and your copy to the certifier.
- They will check your copy is the same as the original.
- On a single-page document, the certifier must write or stamp, ‘This is a certified true copy of the original as sighted by me’
- On documents with more than 1 page, the certifier must write or stamp ‘I certify this and the following [number of pages] pages to be a true copy of the original as sighted by me’ on the first page and initials all other pages.
- The certifier must also write or stamp on the copy:
- their signature
- their full name
- their occupation
- their phone number
- the date
- their address (optional)
Complete an identity declaration
Someone can also help you complete an identity declaration if they:
- are an Australian citizen
- are not related to you by birth, marriage or a de facto relationship
- work in one of the occupations listed below
- have known you for at least one year
Occupations
- Australian consular officer or Australian diplomatic officer (check if this service is available at your nearest Australian embassy or consulate)
- bailiff
- bank officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
- building society officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
- chiropractor (licensed or registered)
- clerk of court
- commissioner for affidavits
- commissioner for declarations
- credit union officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
- dentist (licensed or registered)
- fellow of the National Tax Accountant’s Association
- finance company officer with 5 or more years of continuous service
- judge of a court
- justice of the peace
- legal practitioner (licensed or registered)
- magistrate
- marriage celebrant licensed or registered under Subdivision C of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961
- master of a court
- medical practitioner (licensed or registered)
- member of Chartered Secretaries Australia
- member of Engineers Australia, other than at the grade of student
- member of the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants
- member of the Australian Defence Force with 5 or more years of continuous service
- member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants or the Institute of Public Accountants
- member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory Legislature, or a local government authority of a State or Territory
- minister of religion licensed or registered under Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part IV of the Marriage Act 1961
- nurse (licensed or registered)
- optometrist (licensed or registered)
- permanent employee of Australian, state or local government authority with at least 5 or more years of continuous service.
- permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with 5 or more years of continuous service
- pharmacist (licensed or registered)
- physiotherapist (licensed or registered)
- police officer
- psychologist (licensed or registered)
- registered migration agent (where registration is not suspended or subject to a caution)
- registrar or deputy registrar of a court
- sheriff
- teacher employed on a full-time basis at a school or tertiary education institution, or
- veterinary surgeon (licensed or registered)
