UPDATE - Affidavit for the Indian Drivers Licence Verification

What is the IDLV process?

If your name in your Indian drivers licence and your Indian passport is different, you will have problems when you want to convert your licence to an Australian licence and have your previous driving experience recognised in Australia. In addition to any other requirement in the IDLV Checklist, you must also have an affidavit signed by a public notary verifying that you are the one and the same person.

As a leading provider of notary public services in Sydney, we help many clients with the IDLV process and offer 2 option for our services.

• We prepare the notary certificate and the affidavit to verify that you are the one and the same person. You would then need to apply for your own apostille from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) before submitting your application with the notary certificate, affidavit and the apostille with the rest of the IDLV Checklist requirements to VFS.
• We prepare the notary certificate and the affidavit to verify that you are the one and the same person, AND we also obtain the apostille from DFAT so that you do not have to look after that part of the process yourself. You would still need to submit your application with the notary certificate, affidavit and the apostille with the rest of the IDLV Checklist requirements to VFS.

Aside from the notary certificate which provides our verification that you are the one and the same person, the affidavit that we prepare is also your declaration that the person referred to in your Indian passport and the person referred to in your Indian drivers licence is the one and the same person.

How should you write your IDLV affidavit?

Some clients choose to write their own IDLV affidavit. If you also intend to write your own IDLV affidavit, you must include all of the relevant information required by VFS. You can follow these few suggestions.

For example, your affidavit should contain the following information:

• Your name.
• The name that appears on your Indian passport. You can include your passport number.
• The name that appears on your Indian drivers licence. You can include your drivers licence number.
• A statement that you are the one and the same person.
• A statement that you declare/swear or affirm the contents of your affidavit.

After you have prepared your own affidavit, you must sign it in front of a public notary and have it notarised before you can apply for the apostille from DFAT.

What next?

To obtain a quote on our notary public services for India, please visit https://www.notary-parramatta.com.au/notary-fees/.

Acknowledgements

This blog is supported and maintained by Phang Legal. Phang Legal is a leading provider of notary public services in Sydney. With offices conveniently located in Parramatta, Phang Legal supports and services the Indian community across Sydney with readily available and easily accessible notary public services at highly competitive rates.

For more information regarding notary public services for documents going to India, view our notary publications at https://www.notary-parramatta.com.au/jurisdiction/india-notary/.

Frequently asked questions regarding our notary public services can also be found at https://www.notary-parramatta.com.au/faqs/.

For Hindi to English translation services by NAATI accredited translators, see https://hindi-naati-translation.blogspot.com.au/.

Ern Phang
Notary Public

Ern Phang is the solicitor director of Phang Legal and a notary public. Ern regularly writes about his experiences as a notary public, including the kinds of problems and solutions that his clients face when sending documents to India.

IMPORTANT: the information in this article is correct at the time of publication, however the law constantly changes. This means you should always refer to the most recent articles because we try to update this blog on a regular basis with the most current information.