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Jun 28, 2021

COVID-19 Update - Restrictions in Sydney

Due to the NSW Government announcement and 'stay at home' orders, our office will be closing for face-to-face notary public services until further notice (until restrictions have been lifted).

This means we are unable to assist you if you need to have your signature witnessed or your identity verified (as this requires you to be physically present in our office).

If you have documents that must be certified (ie, copies of passports), we can still assist provided you are able to arrange to have your original passport delivered to our office for certification. Our office will not be receiving documents personally from any individual and so original documents must be slipped under our office door or delivered to us by courier (preferably not by post). 

If you have electronic documents that must be attested (ie, VEVO, employment documents, education documents), you can arrange for these documents to be sent to us directly by the issuing organisation for attestation. 

All documents (ie, notarised documents and originals documents, if any) will only be returned to you by same-day courier unless you wish to wait until the restrictions have been lifted in order to collect them from our office.

Please be aware that we are not considered an essential service and therefore if you insist on visiting our office, you risk a fine for breaching existing orders and we will not receive you at our office.


Jun 15, 2021

Attesting and notarising copies of Passports for Police Clearance Certificates

Applying for Police Clearance Certificates?

Applying for police clearance certificates requires a number of attested/notarised documents. For example:

  • If your appearance has changed, you must submit Form J which has been notarised after you have signed it in front of a notary public. Form J is available for download from the VFS website (https://www.vfsglobal.com/india/australia/passport_service/pdf/Form-J.pdf). Witnessing you sign Form J means you must make an appointment to attend our office in person and sign the form in our presence. We then confirm that you are the person who signed the form and we witness your signature and notarise the form.
  • If you are a foreign national, you must submit a notarised copy of your passport. You must arrange for your original passport to be presented to us. We will make a copy and notarise that copy certifying that it is a true and correct copy of the original passport.
  • We also understand that some Indian nationals who do not wish to submit their original Indian passport can also submit a notarised copy of their Indian passport instead of the original.

We provide low cost fixed fee services to attest and notarise a copy of your passport. Check out our recent Google Reviews to see what others have to say about us. https://g.page/phanglegal?share

For more information about applying for the police clearance certificate from VFS, please visit their website and the relevant checklist found on their website (https://www.vfsglobal.com/india/australia/passport_service/pdf/checklist-for-pcc-updated.pdf)

What next?

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

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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.