CERTIFIED COPIES: For the purposes of the migration legislation, a document is to be certified in writing as a true copy of the original document by
If the copy is certified in Australia:
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a Justice of the Peace; or
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a Commissioner for Declarations; or
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a person before whom a statutory declaration may be made under the Statutory Declarations Act 1958 (for example - a nurse, medical practitioner, pharmacist or dentist); or
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a registered migration agent (whose registration is not suspended or subject to a caution).
If the copy is certified outside Australia:
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a person who is the equivalent of a Justice of the Peace or Commissioner for Declarations in that place; or
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a registered migration agent (whose registration is not suspended or subject to a caution).
Where applicable, the copies of both the original document and the translation must be certified as true copies.