Sorry, we cannot do that. We note that there is new policy for witnessing signature during COVID 19, however, Notary Public Authority clarified to all Notary Public Solicitor that notary public service cannot be done via audio or video link.

Yes, we can. If you would like us to help you finish the authentication in Chinese Consulate General, we will do that for you and take care of all correspondence with the Consulate. Likewise, there is legal fee incurred.

A NAATI translator in our office can do the translation for you. Likewise, there is translation fee incurred.

In order to use your document overseas, you must use a “Notary” to notarise your document. A notary is just like “an international Justice of the Peace” because the Notarial documentation produced by the Notary are to be used overseas and recognised by other countries under international conventions. For example, a “Power of Attorney” made in Sydney (Australia) needs to be notarised in order to be accepted in Beijing of China, or an affidavit affirmed in Sydney needs to be witnessed by a Notary before it can be accepted in an American Court.

A notary in Australia can do the following tasks for you:

•  Authenticating official, government and personal documents
•  Authenticating your identity
•  Witnessing your signature to documents
•  Preparing and witnessing a Power of Attorney
•  Certifying true copies of original documents for use overseas
•  Verifying company and business current status and transactions

In many circumstances, seeing a Notary is the first step. After that, the signature and seal of the Notary needs to be legalised (certified as true signature and seal) by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). To do so, you need to bring the notarised documents to the nearest office of DFAT. In Sydney, it is the Australian Passport Office located at Level 7, 26 Lee Street, Sydney NSW 2000 (near Central Station).

Once DFAT has legalised the document by issuing its certificate to the notary document (normally attaching the certificate to the Notary’s document), the document may also have to be certified at the consulate General or Embassy of the foreign country to which it is to be used. This procedure is normally called “authentication” or “certification”. In effect, the Consulate General or Embassy is Certifying the Australian Government’s seal and signature on the document is authentic.

Our Notary has been practising for more than 10 years. Our broad experiences allows us to notarise documents efficiently and at a cheap price. We have dealt with clients from over 30 countries and handled documents in languages other than English. Our services are trusted by many large companies, law firms, financial institutes and of course individuals.  The notarial certificates we draw are well accepted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Embassies and Consulate Office, and of course many foreign Courts and government.

Yes. Justices of the Peace are honest, careful and impartial volunteers, who come from all walks of life and can witness the signing of legal documents in Australia. In most matters involving a document to be used overseas, the signature of a Justice of the Peace will not be recognised overseas. Ideally, you should seek a Notary Public to notarise documents to be used overseas.