Certifying Documents
When you apply to study with ACCS, you must provide certified copies of your documents.
Your copies can be certified by someone who:
- is an Australian citizen or Permanent resident
- is not related to you (by birth, marriage or de facto relationship)
- works in one of the occupations listed below
If you are applying from outside Australia, you can have your documents certified by someone who:
- is a citizen or permanent resident of the country you are in
- is not related to you (by birth, marriage or de facto relationship)
- works in one of the occupations listed below
How to certify a document
The original document must be viewed by the certifier and they must personally copy the original document and verify it by completing the following using a stamp or write by hand on the copy on each page of the document:
I certify this to be a true copy of the document shown and reported to
me as the original.
Name:
Occupation:
Address:
Signature:
Date:
Occupations
- Australian consular officer or Australian diplomatic officer
- 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)
- 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)