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)