A certified copy means an acceptable referee has endorsed the copy of your document.
Referees must be confident the copy of your document is a true copy of the original. To certify a copy of your document, your referee needs to:
- sight your original document and the copy
- write This is a true copy of the original as supplied to me
- sign their signature.
Where documents have multiple pages, the referee must:
- write or stamp I certify this and the following [number of pages] pages to be a true copy of the original as supplied to me on the first page
- initial all other pages.
The referee must also write the following details on the first page of each copy. Their:
- occupation
- full name and address
- phone number.
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