A certified copy means an acceptable referee has endorsed the copy of your identity document.
Referees must be confident the copy of your identity document is a true copy of the original.
To certify a copy of your identity document, your referee needs to do all of the following:
- sight your original document and the copy
- write This is a true copy of the original as supplied to me on each copy
- sign their signature on each copy.
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 and initial all other pages.
You must write the following referee details on each copy:
- occupation from the acceptable referee
- full name and address
- phone number.
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