Common Australian Government documents that require Notarisation

The most common Australian Government documents that require notarisation are:

• Birth Certificates
• Marriage Certificates (from the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages – not the certificate issued by the celebrant at the church or time of ceremony)
• Death Certificates
• Divorce Certificates/Decree Nisi, or orders stamped by an Australian Court
• Citizenship Certificates (either issued from Australia, or signed by an Authorised officer at an Australian mission)
• National Police Criminal Records Checks issued by the Australian Federal Police (not ones issued by private companies)

Photocopies of original Australian Government documents cannot be authenticated or apostilled in Australia or overseas unless they have been notarised as a ‘true copy’ by an Australian Public Notary within Australia.