Essentially, both methods of notarisation have identical features. They both require sighting the original document by an Australian public notary, whereby a notarial certificate signed by an Australian public notary is bound by black ribbon & notary seal attached to a sighted document. Also, both methods of notarisation incur the same professional fees. However, the main difference involves what document is bound.
The term ‘notarise true copy of original’ means that an original document is sighted by an Australian public notary and then a true photographic copy of the original document is bound to a notarial certificate signed by an Australian public notary with black ribbon & notary seal. The term ‘original with notarisation’ means that an original document is sighted by an Australian public notary and then the original document is bound to a notarial certificate signed by an Australian public notary with black ribbon & notary seal. The notarial certificate will state all the relevant details necessary for notarisation purposes.
The relevant overseas authority requesting you apostille/attest your document will (or at least should) instruct you of the correct requirements. Most of the time, if you ‘notarise true copy of original’, it will suffice for the relevant overseas authority. However, we do advise that you confer with the relevant overseas authority regarding the method of notarisation required.
If you are unsure about which method of notarisation is required &/or would like more information, please contact us at attestation@bannermans.com.au.
