AUSTRALIAN Notary Public, Apostille service and South African Commissioner of Oaths
AUSTRALIAN NOTARY PUBLIC AND APOSTILLE SERVICE
Notary Service is available 7 days a week by appointment (including weekends)
Phillip Silver on 0406115895
Member of Law Society of New South Wales
Member of the Society of New South Wales Notaries
Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries
Public Notary Appointed by the Supreme Court of New South Wales
PHILLIP SILVER & ASSOCIATES LAWYERS
Phillip Silver is an Australian Solicitor and Notary Public based in Sydney, Australia.
Notarial Act
A notarial act is an instrument in writing recording the due execution of a deed, contract or other writing, or verifying some fact or thing that has been done, and it is authenticated by the Notary’s signature and an official seal. It either certifies the due execution in the Notary’s presence of a deed, contract or other writing or it verifies some fact or thing of which the Notary has certain knowledge.
Phillip can provide notarial services to individuals and corporate entities in NSW for use in different countries.
Examples of documents often notarized include but are not limited to:
- Education documents
- Foreign language documents
- Passports, visas and Australian government documents
- Statutory declarations, affidavits, affirmations
- Electronic documents
- Powers of Attorney
- Certifying true copies of original documents
- Notarising signatures and certifying executions or signing of documents
- Relationship Registration documents
We also assist with speedy apostille and authentications: preparing and submitting an application to DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) for Apostille or Authentication, obtaining Apostille or Authentication and providing the same to the client or as directed.
An apostille is a certificate issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that verifies the authenticity of a document's signature, seal, or stamp and the authority of the notary public. It's used to legalize documents so they can be recognized internationally. Most documents must be notarized before they can be apostilled or authenticated.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APOSTILLE AND AUTHENTICATION
An apostille certificate is issued by DFAT for documents that are intended for use in countries which are member of the apostille convention. If a country is not a member of the apostille convention the document must be authenticated by DFAT (after it has been notarized) and legalized by the foreign entity or consulate of the foreign country in Australia.
Scale of Fees Recommended by the Society of Notaries of New South Wales Inc. Effective 1 February 2025: https://notarynsw.org.au/recommended-fees/ (*DFAT fees in addition)
Phillip can also act as Commissioner of Oaths for documents for South Africa. If you are a South African in Australia, Phillip Silver can also save you a long trip to the South African High Commission Canberra. According to section 8(b) of the South African Justices of the Peace and Commissioners of Oaths Act 16 of 1963, a South African commissioner of oaths may commission a document outside of South Africa for use in South Africa (this includes powers of attorney and affidavits for property transfers and court proceeding)