Notary Public Services

  • Notarisation of Documents for use overseas
  • Drafting and Notarisation of consent to travel documents
  • Affidavit for estate matters, court cases, wills & probate and litigation worldwide
  • Authentication or an Apostille from the Department of Foreign affairs and trade
  • Notarial certificates of law and good standing for corporations
  • Administration of Oaths for the Giving of Evidence
  • Indian Notarisation
  • United States real estate / property closing documents
  • Company Power of Attorney, Authorizations and Appointment Letters
  • Noting and Protesting Bills of Exchange

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Our Professional Accreditations

  •  Global LAW Experts
  • The Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries
  • Legal Awards 2016
  • MIA- Member of Migration Institute of Australia
  • LAW Institute Victoria
  • Migration Agents Registration Number
  • MMA- Member of Migration Alliance
  • Society of Notaries of Victoria
  • The Lawyer Network
  • MARA- Migration Agents Registration Authority

Get Fast Notary Services at Visatec Legal – Notary Public Services

Give yourself the best and trusted notary services with VisaTEC Legal’s international notary services that offer you convenient and faster outcomes. Whether you are an individual, small or large businesses, Lawyers, Patent Attorneys, Banks, or Statutory Authorities, our highly experienced lawyer and Public Notary will always provide you stress-free Notarial services. We understand how challenging and urgent notarial documentation can be – Therefore, our main aim is to provide you with the best and most satisfying outcomes through our fast and reliable Notary and apostille services in Melbourne.

With over 18 years of experience as an Australian lawyer, you can be confident of brilliant legal mind checking through your documentation. We provide you with a full range of notary services in Melbourne. We provide notary services for taking declarations and affidavits, international attestation and notarisation, certification of original documents, verification of identity, corporate verification, Certificate of Good Standing of an Australian Corporation, Authentication, and Apostille services from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We offer you a one-stop solution for all your notary requirements.

Let us understand Notarisation in detail.

What is Notary?

To accept the documents internationally, they should be legalized or formally proved to be valid and genuine. For this purpose, several countries require documents or copy documents to be certified by a Notary Public to ensure it is accepted overseas.

In Australia, a highly-experienced and senior legal practitioner is recognized as a Notary. Authorized to prepare, attest, verify, witness and certify original and copy legal documents. Notary attested documents are accepted internationally and make the process more smooth and faster.

Notary public services available at VisaTEC Melbourne

Do you have documents that you need to be proven suitable for international use? Are you seeking notary attestation? At VisaTEC legal, our notary public services are guaranteed to verify and legitimise any documentation you require. VisaTEC certifies any document to make them eligible overseas. Our notary public services in Melbourne are fast, efficient and effective.

Here at VisaTEC, our notary services in Melbourne are available to any small or large scale businesses as well as individuals in the private and government sectors. Our Notary public services are the leading notarial services in Victoria are not only determined to make your experience seamless, fast and stress-free.

What notary public services do we offer?

Notary public services at VisaTEC are services that cover a wide range of verification of legal documents from small to large scale business organizations and individuals from private and government sectors.

Notary public services authenticate documentation, includes witnesses, deeds, signatures and legalizing international documents.

We offer a variety of notary services at Visatec, these include:

  • Notarisation of documents for use overseas
  • Drafting notification of consent to travel documentation
  • Affidavit for authorization: Estate matters, court cases, wills and probate and worldwide litigation.
  • Notarial birth certificates
  • Notary marriage certificate
  • Notary and apostille services: Department of foreign affairs and trade
  • Notarial certificates of law and good standing
  • Administration of oaths for the giving of evidence
  • Noting and protesting bills of exchange.

Notary Marriage Certificate

Our notary marriage certificate services entitle us to approve and grant any marriage certificate as legal and legitimate.

As a notary marriage certificate receives notary attestation, it is recognized as a legal and official marriage in Australia.

Notarial Birth Certificate

Like our notary marriage certificate service, our notary birth certificate service allows us to examine any birth certificate and approve it as a legal and legitimate document through notary attestation.

After we approve and attest your birth certificate, it is deemed a legal and official document in Australia.

What to consider before visiting the notary public

There are a few things to have in order and prepared before visiting a notary public for any legal matter or document verification you may need.

We promote efficient and timely notary public service and notary attestation to encourage our clients to organize any documents and needs.

We Recommend:

  • Discussing what you require: Being clear and prepared with what you need and requirements will help us understand you and your needs better to determine the best course of action.
  • Document preparation: Sending through any relevant documentation via email will help prepare us in understanding your case before seeing the Notary.
  • Organization of identification: Put together all relevant means of your identification, including passports, Driver Licence and if required, documentation from bank statements or utility bills etc.

What Do You Need To Bring To A Notary Service?

If you need notary international and document services and notary attestation, it is important to gather and organize all necessary documentation to ensure an efficient and timely outcome.

We Recommend Bringing The Following To A Notary Service:

  • Identification: This needs to be something that contains photographic proof of yourself and a featured signature. It can be a current and valid passport or a valid driver’s License. An additional document like a utility bill may be required.
  • All your original documents that are to be used during the notary service
  • Any instructions you may have received from overseas
  • If you are signing for someone else or another business, you must have documents that show proof of enabling you to sign on their behalf.

These documents are essential to the effectiveness of your notary service, and we encourage you to organize these well in advance before seeing a notary public.

What Are The Other Things To Consider When Seeking Notary Public Services?

When you seek Notary public services, we encourage you to consider some other protocol and procedure upon visiting a notary public.

These include:

  • Witnessing signatures: When a notary is required to witness the signing of a power of attorney, or any other overseas documentation, the document must be signed in the Notary’s presence.
  • Proof of identification: For notarization to be effective, a notary must verify: signer’s identity and understand what was signed.

For notary attestation to occur and be final, the signee must be officially verified based on the personal identification documentation provided by the Notary.

Do you require notary services in Melbourne? VisaTEC Notary public services are available to consult!

We offer 20 years of experience, trust, and service to each of our clients and are driven to making each notary service effective, efficient, and timely for all. If you need assistance with any legal matter, immigration, or notarial needs, call us on  1300 484 728 today to consult our leading team in notary services in Melbourne.

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Notarial Scale of Fees for Victoria

This scale of fees has been approvedby the Council of The Society of Notaries of Victoria Inc.as abenchmark scalefor notaries and the public witheffect from 1 July 2021.

Victorian notaries are free to set their fees as the Society does not control fees that notaries may charge.

The items in the scale are listed “WithoutGST” and “WithGST”

Without GST

With GST

Administering an oath or affirmation, taking a declaration or attesting a signature (including, where applicable, completing a jurat or pre-printed acknowledgement orthe like) without preparing and completing anotarial certificate

Without GST

With GST

Administering an oath or affirmation, taking a declaration or attesting a signature andpreparing and completing a notarial certificate

Without GST

With GST

For each additional deponent, declarant or signatory at the same time

Without GST

With GST

Preparing and completing an exhibit note or annexure certificate

Without GST

With GST

Completing an exhibit note or annexure certificate prepared by others

Without GST

With GST

(a) Preparing and completing a notarial certificate certifying one individual copy document (of up to five page

(b) For each further page of the individual document (beyond five pages)

Where appropriate and acceptable in the receiving jurisdiction

(a) certifying two to five individual copy documents (of up to five pages each) underone notarial certificate

(b) for each additional copy document of up to five pages under the same certificate

(c) for each further page beyond five pages of an individual document certified

Preparation of Extended Protest

Preparing and completing a notarial certificate as to the attestation of a Power of Attorney and certification of the donor’s identity

Verifying an Australian testamur, academicdocument or record; and

Preparing and completing a notarial certificate as to the verification of an Australiantestamur, academic document or record and certifying a copy thereof

Preparing and completing a certificate of good standing of an Australian corporation

Preparing and completing a certificate of Australian law:

(a) up to three foli

(b) for each folio beyond three

Preparing and completing a certificate in relation to any matter not otherwise specified in this scale:

(a)up to three folio

(b)for each folio beyond three

For each of the first ten duplicate certificates provided

For each duplicate certificate provided after the tenth

Completing a notarial act in authentic form prepared by others, including one copy for the client and one copy for retention in the notary’s protocol

Preparing a notarial act in authentic form, including one copy for the client andone copy for retention in the notary’s protocol per folio

Noting a protest prepared by a Ship’s Master and entering in the register andproviding one copy

Each further copy

Preparation of Extended Protest

In relation to any matter not otherwise specified above, a notary may charge according tothe First Schedule ofthe current Victorian PractitionerRemuneration Order in relation to matters such as:

  • attending at DFAT and at Consulates (including uplifting documents)
  • filing documents withDFATby post
  • preparing documents other than notarial acts, including affidavits and declarations
  • dealing with foreign language documentsand translations
  • making and supply ofphotocopiesand scanning of documents
  • reviewingof documents prior to appointments
  • receiving and sending emails advising about notarial procedures
  • other correspondence and perusals
  • attendances by telephone or otherwise
  • searching title or other searches
  • clerical work by staff members

Notaries may recover all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the supply of notarial services.

Preparing and completing a certificate of good standing of an Australian corporation

Preparing and completing a certificate of Australian law:

(a) up to three folios;

(b) for each folio beyond three

Preparing and completing a certificate in relation to any matter not otherwise specified in this scale:

(a) up to three folios;

(b) for each folio beyond three

DFAT's handling fees

Administrative fees to get legalisation stamps at embassy/consulate

DFAT's fee

Notarisation fee at the UAE Embassy

Notarisation fee at the Chinese Embassy

Notarisation fee at Qatar Embassy

Notarisation fee at the Indonesian Embassy

Notarisation fee at the Philippines Consulate

Finger prints collection

Online verification - educational institution

Manual verification - education institution

The certificate (x1 pages) | $198 (GST included)

School record (x7 + x8 pages = 15 pages) | $ 165 (GST included)

Total = $363

Turn around - 7 to 10 business days

Requirement: will need an authorization signed to allow school release information