!All documents need to certified as 'Original Seen' by one of the professionals listed below.

## How to certify documents:

For ID (Passport or Driving Licence) documents, the certification must have the following wording:

This is to certify that I have seen the original, this is a true copy of the original document and the photograph is a true likeness of [your full name]

For all other documents that we have requested ‘certified’, the certification must have the following wording:

‘This is to certify that I have seen the original document and this is a true copy of it’

The certified documents must contain the following details of the person certifying them:

  • Full name
  • Occupation
  • Registration number confirming registration with the relevant professional body
  • Full address
  • Work email address
  • Telephone number
  • Date
  • Signature

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## Who can certify documents?

If you send us the original documents, we can certify copies of these for you (we can’t certify photo ID documents unless we have seen you).

The following professionals can also officially certify copies of documents:

  • Accountant (Chartered or Certified)
  • Bank/Building Society Official
  • Barrister
  • Commissioner of Oaths
  • Financial Services Intermediary
  • Staff member of a UK bank
  • Government Officials
  • Justice of the Peace
  • Notaries
  • Solicitor
  • Post Office employee

## Who can’t certify documents?

The following persons cannot certify documents:

  • Those related to you
  • Living at the same address; or
  • In a relationship with you