A certified document is one that's been notarised by someone from the list below:
- Mortgage or finance broker (individuals representing an FCA authorised firm)
- Minister of religion
- Dentist or doctor
- Chartered accountant
- Solicitor or notary
- Qualified teacher or lecturer (i.e. not a teacher’s assistant)
- Post Office / bank / building Society official
You can choose who certifies your documentation, but they must be a professional (or retired professional) person from this list. Please note they can't be related to you, be a named party on the account, live at the same address or be unemployed.
For the paperwork to be certified, you should take original paperwork and any photocopies to your chosen person. They must then:
- Sign the copy document
- State their name
- Date the document
- State their profession and either their full business address or their telephone number (not mobile)
- State that they have ‘seen the original'
- If your document contains a photograph, they must state that “it's a true likeness” of you or the individual that it applies to
