Hi everyone,
I've looked on the FAQ and can only see that people have used JP's to certify their documents. When I looked on the TRA website, it says:

"Certifying person. Your country has suitably qualified people who are able to witness your signature on a legal document, e.g. lawyer, doctor, policeman, school teacher."

So my question is this, has anyone had their children's teacher or head teacher certify documents, and was it ok? My Head teacher will happily sign for a donation to the school, and I would rather they had it than the bank!

I have heard of people in Australia having their documents certified by a teacher but I am not sure if they are also proclaimed notaries in the UK.

However as you have mentioned a number of people use JP's in the UK and they do not, are not allowed to charge a fee (they certainly cannot in Oz) so maybe that is a cheaper option again.

You could always email your query to the relavent authority here in Australia. Hope someone is able to answer your question definitively.

Jet :)

We used a school teacher to certified all our documents for the SIR visa which we've now got, so yes teachers can certify in the UK

Dave

We got two stamps made up (cost about £7 each), just Google "rubber stamps" for companies, to save our friend from writers cramp!

One stamp had their name, address and qualification details and the other stamp was worded as follows:

I hereby certify this to be a true copy of the original.

Good luck with your application

Dave