Document Authentication
- Office hours: 9:00am to 2:00pm Monday to Friday.
- We accept documents originated from New South Wales only.
- Documents issued by the Australian Government or Tertiary Education Institution, including academic certificate/transcript, courts, agricultural documents, should be authenticated by the NSW Notary Public or the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade Australia (DFAT) NSW Passport Office prior to submitting to this office.
- Documents issued by the NSW State Department, or the NSW Registry of Birth Deaths and Marriages or NSW Police Department i.e. birth certificate (full version), death certificate (full version), marriage certificate (standard version), single status certificate (a.k.a. no record of search) and Police Certificate can be submitted to this office directly for authentication.
- Documents that do not fall under item (3) and (4) (i.e Power of Attorney, Commercial Documents, Commercial Agreements, Company Letters, chemical, Medical Documents) need to be sealed by a Notary Public and then authenticated by Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade Australia New South Wales Passport Office before submitting to this office.
Requirements for all applicants:
- Any applicants or their representatives/agents are required to fill in an application form(pdf file/odt file) with a copy of the applicant and his/her representative/agent's passports (passport photo page- natural person; legal person-company document and related papers). Electronic signature/Scan/Fax will not be accepted.
- Applicants sending in original notarised documents of authorization stamped by a NSW Notaries Public MUST provide the notary public's contact details. (i.e Phone/Email/Fax number) - The notarial certificate should state the record has been verified with the issuing institution. A statement by a Notary that the document is a ‘true copy’ does not satisfy the verification requirement.
- Translated documents MUST be presented and signed by the applicant or proxy at our office.
- The authentication fee is AU$22 per document (effective from 12 OCT 2015), which can be paid by cash (bank cheque or money order if mailing in). Please make your cheque payable to the "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Sydney,Australia". We DO NOT accept personal cheques.
- Processing time: minimum 5 business days.
- We currently suspend all urgent services.
- Applications by post: Please enclose a covering letter, and a prepaid self-addressed return envelope (i.e. Registered Post or Express Post Envelope) for the returning of your documents. Applicants outside Australia must pay an additional postage to have their documents returned by International Recorded Delivery and also fill out an overseas post checklist. Please refer to Australian Postal Office for postage details.
- Authentication Regulations
