Certified copies of documents

Certified copies of documents? Such documents as passport, diploma, birth certificate, driving licence, etc. are issued in a single original copy. You may need to certify a copy of such a document, for example, for hiring procedure, to enroll in an educational institution, for registration of inheritance, for benefits, pensions, and payments, for the commission of various property transactions, etc.

In order not to present the original document and not to be afraid of losing it, you can certify a copy of it by a notary, as in most cases, certified copies of documents has the same legal value as the original.

While certifying a document as a true copy of the original, a notary does not certify facts stated in the document, but only certifies the conformity with the text and details of the original document. Certified copies of documents by a notary is carried out only on presentation of original documents, however your personal presence during this procedure is not required.

Both official and non-unofficial documents consisting of one/several pages or parts and issued in any language may be certified. A certified copy of the document is valid for the duration of the original document.