Certified copy

KeithM89

I need to get a certified copy of my ID (passport).

Is this just a photocopy signed by someone?

I understand a solicitor or garda can sign it but i heard from someone that the gardai dont do this anymore.

Ken.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/civil_law/commissioners_for_oaths.html

You need to contact a commissioner for oaths in your area. They charge a €10 fee. They can be found in the yellow pages.

hognef

Scylla wrote: »

I need to get a certified copy of my ID (passport).

Is this just a photocopy signed by someone?

I understand a solicitor or garda can sign it but i heard from someone that the gardai dont do this anymore.

I've had this done at a garda station as recently as last year, so if they don't do it any more, it must have changed since then. Brought in the original and the copy; didn't pay anything.

By the way, the first station refused to do it because my passport wasn't an Irish one - don't see how that would affect their ability to determine the correctness of the copy - so I just went to another one, and it was all good.

catastrophy

hognef wrote: »

I've had this done at a garda station as recently as last year, so if they don't do it any more, it must have changed since then. Brought in the original and the copy; didn't pay anything.

By the way, the first station refused to do it because my passport wasn't an Irish one - don't see how that would affect their ability to determine the correctness of the copy - so I just went to another one, and it was all good.

Without discussing internal garda matters it has changed since last year. Gardai now witness your signature if you certify the document. A lot of institutions won't accept this however.

vector

catastrophy wrote: »

Without discussing internal garda matters it has changed since last year. Gardai now witness your signature if you certify the document. A lot of institutions won't accept this however.

Correct so now the Gardai are not saying they certify the document, instead they are just witnessing your signature, that is next to useless because the purpose of a certified copy is to have a neutral respected 3rd party confirm the copy is legit, whereas now it is yourself that is "certifying" the trueness of the copy... pointless

however it is free and one should not complain, the gardai are providing a useful service in witnessing signatures nevertheless for other uses

go to a commissioner for oaths

google "commissioner for oaths" and "location name"

Delta2113

Legislation should be changed to take Gardai of the list if they wont properly certify copies.

vector

Delta2113 wrote: »

Legislation should be changed to take Gardai of the list if they wont properly certify copies.

The certification of copies in Ireland is not regulated by legislation (no act, nor SI) and indeed it is also not regulated in other juristictions in the main,
rather the custom is that a person "authorised to administer oaths" is an acceptable person to certify... i.e. a commissioner for oaths here, or a notary public in the US. In some US states a notary is precluded from certifying some documents such as birth certs (in order that people would purchase originals from the state)

innocent_lover

I got mine certified by peace commissioner and they are not allowed to charge you for certifying documents.