Certified copies of passport - how to?

[gotaquestion]

Hello

I would like to confirm how to obtain a certified copy. This is to submit an application (EEA4) to the Home Office / UK Border Agency with certified copies of the original passports, as we need the passports for frequent travel.

We have done one document with a solicitor and another with a JP (justice of the peace). The certified copies we got are basically photocopies that say in each page something along the lines of "we heryby certify that this is a true copy of the original passport". The solicitor included a company stamp with address and the date, but not his name/position. The JP included an abbreviated name and a signature, but no institutional stamp or date.

I was expecting this to include the certifier's full name and some sort of registration number or license number, so the identity could be verified if required.

Can anyone share some light on this? Is the Post Office Identity Checking Service a plausible option?

Thanks in advance

[Frontier Mole]

What you have will be ok. The lawyer side will be fine. It would have helped if the JP had put some more information as you said. Is there enough to be able to identify the JP - I imagine he /she has put their initial plus surname and signed and dated it? Would have been nice to put a contact address phone number etc. It should just about scrape through. UKBA will perform checks on the doc's in any event.

The worst that can happen - UKBA ask for another attested document which will further delay the application.

[gotaquestion]

Thanks for the feedback

I found some guidelines from Lloyds on certifying documents:
http://www.lloydstsb-offshore.com/NR/rd ... rt1105.pdf

Ideally the certified copies will have certifier's name, position, stamp, address, telefone, etc.

Have anyone used the Post Office Identity Checking Service?