Within Australia, staff at Australian Passport Offices in capital cities are authorised to provide a small number of services. These include:

• issuing of Certificates of No Impediment to Marriage (CNI) (including witnessing the signature on the application form)

• legalisations of documents (Apostilles and Authentications).

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, through the Australian Passport Office cannot:

Witness signatures or certify true copies of documents.

In Australia, a Justice of the Peace must provide this service.

Australian Notary Publics provide notarial services for most types of documents for use overseas.

Public Notaries can also witness and certify copies of documents for use overseas.

You can find a Justice of the Peace or Notary using the links provided on Smartraveller.