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How can I prove I exist?
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Okay so I need 3 cards, 2 of which I have as digital copies and these documents must all be certified.
How do I get them to certify the digital copy of my cards? Does someone have to stamp my phone screen and I take a photo of my phone?
This whole process is so ridiculously complex when I can login to my MyGov or Services Vic and interact with all sorts of services without hassle.
IIRC print them out and get them signed by a justice of the peace, police officer, or post office worker or some such.
Doesn’t a JP only certify the copy, agreeing that the original exists and they have sighted it.
I don’t think showing them a copy will be much good on its own.
I'm only guessing really but I think they should be ok if the digital copies could be considered the original. For example I would expect that a printout of a digital bank statement would be something that you could get certified as you can pull up your bank website/app and display the 'original', but you might run into issues trying to convince someone that a photo of a card counts as it's clearly not the original form.
When I was renting I got my bills by email and printed 2 copies of the document. One for the JP to sign and one to keep as the original.
Thank you so much!
Check the requirements with the intended institution they tend to differ sadly. :(
Have you got your identity verified on services vic? If so, you can request a new birth certificate and use your services vic as verification of identity. I just did this recently and the process was pretty smooth.