How to get documents certified

[TenzP 0]

Thanks everyone! I got it now. I talked with a rep again and yeah she did confirm by saying that certified copy must be issued by the original document issuer. You just can photocopy a document and get it certified.

[dhr 2]

Oh so I suppose this would be like if I lost my birth certificate and had to have them print another one?

Then it would be a certified copy? I've had that done before... though I lost that one too so...

`whatever u say but i got certified copy of my marriage certificate and thats all

[dhr 2]

Yes but what you thought of as the original would also have been a certified copy. Other than exceptions like China and a few others, a certified copy is only issued by the government agency holding the original. You do not copy a document yourself and then get the copy certified by somebody.

i want to say same thing...thanx