- What does notarizing mean: Notarizing is the process of certifying a document by a recognized authority to confirm its authenticity.
- Who can notarize: A public notary. A public notary is an official authorized by the government to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular, witnessing signatures on documents.
- Why it is necessary: This ensures that submitted documents are recognized as true and accurate representations of the original documents by immigration authorities and other official users.
- Documents that require notarization: Academic documents; certificates and transcripts need to be notarized and the applicant will be conditionally admitted till the notarized documents are submitted. Translated documents and any others which have been specified as requiring a notary.
- I only have my online results, or a result slip because my diploma is not yet out. What should I do?
Please print your online results or make a copy of your result slip, have this document notarized, and submit it
on the academic results page of your Admissions Portal.
- Example of notarized documents: Below are examples of documents that have been notarized by either lawyers or an authorized public notary

