Authentication & records

Government Documents

Clearances, record checks, biometric verification, and the academic and professional authentications required before a South African document can be used abroad or filed with a university.

DIRCO will not apostille a degree or matric until SAQA or Umalusi has verified it. Police clearances need fingerprints. University exemption is a separate Universities South Africa process. We sequence the file so each office sees the document the previous office has already stamped.

Document Desk

Clearances, fingerprints, and qualification checks sit on one file. Apostille and embassy attestation sit on another. We sequence them so DIRCO sees a document the previous office has already stamped.

Police clearance, record checks, biometric capture, and SAQA verification are on Clearance Certificates. Apostille, Umalusi, HPCSA, and USAf exemption are on Apostille & Attestation. Birth, marriage, identity, and passport files sit with civic services.

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