New Conditions for Notarizing Your Transcript in Nigeria
Before
we dive into discussing the new conditions for notarizing your transcript in
Nigeria, we must firstly clear the popular confusion on mixing up authentication
of transcript/certificate with notarization of transcript; please note that
while authentication of transcript/certificate is done by the Ministry of
Education, notarization of transcript is done by Notary Public (a.k.a Notary Club).
Authenticating your transcript/certificate and notarizing your transcript have
almost the same use, but which one of them you need to process depends on what
the receiver is asking from you; make sure you are clear what you are asked for
so you don’t end up doing the wrong document after time and money have been
spent. This particular write-up will talk about notarizing your transcript, if
what you want to read more about is authenticating your transcript/certificate,
you should read the write-up that discusses that here.
Like
earlier said, notarizing your transcript is done by a Notary Public; this is a
process of legalizing your academic qualification, and it’s usually needed when
you need to use the transcript to get a job or an admission outside of the
country. The Notary Public is assuring the institution/organisation where you
need the transcript that the document is a legit one. The need for notarized transcript
went up in Nigeria as the “Japa” Syndrome became infectious and wide-spreading after
COVID-19, now since there are more demands for notarization of documents there
has to be new rules popping up every now and then so that the validity and
credibility of the process of notarizing documents would remain intact or get
stronger. Before, you could just take any transcript to the Notary Public and
your notarization would be done for you in hours or a couple of days with no
huddle at all. But now, Notary Public don’t take just any document anymore. For
instance, they wouldn’t collect a photocopied or printed transcript from you,
they need the original paper transcript issued by your school carrying the
original signature and stamp of your school. So if you are about to apply for
your transcript you want to notarize, do not apply for an electronic copy,
rather apply for a paper copy because that is what you are taking to the Notary
Public for notarization.
In
the near future, I believe the Notary public would stop collecting unofficial
transcripts (student copy), they would want the school to send the transcript
to them directly (making it an official transcript), as this is the only means
they can truly be assured that a transcript is genuine. But now that they are
still collecting transcripts from individuals, just respect their new rules of
making sure the transcript you are bringing is the original one as produced in
paper form and stamped and signed by your school, not printed, not photocopied.
If you need more information on where you can find a Notary Public and other
things involved in getting your transcript notarized, you can contact us on
+2348139534187 or info@pecngr.com; we are
happy to help.
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who read this also have interest in reading this:
Authentication of your Academic Document at the Ministry of Education
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