Couriermail

Statutory declarations go digital, pen and paper no longer required

The federal government has introduced legislation to permanently allow declarations to be made with electronic signatures and video-link witnessing. The measures were temporary during Covid-19. The ...
Couriermail

Statutory declarations move into digital era, marking end of common problem

In what the government expects to be a major boost to productivity, statutory declarations will be able to be done digitally from January 1 next year. The government says new legislation, passed by ...
The Australian Financial Review

Electronic statutory declarations spell end of the passport queue

New laws allowing digital statutory declarations will make it easy to apply online for a raft of federal services such as passport renewals, Australian visas, health services, election enrolment, ...
The Star

Trend of using statutory declarations to support ID document applications must stop, says Kitingan

KOTA KINABALU: There is a rising trend of non-citizens signing statutory declarations (SD) as a supporting document for their application of identity documents, says Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan ...
SBS

Put down the ink pen! This crucial step in applying for a visa has been digitised

Digital statutory declarations were adopted in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes, now made permanent, impact a range of visa applicants including worker, student and partner visas. The ...
SmartCompany

New law paves the way for digital statutory declarations

One of the last vestiges of centuries of paper and ink has finally fallen, after federal attorney-general Mark Dreyfus wrote into law the permanent ability to use digital execution, electronic ...
The Jamaica Observer

Chuck wants staggered filing of statutory declarations

JUSTICE Minister Delroy Chuck is proposing that the Integrity Commission (IC) allows for the filing of statutory declarations, for specific categories of parliamentarians and public officials, to be ...